Browsing by Author "İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami"
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Angioedema after favipiravir treatment: Two cases
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Dokur, Mehmet; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Önal, Burak (Springer Nature, 17.01.2022)Drug-induced angioedema often affects elderly patients with chronic drug use. Proper diagnosis and prompt with effective treatment reduce mortality. With the increasing use of favipiravir, many side effects, especially ... -
Antibody responses to COVID‐19 vaccines in older adults
Bağ Soytaş, Rabia; Cengiz, Mahir; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Yavuzer, Serap; Yavuzer, Hakan (Wiley, 04.2021)AbstractBecause of the senescence of the immune system, antibody response to the COVID‐19 vaccines may differ from older to younger adults. The study aim compares thetiters of SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG antibody of patients≥60 years ... -
Can the reduction of cytokines stop the progression of sepsis?
Koç, Suna; Çelebi, Serdar; Hanikoğlu, Ferhat; Polat, Yaçın; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Dokur, Mehmet; Özer, Türkan; Yavuzer, Serap; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Cengiz, Mahir; Vardar, Gökay; Küpeli, İlke (Cureus, 17.02.2022)Objective: In this study, we aimed to analyze the laboratory and clinical results of cytokine hemadsorption as an immunomodulation therapy in ICU patients diagnosed with sepsis or septic shock. Methods: The levels of ... -
Case report: A COVID-19 patient presenting with mild rhabdomyolysis
Börkü Uysal, Betül; İkitimur, Hande; Yavuzer, Serap; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Cengiz, Mahir (The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 08.2020)The news was reported from the Wuhan region of China about a novel corona virus in the end of 2019. After spreading around the world, a pandemic was declared by the WHO. Depending on the different involvement of the disease, ... -
COVID 19 seroconversion in the aircrew from Turkey
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Cengiz, Mahir; Börkü Uysal, Betül; İkitimur, Hande; Demirbilek, Mahmut; Dokur, Mehmet; Seyhan, Serhat; Koç, Suna; Yavuzer, Serap (Elsevier, 2021)Background: Pneumonia due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is spreading rapidly all over the world and air travel is the leading transmission route of the virus among countries. The aim of the study is ... -
Determining host factors contributing to disease severity in a family cluster of 29 hospitalized SARS‐CoV‐2 patients: Could genetic factors be relevant in the clinical course of COVID‐19?
İkitimur, Hande; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Cengiz, Mahir; İkitimur, Barış; Uysal, Harun; Özcan, Erkan; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Seyhan, Serhat; Yavuzer, Hakan; Yavuzer, Serap (Wiley Periodicals, 10.2020)In this study, we report a large family cluster consisting of 29 genetically related patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19). We sought to determine the clinical characteristics relevant to the ... -
The diagnostic and predictive roles of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio for severity of disease in COVID 19 patients
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Yavuzer, Serap; İkitimur, Hande; Seyhan, Serhat; Koç, Suna; Cengiz, Mahir (Clinical Laboratory, 2021)Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR), and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are inflammation markers in inflammatory, cardiovascular, and malignant diseases and are important to assess prognosis. ... -
Does the COVID-19 seroconversion in older adults resemble the young?
Bağ Soytaş, Rabia; Cengiz, Mahir; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Börkü Uysal, Betül; İkitimur, Hande; Yavuzer, Hakan; Yavuzer, Serap (Wiley, 10.2021)High antibody titers have been found to correlate with the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease. Therefore, antibody titers may be higher in older adults, whose disease is known to have a more severe ... -
Does the use of herbal medicine affect adherence to medication - a cross sectional study of outpatients with chronic disease?
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Yavuzer, Serap; Cengiz, Mahir (Elsevier B.V., 26.03.2021)Introduction: The use of herbal medicine is common and is increasing globally but it is unknown whether this affects patients’ use of western medicine. The aim of this study was to investigate whether herbal medicine (HM) ... -
Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 coinfection during the COVID-19 pandemic
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Börkü Uysal, Betül (Refik Saydam National Public Health Agency, 2021)Objective: Because severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which produces pandemic pneumonia and has a more fatal course than seasonal flu, has no effective treatment, protection against secondary ... -
Kidney tissue elastography and interstitial fibrosis observed in kidney biopsy
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Gülçiçek, Sibel; Seyahi, Nurhan (Taylor & Francis, 01.12.2022)Introduction: Kidney interstitial fibrosis is an important risk factor for the progression of chronic kidney disease. Kidney elastography is a noninvasive imaging modality that might be used to assess tissue fibrosis. In ... -
Mad honey poisoning case series presenting with ECG findings ıncluding atrioventricular complete block and symptomatic hypotension
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Dokur, Mehmet; Talibli, Kenan; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Özdemir, Emrah (Cureus, 13.08.2021)Plants belonging to the Ericaceae family, which grow endemically in some parts of the world, contain grayanotoxin, which causes fatal bradyarrhythmia and circulatory collapse. Mad honey, which comes from plants with ... -
Massive pulmonary embolism presenting with hemoptysis and S1Q3T3 ECG fndings
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Dokur, Mehmet; Özdemir, Emrah; Ünal, Ömer Faruk (Springer Nature, 2021)Background: Venous thromboembolism clinically presenting with a deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism is among the most commonly seen cardiovascular syndromes. The aim of this case presentation is to emphasise the ... -
Measurement of antibody levels in patients with COVID-19 over time by immunofluorescence assay: A longitudinal observational study
Börkü Uysal, Betül; Yavuzer, Serap; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Cengiz, Mahir (SAGESAGE Publications, 01.2022)Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, antibody screening is a critical tool to assess anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunity. We examined variation in ... -
Messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine‑associated immune thrombocytopenia: A rare complication of vaccine
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Dokur, Mehmet; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Gündüz, Mehmet (Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey, 11.04.2022)Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 continues to have a serious impact in countries with the effect of new variant viruses emerging with mutations. While the effectiveness and protection of the vaccine have been determined ... -
Most notable 100 articles of covid-19: An altmetric study based on bibliometric analysis
Börkü Uysal, Betül; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Koç, Suna; Karadağ, Mehmet; Dokur, Mehmet (Springer Nature Switzerland, 18.01.2021)Objective The purpose of this study is to guide researchers in the COVID-19 pandemic by evaluating the 100 most cited articles of COVID-19 in terms of bibliometric analysis, Altmetric scores, and dimension badges. Methods ... -
Relationship between antibody levels and SARS-Cov-2 reinfection
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Cengiz, Mahir; Börkü Uysal, Betül; İkitimur, Hande; Özdemir, Zeynep; Karamehmetoğlu, Ahsen; Akbulut, Ayşe Ezgi; Bakdur, Ayşe Nur; Özdemir, Azize; Kayıkçıoğlu, Habibe; Özdemir, Hatice; Üçeş, Rümeysa; Ersoy, Sema; Yavuzer, Serap (Association of Clinical Scientists, 12.2021)Objective: In this period when mutant strains are increasing all over the world, studies on how much humoral immunity will protect against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are quite limited. The aim of ... -
The relationship between positivity for COVID-19 RT-PCR and symptoms, clinical findings, and mortality in Turkey
Özcan, Erkan; Yavuzer, Serap; Börkü Uysal, Betül; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; İkitimur, Hande; Ünal, Ömer Faruk; Akpınar, Yunus Emre; Seyhan, Serhat; Koç, Suna; Yavuzer, Hakan; Cengiz, Mahir (Taylor & Francis, 2021)Abstract Introduction: This study aimed to assess the correlation between nucleic acid amplification test (real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, RT-PCR) positivity of patients presenting with suspected ... -
Tocilizumab challenge: A series of cytokine storm therapy experiences in hospitalized COVID-19 pneumonia patients
Börkü Uysal, Betül; İkitimur, Hande; Yavuzer, Serap; İkitimur, Barış; Uysal, Harun; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Özcan, Erkan; Aktepe, Emre; Yavuzer, Hakan; Cengiz, Mahir (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)Abstract To recognize the period of exaggerated cytokine response in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pneumonia, and to describe the clinical outcomes of using tocilizumab as a treatment option. The data ...
