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    Comparison Of Confirmed And Probable COVID-19 Patients In The Intensive Care Unit During The Normalization Period
    (2022) Yesiler, Fatma Irem; Capras, Mesher; Kandemir, Emre; Sahinturk, Helin; Gedik, Ender; Zeyneloglu, Pinar; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0612-8481; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0159-4771; 34812130; AAJ-4212-2021; AAJ-1419-2021
    The decrease in social distance together with the normalization period as of June 1, 2020, in our country caused an increase in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Our aim was to compare the demographic features, clinical courses, and outcomes of confirmed and probable COVID-19 patients admitted to our intensive care unit (ICU) during the normalization period. Critically ill 128 COVID-19 patients between June 1, 2020, and December 2, 2020, were analyzed retrospectively. The mean age was 69.7 +/- 15.5 y (61.7% male). Sixty-one patients (47.7%) were confirmed. Dyspnea (75.0%) was the most common symptom and hypertension (71.1%) was the most common comorbidity. The mean Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation System (APACHE II) score; Glasgow Coma Score; Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores on ICU admission were 17.4 +/- 8.2,12.3 +/- 3.9, and 5.9 +/- 3.4, respectively. One hundred and one patients (78.1%) received low-flow oxygen, 48 had high-flow oxygen therapy (37.5%), and 59 (46.1%) had invasive mechanical ventilation. Fifty-three patients (41.496) had vasopressor therapy and 30 (23.4%) patients had renal replacement therapy due to acute kidney injury (AKI). Confirmed patients were more tachypneic (p= 0.005) and more hypoxemic than probable patients (p < 0.001). Acute respiratory distress syndrome and AKI were more common in confirmed patients than probable (both p < 0.001). Confirmed patients had higher values of hemoglobin, C- reactive protein, fibrinogen, and D-dimer than probables (respectively, p = 0.028. 0.006, 0.000. and 0.019). The overall mortality was higher in confirmed patients (p = 0.209, 52.6% vs. 47.4%). Complications are more common among confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU. The mortality rate of confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU was found to be higher than probable patients. Mortality of confirmed cases was higher than prediction of APACHE-II scoring system.
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    A Comparison of Echocardiography and the Pressure Recording Analytical Method (PRAM) for Predicting Fluid Responsiveness after Passive Leg Raising
    (2021) Ozdemirkan, Aycan; Aitakhanoya, Manat; Gedik, Ender; Zeyneloglu, Pinar; Pirat, Arash; 0000-0002-7175-207X; ABI-2971-2020
    Objective: This study aims to assess the agreement between the cardiac index (CI) measured by pressure recording analytical method (PRAM) and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) before and after the passive leg raise (PLR) maneuver. Methods: This is a prospective observational study in critically ill patients who were monitored with MostcareUp/PRAM (Vygon, Vytech, Padova, Italy). Cardiac index (CI) values and percent changes in CI values in response to PLR were recorded by TTE and PRAM. Results: Data of a total of 25 patients were collected. The median CI values that were calculated by TTE before and after PLR were 2.5 (1.2-4.7) L/min/m(2) and 2.9 (1.4-5.6) L/min/m(2), respectively. The median CI values that were calculated by PRAM before and after PLR were 2.5 (1.5-4.8) L/min/m(2) and 2.6 (1.7-5.7) L/min/m(2), respectively. There was significant correlations between the measured CI values both by TTE and PRAM before and after PLR (r=0.635, p=0.001 and r=0.610, p=0.001, respectively). The median percent changes in CI with TTE and PRAM were -0.13 (-0.7-0.4) and -0.11 (-0.5-0.5), respectively. Sixteen patients were determined as FR by TTE (64%) and 13 patients were determined as FR by PRAM (52%). The Kappa test showed moderate agreement between TTE and PRAM for predicting fluid responsiveness (k=0.595; p=0.002). The mean biases between the CI values measured by TTE and PRAM before and after PLR were 0.04 +/- 0.77 L/min/m(2) and 0.22 +/- 0.88 L/min/m(2), respectively. Conclusion: This study showed a significant correlation for CI values measured by both methods. For predicting fluid responsiveness there was agreement between the two methods after PLR.
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    Effects of personality traits on severity of sepsis
    (2021) Pehlivanlar Kucuk, Mehtap; Kucuk, Ahmet Oguzhan; Komurcu, Ozgur; Dikmen, Yalim; Kadioglu, Mustafa; Uzan, Cagdas Alp; Ergin Ozcan, Perihan; Orhun, Gunseli; Unal Akdemir, Neslihan; Eroglu, Ahmet; Ilyas, Yasir; Zeyneloglu, Pinar; Sahinturk, Helin; Dai Ozcengiz, Dilek; Firat, Ahmet; Aydin, Davut; Ozlu, Tevfik; Pehlivanlar, Aysegul; Kirakli, Cenk; Acar Cinleti, Burcu; Gok, Funda; Yosunkaya, Alper; Aktas, Murat; Ozturk, Cagatay Erman; Ulger, Fatma; 0000-0003-0159-4771; 34581156; AAJ-1419-2021
    Introduction: The aim of this study was to reveal the effect of the individual's lifestyle and personality traits on the disease process in patients with sepsis and to have clinical predictions about these patients. Materials and Methods: The study was planned as a multi-center, prospective, observational study after obtaining the approval of the local ethics committee. Patients were hospitalized in different intensive care units. Besides demographics and personal characteristics of patients, laboratory data, length of hospital and ICU stay, and mortality was recorded. Two hundred and fifty-nine patients were followed up in 11 different intensive care units. Mortality rates, morbidities, blood analyses, and personality traits were evaluated as primary outcomes. Results: Of the 259 patients followed up, mortality rates were significantly higher in men than in women (p=0.008). No significant difference was found between the patients' daily activity, tea and coffee consumption, reading habits, smoking habits, blood groups, atopy histories and mortality rates. Examining the personal traits, it was seen that 90 people had A-type personality structure and 51 (56.7%) of them died with higher mortality rate compared to type B (p=0.038). There was no difference between personalities, in concomitant ARDS occurrence, need for sedation and renal replacement therapies. Conclusion: Among individuals diagnosed with sepsis/septic shock, mortality increased significantly in patients with A-type personality trait compared to other personality traits. These results showed that personal traits may be useful in predicting the severity of disease and mortality in patients with sepsis/septic shock.