Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in school children: parent report and urine cotinine measuresHasim Boyaci
Department of Chest Diseases, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
Pediatr Int 48:382-9. 2006
..The authors examined the relationship between parent-reported estimates of children's exposure to ETS and children's urinary cotinine levels and evaluated the ETS exposure and its effect on respiratory health in children...
- [Diagnostic value of Tc-99m MIBI scintigraphy in the differential diagnosis of malign and benign of intrathoracic pathologies]
Hasim Boyaci
Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Kocaeli, Turkey
Tuberk Toraks 51:157-62. 2003
..Tc-99m MIBI tumor scintigraphy might be a valuable non-invasive method in the differential diagnosis of malignant and benign lung lesions. However further study with larger series for the relatively low sensitivity and specificity...
- Effects of erdosteine on bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in rats
Hasim Boyaci
Department of Chest Diseases, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
Mol Cell Biochem 281:129-37. 2006
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- [Determination of environmental tobacco smoke in primary school children with urine cotinine measurements]
Hasim Boyaci
Department of Chest Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Izmit, Turkey
Tuberk Toraks 52:231-6. 2004
..This data showed that ETS exposure was prevalent and a combination of a parent-report and a biological measures is suggested as the most informative estimate of ETS exposure in children...
- Addition of inhaled corticosteroid on combined bronchodilator therapy in patients with COPD
Ilknur Basyigit
Chest Disease Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, PK 14 Derince 41900 Kocaeli, Turkey
Pulm Pharmacol Ther 18:422-6. 2005
..The aim of this study was to evaluate whether adding inhaled corticosteroids to combined bronchodilator therapy has additive clinical and anti-inflammatory effects in COPD patients...
- Inhaled corticosteroid effects both eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic inflammation in asthmatic patients
Ilknur Basyigit
Chest Disease Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Mediators Inflamm 13:285-91. 2004
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- Different bronchodilator combinations have similar effects on health status in COPD
Fusun Yildiz
Chest Disease Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Turkey
Pulm Pharmacol Ther 19:101-6. 2006
..05). CONCLUSIONS: According to these results, combined bronchodilator treatments have a significant effect on life quality in COPD, but the effects were observed to be similar between the three different combinations tested...
- [Body mass index and serum and sputum TNF-alpha levels relation in asthma and COPD]
Ilknur Basyigit
Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Tuberk Toraks 52:256-61. 2004
..The induced sputum TNF-alpha levels has no additional benefit on serum TNF-alpha levels which has already known to be associated with BMI...
- Effects of different anti-asthmatic agents on induced sputum and eosinophil cationic protein in mild asthmatics
Ilknur Basyigit
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Respirology 9:514-20. 2004
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- Does addition of inhaled steroid to combined bronchodilator therapy affect health status in patients with COPD?
Fusun Yildiz
Chest Disease Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Respirology 9:352-5. 2004
..Withdrawal of corticosteroid is associated with a deterioration of health status in COPD. In this study the aim was to determine whether high dose inhaled corticosteroid improves quality of life in patients with COPD...
- [The effect of postgraduate education on COPD knowledge level of primary care physicians]
Ilknur Basyigit
Department of Chest Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Tuberk Toraks 54:51-5. 2006
..After the seminar, we observed significant increase in correct answers however long-term stability of this knowledge is needed to be determined in future studies...
- The effect of clarithromycin on inflammatory markers in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: preliminary data
Ilknur Basyigit
Chest Disease Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Ann Pharmacother 38:1400-5. 2004
..However, it has also been shown that clarithromycin has antiinflammatory effects by the inhibition of cytokine production...
- The effects of levofloxacin on ECG parameters and late potentials
Ilknur Basyigit
Chest Disease Department, Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
Am J Ther 12:407-10. 2005
..A single dose of IV levofloxacin prolongs the QTc interval without significant change in late potentials. Monitoring ECG during levofloxacin infusion might be necessary in patients who have a condition that could affect the QTc interval...
- Extrapulmonary tuberculosis: clinical and epidemiologic spectrum of 636 cases
Ahmet Ilgazli
Department of Chest Diseases, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
Arch Med Res 35:435-41. 2004
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- Prevalence of smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease amongst teachers working in Kocaeli, Turkey
Serap A Barış
Department of Pulmonary Disease, M, Kazım Dinç Kandıra Government Hospital, Kandıra, Kocaeli, Turkey
Multidiscip Respir Med 6:92-6. 2011
..abstract:..
- [Smoking prevalence in Kocaeli]
Serap Argun Bariş
Department of Chest Diseases, M Kazim Dinc Kandira State Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey
Tuberk Toraks 59:140-5. 2011
..It is suggested that determination of demographic features of the smokers might constitute a corner stone for smoking cessation projects...
- The effects of antioxidants on exercise-induced lipid peroxidation in patients with COPD
Aysen Agacdiken
Department of Cardiology, University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
Respirology 9:38-42. 2004
..In these patients, exercise results in more significant oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation than in control subjects and antioxidant therapy may decrease lipid peroxidation following exercise and improve exercise capacity...
- Anti-inflammatory effects of montelukast on smoke-induced lung injury in rats
Ilknur Basyigit
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Multidiscip Respir Med 5:92-8. 2010
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