Ethyl pyruvate improves healing of colonic anastomosis in a rat model of peritonitisEnder Onur
Department of General Surgery, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul 84410, Turkey
Surg Innov 19:394-8. 2012
..This study was designed to evaluate the effects of ethyl pyruvate (EP) on wound healing in primary colonic anastomoses in intraperitoneal sepsis...
Hyperbaric oxygen and N-acetylcysteine treatment in L-arginine-induced acute pancreatitis in ratsEnder Onur
Department of General Surgery, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Invest Surg 25:20-8. 2012
..This study was designed to evaluate the combined effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on acute necrotizing pancreatitis in rats...
Acute hepatitis attack after exposure to telithromycinOzge Onur
Department of Emergency Medicine, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Clin Ther 29:1725-9. 2007
..Antibiotic-associated hepatotoxicity is rare. With widespread use of antimicrobial agents, however, hepatic injury occurs frequently, and among adverse drug reactions, idiosyncratic reactions are the most serious...
Adrenomedullin reduces the severity of cerulein-induced acute pancreatitisOzge Ecmel Onur
Department of Emergency Medicine, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Peptides 28:2179-83. 2007
..These could be due to anti-inflammatory properties of AM, inhibition of proinflammatory cytokine secretion, reducing the endothelial permeability increased by reactive oxygen species, endotoxins or cytokines...
Outpatient follow-up'' or ''Active clinical observation'' in patients with nonspecific abdominal pain in the Emergency Department. A randomized clinical trialO E Onur
Department of Emergency Medicine, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Minerva Chir 63:9-15. 2008
..The aim of this study was to determine whether it is safe and cost-effective to discharge nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) patients from the Emergency Department (ED) and re-evaluate diagnosis later...
Utility of cervical spinal and abdominal computed tomography in diagnosing occult pneumothorax in patients with blunt trauma: Computed tomographic imaging protocol mattersHaldun Akoglu
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dr Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:874-9. 2012
..The objective of this study was to evaluate cervival spine (C-spine) and abdominal CT (ACT) for diagnosing OCPX and overt PX (OVPX)...
Can NT-proBNP be used as a criterion for heart failure hospitalization in emergency room?Tuba Cimilli Ozturk
Emergency Medicine Clinic, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Res Med Sci 16:1564-71. 2011
..This study was conducted to compare NT-proBNP levels between hospitalized congestive heart failure (CHF) patients and outpatients...
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole resistance in urinary tract infectionsOzlem Guneysel
Department of Emergency Medicine, Marmara University School of Medicine, Altunizade, Istanbul, Turkey
J Emerg Med 36:338-41. 2009
..At the same time it was found that resistance rates against FQ antibiotics are as high as 16.4%. Unfortunately, in our population, in the near future, empiric FQ use may result in bacterial resistance...
Parkinson's disease and the frequent reasons for emergency admissionOzlem Guneysel
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine Istanbul, Turkey
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 4:711-4. 2008
..The aims of this study were to provide a profile of patients with PD who required admission to hospital and to determine the reasons for emergency admission...
Bicarbonate therapy in diabetic ketoacidosisOzlem Guneysel
Marmara University, School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Bratisl Lek Listy 109:453-4. 2008
..Here we present a patient with DKA pH<6.9, treated with bicarbonate, who demonstrated a clinical benefit (Ref. 11)...