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Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 5Covid-19 Infection in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: \ra Comparative Outcome Study With Patients on \rhemodialysis and Patients Without Kidney Disease(Aves, 2022) Kazancıoğlu, Rümeyza; Ozturk, Savas; Turgutalp, Kenan; Gürsu, Meltem; Arıcı, Mustafa; Oruç, Ayşegül; Ateş, KenanObjectives: There is limited data about coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) characteristics and results in peritoneal dialysis \r(PD) patients. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics and outcomes among PD patients and compare them with \rmatched hemodialysis (HD) patients and a control group without kidney disease.\rMethods: We included 18 PD patients and consecutive age- and gender-matched 18 HD and 18 patients without kidney \rdisease (control group) registered into the Turkish Society of Nephrology database including 1301 COVID-19 patients. We \rcompared demographic, clinical, radiological, laboratory data, and outcomes namely intensive care unit (ICU) admission, \rmechanical ventilation, mortality, and composite outcome (death and/or ICU admission).\rResults: ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, and mortality rates in PD patients (27.8%, 22.2%, and 22.2%, respectively) \rand the HD group (16.7%, 11.1%, and 16.7%, respectively) were higher than the control group (11.1%, 11.1%, and 5.6%, \rrespectively), but intergroup comparison did not reveal difference. A total of 11 (20.3%) patients had composite outcome \r(6 PD patients, 3 HD patients, and 2 patients in the control group). In Cox regression analysis, higher age and higher CRP level were related to increased risk of composite outcome. Adjusted rate of composite outcome in PD group was significantly higher than \rthe control group (P = .050). This rate was similar in HD and control groups (P = .30).\rConclusions: Combined in-hospital mortality and/or ICU admission of PD patients with COVID-19 was significantly higher than the control \rpatients. There is a need for careful surveillance of PD patients for infection signs and prompt treatment of COVID-19.Article Main Outcomes of the Diyal-Tr Study: Regional\rdifferences of Mortality and Morbidity in Chronic\rhemodialysis Patients(Aves, 2022) Kızılırmak, Pınar; Ecder, Süleyman Tevfik; Ateş, Kenan; Arıcı, Mustafa; Sezer, Siren; Kaptanoğulları, Hakan; Arınsoy, Selim TurgayObjective: Variations in care at national or global level may have an impact on the prognosis of patients on chronic hemodialysis.\rWe aimed to describe regional differences in all-cause mortality or cardiovascular morbidity in chronic hemodialysis\rpatients in Turkey.\rMethods: We enrolled 2461 patients who were initiated chronic hemodialysis in 93 centers in Turkey between January 27,\r2017, and February 09, 2018. We included 2-year follow-up data of 1877 patients in this prospective study. The primary\routcome, the rate of composite endpoint of all-cause mortality or cardiovascular morbidity, was compared between geographical\rregions. Secondary outcomes were the rates of hospitalization and infections.\rResults: In total, 552 patients (29.4%) developed the primary outcome. The highest and lowest rates of primary outcome\roccurred in the Mediterranean (34.5%) and Southeastern (26.5%) & Central Anatolian regions (26.5%), respectively, with no\rsignificant differences across regions (P = .82). Hospitalization events were detected in 377 patients (20.1%). The highest\rrate of hospitalization was detected in the Black Sea region (33.8%), and the lowest (7.6%) in the Southeastern region. The\rregions did not differ in hospitalization rates (P = .88). Infections occurred in 11.3% (n = 212) of the patients. The highest and\rlowest rates of infections occurred in the Aegean (18.2%) and the Southeastern (2.9%) regions, respectively. We detected\rsignificant difference between geographic regions (P = .02).\rConclusions: Our study showed that almost 3 in every 10 chronic hemodialysis patients reached the primary endpoint\rof all-cause mortality/cardiovascular morbidity during the 2 years of follow-up. The occurrence of this outcome does not\rseem to exhibit geographical variation across the country.Other Current Induction Therapy Strategies and Anti-T Lymphocyte Globulin Usage in Kidney Transplantation: Consensus-Based Recommendations by a Turkish Expert Panel(Aves, 2024) Çakır, Ülkem; Dinçkan, Ayhan; Karadoğan, Nayim; Keven, Kenan; Koçak, Hüseyin; Koç, Serkan Kubilay; Yıldız, AlaattinThis advisory committee convened to review national and global kidney transplantation dynamics and provide recom- mendations on the use of anti-T lymphocyte globulin (ATLG) for prevention and treatment of rejection after allogeneic kidney transplantation. A critical evaluation of 6 relevant articles released up to October 2022 was performed to reveal their importance in clinical practice. Additionally, 27 key questions on the indication, dosage of ATLG, and risk stratification were used for the Delphi technique with 8 members of the Turkish Society of Nephrology including 5 kidney transplanta- tion (KTx) subcommittee members and a surgeon experienced in solid organ transplantation. The committee declared that Türkiye had great potential in KTx; however, increase in transplantation would be possible in the case of raise in the deceased donor transplantation. As a consensus, ATLG was strongly recommended for induction and rejection treatment. Also, committee members recommended the safe dosage range in steroid resistant acute rejection as 2.5-3 mg/kg daily for 5-7 days, and the median of preferred dosage in induction sounded as 2-2.5 mg/kg daily for 3 days in intermediate risk state. Additionally, post-transplant infection and malignancy cases due to immunosuppression were much rarely encoun- tered than they were in the past.Conference Object Evaluation of Infectious Diseases in Pregnant Women(Aves, 2020) Ozsoy, Metin; Tulek, Necla; Kinikli, Sami; Erdinc, Fatma Sebnem; Ataman-Hatipoglu, Cigdem; Tuncer-Ertem, Gunay; Cesur, SalihObjective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the infections and their clinical outcomes in pregnant women who were hospitalized with a diagnosis of any infectious disease. Methods: Distribution of bacterial and viral infections in 60 pregnant women who were hospitalized due to any infectious disease between years 2015 and 2018 during a three-year period were evaluated retrospectively. Results: Urinary tract infections (65%) and gastroenteritis (8.3%) were the most common bacterial infections, and human immunodefficiency virus (HIV) infection and chickenpox were most common viral infections. All patients were followed at the inpatient clinic except two patients who had hospitalized in intensive care unit due to influenza and Listeria meningitis. An HIV-positive pregnant woman received zidovudin intrapartum and was followed up later. All the other infections recovered without complications. Conclusions: Urinary tract infection was the most common infectious disease among pregnant women. The necessity of hospitalization due to community-acquired but avoidable and vaccine-preventable diseases verified that informing pregnant women about the prevention of infections and screening them before pregnancy against vaccine-preventable diseases.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 2Scientific Research on the Pineal Gland: a Bibliometric Analysis From Its First Publication(Aves, 2024) Şen, Esra; Sever, Sinem Nur; Turhan, BegümhanObjective: The bibliometric perspective examines publications using a quantitative way and statistics to analyze them. The purpose of the current study was to perform a comprehensive overview of the research on the pineal gland through bibliometric methods to determine the trends and rare topics related to the gland. Methods: The Web of Science database was used to identify the publications associated with the gland. The literature review exposed a total of 8719 publications. The identified publications were analyzed using the bibliometric approaches (VOSviewer Version 1.6.13). Results: The first studies on the pineal gland were in the 1970s. The most prolific country is the United States (2451). It was seen that most of the articles were published in Journal of Pineal Research. The majority of publications (97.09%) were written in English. The most prolific author is Reiter, Russel J. Moreover, the most prolific institute is the Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (France). The most popular keywords in the articles were pineal gland, melatonin, circadian rhythm, rat, retina, photoperiod, circadian, aging, serotonin, oxidative stress, and brain. Conclusion: The results indicated the researchers’ interest in the gland and provided quantitative data about the place of the gland in the scientific area. Studies on this subject have tended to increase in recent years. As far as we know, this research is the first bibliometric study to provide a comprehensive analysis of scientific publications with an emphasis on the pineal gland since 1976.
