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Are neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio reliable parameters as prognostic indicators in malignant mesothelioma?
Tural Onur, Seda; Sökücü, Sinem Nedime; Dalar, Levent; İliaz, Sinem; Kara, Kaan; Büyükkale, Songül; Altın, Sedat (Dove Medical Press, 2016)Background: Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an aggressive asbestos-related pleural tumor. The incidence is increasing with intensive use of asbestos in developing countries. We need an easily accessible, inexpensive, and ... -
Bronchoscopic treatment in the management of benign tracheal stenosis: Choices for simple and complex tracheal stenosis
Dalar, Levent; Karasulu, Levent; Abul, Yasin; Özdemir, Cengiz; Sökücü, Sinem Nedime; Tarhan, Merve; Altın, Sedat (Elsevier, 2016)Background:Bronchoscopic treatment is 1 of the treatment choices for both palliative and definitive treatment of benign tracheal stenosis. There is no consensus on the management of these patients, however, especially ... -
Characteristics of active tuberculosis patients requiring ıntensive care monitoring and factors affecting mortality
Koşar, A. Filiz; Dalar, Levent; Eryüksel, Emel; Uysal, Pelin; Akbaş, Türkay; Kekeçoğlu, Aybüke (The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 2016)Background: One to three percent of cases of acute tuberculosis (TB) require monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU). The purpose of this study is to establish and determine the mortality rate and discuss the causes ... -
Foreign body aspiration in adult: Analysis of 28 cases
Özdemir, Cengiz; Sökücü, Sinem Nedime; Karasulu, Levent; Büyükkale, Songül; Dalar, Levent (Aves Yayıncılık, 2015)Objective: The aim of our study is to discuss our experience with foreign body aspirations in our Interventional Pulmonology Unit. Methods: Patients who were referred to our Interventional Pulmonology Unit between January ... -
Intensive care in cases with thoracic and extrathoracic malignant solid tumours: Indications and survival
Kekeçoğlu, Aybüke; Dalar, Levent; Omaygenç, Derya Özden; Arpınar Yiğitbaş, Burcu; Özenç, Ecder; Koşar, Filiz (Hellenic Thoracic Society and amp, Hellenic Bronchologic Society, 2015)AIM: The patients with thoracic and extra-thoracic solid organ tumours hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) were retrospectively analyzed and the effects of their ICU stays on survival rates were investigated. ... -
Is mean platelet volume really a severity marker for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome without comorbidities?
Sökücü, Sinem Nedime; Özdemir, Cengiz; Dalar, Levent; Karasulu, Levent; Aydın, Şenay; Altın, Sedat (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disorder that can lead to significant cardiovascular complications. Several studies have reported increased platelet activation and aggregation in patients with OSAS. ... -
Is silicone stent insertion a clinically useful option for tracheobronchomalacia?
Dalar, Levent; Tural Önür, Seda; Özdemir, Cengiz; Sökücü, Sinem Nedime; Karasulu, Ahmet Levent; Altın, Sedat (TUBİTAK, 2016)Background/aim: Tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) leads to the obstruction of expiratory airflow and interference with secretion clearance. Stabilization of the airway wall using a silicon stent or laser coagulation of the ... -
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation knowledge level of the nurses: A questionnaire survey in a tertiary care training and research hospital
Tarhan, Merve; Hançer, Özcan; Polat, Fulya; Akbaş Gökduman, Songül; Dalar, Levent (AvesYayıncılık / Türk Solunum Araştırmaları Derneği, 2015)Objective: The correct use of necessary equipment is the key for a successful noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) practice. Trained health care personnel are important part of the practice. The current study was ... -
Placement of self-expandable bifurcated metallic stents without use of fluoroscopic and guidewire guidance to palliate central airway lesions.
Özdemir, Cengiz; Sökücü, Sinem Nedime; Karasulu, Levent; Tural Önür, Seda; Dalar, Levent (Italian Respiratory Society, 2016)Background: Self-expandable metallic stents (SEMS) can be used to treat malignant obstructions and fistulas of the central airways. SEMS can be placed using different methods. Recently, a rigid bronchoscope has been used ... -
Pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema, and tracheal tear in the early postoperative period of spinal surgery in a paraplegic achondroplastic dwarf
Kahraman, Sinan; Enercan, Meriç; Demirhan, Özkan; Şengül, Türker; Dalar, Levent; Hamzaoğlu, Azmi (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)Achondroplasia was first described in 1878 and is the most common form of human skeletal dysplasia. Spinal manifestations include thoracolumbar kyphosis, foramen magnum, and spinal stenosis. Progressive kyphosis can result ... -
Pneumonia in HIV-infected patients
Tural Önür, Seda; Dalar, Levent; İliaz, Sinem; Yalçın, Arzu Didem (AvesYayıncılık / Türk Solunum Araştırmaları Derneği, 2016)Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is an immune system disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The purpose of this review is to investigate the correlation between an immune system destroyed by ... -
Primary tracheal B-cell lymphoma causing recurrent central airway obstruction.
Tural Önür, Seda; Dalar, Levent; Sökücü, Sinem Nedime (Elsevier España, 2014)Purpose. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the vision related quality of life in patients with keratoconus by using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI-VFQ-25). Methods. Thirty patients ... -
The management of near-fatal hemoptysis with left secondary carinal y stent.
Dalar, Levent; Özdemir, Cengiz; Sökücü, Sinem; Karasulu, Levent; Altın, Sedat (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)Abstract Massive hemoptysis can be a life threatening condition and needs urgent treatment in lung cancer. In the fiberoptic bronchoscopy of a fifty-two-year-old who was admitted with hemoptysis, left upper lobe upper ... -
Therapeutic bronchoscopic interventions for malignant airway obstruction: A retrospective study from experience on 547 patients.
Dalar, Levent; Özdemir, Cengiz; Abul, Yasin; Karasulu, Levent; Sökücü, Sinem Nedime; Akbaş, Ayşegül; Altın, Sedat (Lippincott, Williams&Wilkins, 2016)There is no definitive consensus about the factors affecting the choice of interventional bronchoscopy in the management of malignant airway obstruction. The present study defines the choice of the interventional bronchoscopic ... -
Tracheal laceration due to elective intubation and its treatment with endotracheal stenting
Kekeçoğlu, Aybüke; Özdemir, Cengiz; Karasulu, Levent; Koşar, Ayşe Filiz; Dalar, Levent (Aves Yayıncılık, 2015)Tracheal laceration as a result of elective intubation is a rarely seen complication with a high mortality. An eighty-one years old, female patient who was followed in the intensive care unit and treated with mechanical ... -
Tracheomalacia treatment using a large-diameter, custom-made airway stent in a case with mounier-kuhn syndrome.
Özdemir, Cengiz; Sökücü, Sinem Nedime; Karasulu, Levent; Altın, Sedat; Dalar, Levent (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome (MKS) is a rare congenital disease that presents with abnormal enlargement in the central airways. In MKS, tracheomegaly is accompanied by difficulty in expelling recurrent lung infections and ... -
Tracheomediastinal fistula in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma and its treatment with argon plasma coagulation: a case report.
Üçer, Mehtap; Ordu, Çetin; Pilancı, Kezban Nur; Dalar, Levent (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2014)Tracheomediastinal fistula is a rare complication that occurs during the course of lung cancer. The fistula connects the airways to the mediastinum and is often associated with lymphoma. Clinical data on tracheomediastinal ... -
The view of religious officials on organ donation and transplantation in the Zeytinburnu District of Istanbul.
Tarhan, Merve; Dalar, Levent; Yıldırımoğlu, Hüseyin; Sayar, Adnan; Altın, Sedat (Springer Verlag, 2015)One of the obstacles to organ donation and transplantation in Turkey is that of religious beliefs and, at this point, religious officials constitute a key aspect of this problem. Positive or negative viewpoints held by ...