There are about 14773 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Turkey. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is the most common cause of chronic hypothyroidism in areas with sufficient iodine, stemming from an autoimmune response against thyroid peroxidase and/or thyroglobulin. It is the most prevalent autoimmune thyroid disease and a leading cause of overall hypothyroidism. Even when they reach euthyroidism, 82% of treated women with HT still have excess body weight, and 35% of them are obese. Thyroid dysfunction can affect the function of adipose tissue and lead to metabolic disturbances. Leptin can stimulate thyroid-stimulating hormone secretion, while thyroid-stimulating hormone can influence leptin release from adipose tissue. Additionally, HT patients often exhibit high levels of C-reactive protein and IL-6, suggesting an association between increased thyroid-stimulating hormone levels and the inflammatory process, which may contribute to comorbid disease risk in individuals with HT. Nutrition can serve as a complementary treatment for HT by affecting thyroid functions and having anti-inflammatory properties. Dietary interventions may involve eliminating gluten, lactose, or certain food components, or focusing on an anti-inflammatory dietary pattern while preventing nutritional deficiencies. Therefore, this study is a randomized controlled, single-blind trial designed to evaluate the effects of a gluten-free, lactose-free diet and a diet enriched with Aronia Melanocarpa, both individually and in combination, as well as healthy dietary protocols, on autoantibody levels, leptin, ghrelin, oxidative response, and weight loss in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The study aims to recruit a minimum of 80 participants aged 18-65 years, diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis at Istanbul Medical Faculty Hospital. In the initial face-to-face interview, participants will provide sociodemographic information, dietary habits, anthropometric measurements, and dietary intake records through a questionnaire. The study involves the inclusion of Aronia Melanocorpa in the diet (high anthocyanin content, 69.24 mg/100 ml), a gluten-free and lactose-free diet, both interventions being applied together, and the application of only healthy nutrition protocols to patients over an 8-week period, with serum assessments of TSH, fT4, fT3, anti-TPO, anti-Tg, IL-6, TNF-a, CRP, and leptin-ghrelin levels at the beginning and end of the study. The goal is to create recommendations for patients, improve their quality of life, and establish sustainable nutritional interventions.
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of maxillary nerve blockage on both postoperative pain scores and recovery quality index in septoplasty operations. Thus, it was aimed to determine an alternative method that can be used in postoperative analgesia that will suppress postoperative pain complaints and increase the comfort level of patients after septoplasty operations.
The aim of this study was to compare the effects of hypobaric and hyperbaric spinal applications on patient haemodynamics, duration of anaesthetic effect and postoperative analgesia. Thus, it was aimed to determine the method that protects haemodynamics more and suppresses postoperative pain complaints of patients better in this patient group with advanced age, comorbid systemic diseases and high risk of operation.
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a three-dimensional complex deformity of the spine characterized by lateral deviation of 10 degrees or more in the frontal plane, rotation in the transverse plane and hypokyphosis in the sagittal plane. It has been reported that in the presence of scoliosis, there is a change in muscle strength of people compared to their healthy peers due to the deterioration of their postural balance. There are many studies in the literature that evaluate the muscle strength of cases diagnosed with scoliosis with objective devices. Among these objective devices, reliability studies on hand dynamometry devices, which are easy to use, portable and cheaper than other devices, have been conducted for different populations. However, no reliability study of the handheld dynamometer device in patients with AIS has been found in the literature. Therefore, the aim of our study is to study the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability and validity of the trunk flexion, extension and lateral flexion muscle strengths of the hand dynamometer device in cases with AIS, which are known to have changes in muscle strength compared to their peers as a result of the change in spinal alignment. After obtaining the demographic information of the cases that meet the inclusion criteria within the scope of the study, the isometric muscle strength of the trunk flexor, extensor and right-left lateral flexor muscles will be evaluated by two different evaluators using a Lafayette hand dynamometer. To avoid systematic error, each participant will perform the isometric handheld dynamometer protocol in a random testing order. In order to determine interobserver reliability, on the first day of the test, the same hand dynamometer protocol will be applied to each participant by two different evaluators, after a 1-hour rest to prevent fatigue. To determine intraobserver reliability and compliance, participants will be re-evaluated by the same researchers at the same protocol, place and day period, 1 week apart to prevent learning effects. This study will reveal the intraobserver and interobserver reliability and validity of the handheld dynamometer device, which can be used in the evaluation of trunk muscle strength for clinicians working with AIS.
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a three-dimensional deformity of the spine of unknown etiology, in the treatment of which physiotherapy-specific scoliosis-specific exercise (PSSE), corset and surgical treatment approaches are used depending on the severity of the curvature [8, 9]. The Schroth method, one of the PSSE methods, has been shown to reduce the severity of the curvature, Cobb angles and the need for surgery, especially in curvatures between 10-30 degrees, slow down the progression of the curvature, increase back muscle strength and improve respiratory functions [10-12]. In the Schroth method, mental imagery, exteroceptive, proprioceptive stimulations and mirror control, which follow motor learning principles and include internal focus, are used to increase body awareness and facilitate the individual's self-posture corrections with postural, sensorimotor and rotational breathing exercises specific to scoliosis [5, 10]. In cases that require long-term treatment, such as scoliosis, the motivation and participation of the child and adolescent population in particular decreases and negatively affects the success of treatment [1, 2]. Additionally, it has been reported in the literature that patients have difficulty in performing Schroth exercises at home and adapting the corrected posture to daily life[5]. For this reason, in order to maintain the corrected posture and make it permanent, motor learning-based approaches must be used [6]. Virtual reality rehabilitation (VR) creates an external focus on the individual, allows for a large number of repetitions, and thus encourages motor learning. It is also known that VR increases motivation, participation and exercise performance in children and adolescents[7]. When the literature was examined, no studies were found regarding VR in individuals with AIS. We think that our study will show that Schroth-based VR will be effective on spinal parameters, trunk rotation and spinal mobility parameters in cases with AIS. Our aim is to examine the effects of Schroth-based VR in comparison with Schroth exercises in cases with AIS.
In arteriovenous fistula surgery, the effect of infraclavicular brachial plexus block and local anesthesia on tissue oxygenation and the effect of primary patency of the AV fistula is intended to research.
TAPSE, one of the methods for evaluating right ventricular systolic function; It is a bar parameter that can easily measure apex-basal shortening and provides specific information about global RV function. TAPSE/PASP can be calculated as load-independent parameters to evaluate RV function. Because RV function is sensitive to change in afterload, known as the RV-pulmonary circulation (PC) connection. This study aims to identify patients who are candidates for hypotensive events due to general anesthesia in a hemodynamically stable population.
The aim of this thesis is to examine the effect of the placenta delivery method on women's postpartum pain, bleeding and comfort. It is a randomized controlled experimental study. The research will be conducted at Mersin Tarsus state hospital between March 2024 and August 2024. The study will be conducted with 140 primiparous women, 70 primiparous pregnant women in the experimental group and 70 primiparous pregnant women in the control group, who meet the research criteria and apply to the delivery room of Tarsus State Hospital between these dates. The research will be carried out with a control group (those receiving routine hospital protocol/where the placenta is delivered with controlled cord traction) and an experimental group (physiological separation of the placenta with a mixed method). Interventions applied to research groups vary depending on the characteristics of the group. In both groups, interventions in the delivery room will be performed by the researcher midwife. If any complications develop during the research, independent of the interventions, if the woman undergoes a cesarean section, or if situations that meet the exclusion criteria occur, that woman will be excluded from the sample. The researcher will apply a routine hospital birth management protocol to both groups during the first three stages of labor. However, the way the placenta is delivered in the third stage (physiological with mixed management or controlled cord traction with active management) will differ. The researcher will apply the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) twice, at the beginning and at the end of the third phase of labor, apply the Postpartum Comfort Scale at the 4th postpartum hour, and record hemoglobin and hematocrit values at admission to the hospital, which is the hospital's routine protocol, and in the hemogram test at the 6th hour postpartum. HB and HCT values will be used to interpret the amount of postpartum bleeding. The hypotheses of the research are as follows; H1: In the active management of the 3rd stage of labor, delivery of the placenta with controlled cord traction affects the woman's perception of postpartum pain. H2: In the active management of the 3rd stage of labor, delivering the placenta with controlled cord traction affects the woman's amount of postpartum bleeding. H3: In the active management of the 3rd stage of labor, delivering the placenta with controlled cord traction affects the woman's postpartum comfort level. H4: In the mixed management of the 3rd stage of labor, physiological delivery of the placenta affects the woman's perception of postpartum pain. H5: In the mixed management of the 3rd stage of labor, physiological delivery of the placenta affects the amount of postpartum bleeding of the woman. H6: In the mixed management of the 3rd stage of labor, physiological delivery of the placenta affects the woman's postpartum comfort level.
Open Gastrectomy surgery is a big surgery with upper umbilical median incision where the postoperative pain is occur frequently. pain managements of this surgery with intravenous opioid analgesics are currently standard approach. but its side effects as sedation, decreased bowel movement and respiratory depression are limiting its use. so local anesthesia done with regional block methods provides good analgesia after surgery that decrease use of opioid analgesics. in this study we intend to compare subcostal TAP block with external oblique intercostal block
This study will investigate whether an ultrasound-assisted technique is better than a classical land-mark technique to facilitate spinal anesthesia in the sitting position in super obese pregnant women with BMI ≥ 50 who will undergo elective cesarean section. The primary objective of this study is the rate of successful dural puncture at the first attempt. It was assumed that ultrasound could facilitate neuraxial blockade in super obese (BMI ≥ 50 kg/m2), pregnant women, according to the Who classification, whose topographic anatomy is difficult.