BACKGROUND Trauma is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among individuals under 40 and is the third main cause for death throughout the world. OBJECTIVES This study was designed to compare our modified injury scoring systems with the current injury severity score (ISS) from the viewpoint of its predictive value to estimate the duration of hospitalization in trauma patients. PATIENTS...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to detect the mortality predictive power of new Glasgow coma scale, age, and arterial pressure (GAP) scoring system in major trauma patients admitted to the emergency department (ED). METHODS A total of 100 major trauma patients admitted to Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine ED who were 18 years of age or more were included in the study. In this pros...

ISS which may be interpreted as transparency in information delivery is of high importance in personal life as well as in ruling system. It may be stated that these two are two sides of the same coin. If there is a real intention to govern people in a real democracy, then ISS is well-defined and developed in the country, and if ISS is well-defined, then it can be concluded that real resolutenes...

In our study, we determined the efficacy of bortezomib-based induction therapy followed by autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) in newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory (R/R) multiple myeloma (MM) patients and compared the advantages of early versus late transplant. We used a retrospective analysis to examine 62 patients, including 46 cases of newly diagnosed MM (early transplant group) and...

OBJECTIVE To investigate response to growth hormone (GH) in the first, second and third years of treatment for all idiopathic GH-deficient (GHD) and idiopathic short stature (ISS) patients in Australia. CONTEXT Eligibility for subsidized GH treatment in Australia is determined on auxological criteria for the indication of Short Stature and Slow Growth (SSSG), which includes ISS (SSSG-ISS). Th...

BACKGROUND Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant neoplasm of plasma cells that accumulate in the bone marrow. Myeloma is characterized by skeletal destruction, renal failure, hypercalcemia, and anemia. Currently, there is no cure, though recent understanding of the bone marrow microenvironment and the cytogenetics involved in MM are leading to improved and individualized treatment strategies, le...

In many countries, treatment for cancer is performed based on staging systems in which the degree of cancer development is defined objectively. A common staging system is thus needed to compare outcomes. The staging system for colorectal cancer in Japan has been made to enhance consistency with the TNM classification, and the categorization of metastatic lymph nodes and depth of invasion have b...

introduction: the aim of this research was to study the effect of a 6-week supplemented diet on increasing bone density by measuring calcium, phosphorus and bone mineral density (bmd) in male rats. materials and methods: in this experimental study, 24 wistar male rats, aged between 15 and 20 days, were selected. the rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: immune system supplement (iss), iss p...

Thefirst rules for classification and stagingof female genital cancers adopted by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) in 1958 date back to the end of the 1920s and the work carried out by the Radiological Sub-Commission of the Cancer Commission of the Health Organization of the League of Nations. Since the 1930s, gynecologic oncologists have strived for a common lan...

This investigation was designed to measure aerobic capacity (V̇o2peak) during and after long-duration International Space Station (ISS) missions. Astronauts (9 males, 5 females: 49 ± 5 yr, 77.2 ± 15.1 kg, 40.6 ± 6.4 ml·kg(-1)·min(-1) [mean ± SD]) performed peak cycle tests ∼90 days before flight, 15 days after launch, every ∼30 days in-flight, and on recovery days 1 (R + 1), R + 10, and R + 30. ...