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    The efficacy of doppler ultrasound on chronic suppurative otitis media
    (Acta Medica Mediterranea, 2015) Gül A.; Akdağ M.; Özkurt F.E.; Agüloğlu B.; Özkan H.; Aktürk A.; Yilmaz B.
    Aims: The diagnostic techniques used in the diagnosis of lateral sinus thrombosis are invasive and pose a risk of stroke. For this reason, we aimed to evaluate the efficiency of Doppler ultrasonography, a simple, fast, and non-invasive technique in this field. Materials and methods: Patients presenting at our clinic with one-sided, chronic suppurative otitis media were included in the study. Internal jugular vein and internal carotid artery Doppler tests were conducted on the patients. The healthy ears of the patients were used as the control group. The values were compared statistically. Results: A total of 40 patients were included in the study 17 male (42.5%) and 23 female (57.5%). Seventeen patients had suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma, and 23 patients had suppurative otitis media without cholesteatoma. According to Doppler ultrasonography parameters, no statistically significant differences were observed. However, when the chronic suppurative otitis media patients were compared to those without cholesteatoma, the internal jugular vein diameter was found to be reduced significantly in the group with cholesteatoma (p=0.047). Conclusion: The results of our study suggest that Doppler ultrasonography can be considered as a useful, fast, easy, and noninvasive method in the prognosis of cases with suspected lateral sinus thrombosis.
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    Evaluation of smell function changes in pregnancy
    (2015) Gül A.; Yilmaz B.; Karababa S.; Tuna S.F.; Özkurt F.E.; Yaman Yörük N.; Topçu İ
    OBJECTIVES: This study aims to compare the olfactory function changes among pregnant women in varying trimesters and non-pregnant women.PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty-five healthy pregnant women and 14 non-pregnant women were included in the study. Volunteer pregnant women were divided into three subgroups including the first trimester, second trimester, and third trimester. All volunteers were tested with the smell bottle test battery. The content of the test was consistent with the Sniffin' sticks including three detailed olfactory function tests, namely olfactory threshold (OT), olfactory discrimination (OD), and olfactory identification (OI). Total results of these three tests were defined as TDI scores.RESULTS: TDI score and test scores of the pregnant women in the first trimester statistically significantly decreased compared to pregnant women in other trimesters and non-pregnant women (p<0.05). Pregnant women in the second and third trimesters had similar olfactory function scores to the non-pregnant women (p>0.05).CONCLUSION: The olfactory function changes are observed in women during pregnancy. In particular, decreased smell sensitivity in the first trimester returns to normal scores towards the end of pregnancy.
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    The investigation of the prognostic value of mean platelet volume in patients with sudden hearing loss
    (2014) Gul A.; Bakir S.; Akdağ M.; Özkurt F.E.; Özbay M.; Kiniş V.
    OBJECTIVE: The study was aimed to observe the changes in mean platelet volume in patients with sudden hearing loss, taking the close relationship of vascular reasons and sudden hearing loss into account.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients who were admitted and treated with sudden hearing loss in the study. The control group was made up of healthy people. The hemoglobin values, mean platelet volumes, platelet counts of the groups were recorded.RESULTS: Forty sixth patients in the sudden hearing loss group and 45 patients in the control group were evaluated. No statistically significant difference between the two groups regarding mean platelet volume values and platelet counts were found. There was also no significant difference between the high mean platelet volumes and hearing loss levels.CONCLUSIONS: We think it would be beneficial to examine the mean platelet volume values in further studies with more patient series on patients with sudden hearing loss.