Objective:There are limited data in the literature regarding the potential relationship between thyroid cancer and ABO blood types and Rh factor.The aim of our study was to investigate whether papillary thyroid cancer...Objective:There are limited data in the literature regarding the potential relationship between thyroid cancer and ABO blood types and Rh factor.The aim of our study was to investigate whether papillary thyroid cancer(PTC)is associated with blood type.Materials and Methods:The present study included patients who presented to Dicle University Faculty of Medicine between June 2009 and December 2020 and were diagnosed with PTC as a result of postoperative(thyroidectomy)histopathological analysis.The control group consisted of individuals whose blood type was analyzed at a random blood center.Results:Of the 223 patients diagnosed with PTC,163(73.1%)were females and 60(26.9%)were males.In the comparison of patients based on ABO blood types and Rh factor,A Rh positive blood type was found 31%less frequently in the PTC group compared with the control group,and thus it was associated with a lower risk of PTC(OR:0.69;95%Confidence Interval:0.50-0.96,p=0.029).Conclusions:In our study,we found A Rh positive blood type to be significantly less frequent among patients with PTC.A Rh positive blood type can be considered as a protective factor indicating a reduced risk of PTC.展开更多
BACKGROUND ground Aspiration and evaluation of gastric residuals are commonly performed interventions before each feeding in intensive care units,especially in very low birthweight infants.However,there is no sufficie...BACKGROUND ground Aspiration and evaluation of gastric residuals are commonly performed interventions before each feeding in intensive care units,especially in very low birthweight infants.However,there is no sufficient evidence about the necessity of routine gastric residual aspiration.In this study,we aimed to investigate the time to full enteral intake and the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis(NEC)in preterm infants in the period with gastric residual aspiration performed before each feeding,and those in the period without gastric residual aspiration.Methods Preterm infants with a gestational week≤33 were included in the study.The group with gastric residual control before each feeding consisted of 169 infants,and the group without routine gastric residual aspiration included 122 infants.results The mean gestational week was 30.37±2.58 and 29.31±3.37 in the group with gastric residual control and in the group without routine residual control,respectively(p<0.05).Birth weight,male gender,and mode of delivery were similar between both groups.The time to full enteral intake was shorter in the group without routine residual control(p<0.05).Total durations of parenteral nutrition,≥grade 2 NEC,weight at discharge and duration of hospitalization were similar between the groups.Duration of invasive mechanical ventilator support was shorter in the group without routine residual control.Conclusion Avoidance of routine gastric residual aspiration in preterm infants shortens the time to full enteral intake without increasing the incidence of NEC.展开更多
文摘Objective:There are limited data in the literature regarding the potential relationship between thyroid cancer and ABO blood types and Rh factor.The aim of our study was to investigate whether papillary thyroid cancer(PTC)is associated with blood type.Materials and Methods:The present study included patients who presented to Dicle University Faculty of Medicine between June 2009 and December 2020 and were diagnosed with PTC as a result of postoperative(thyroidectomy)histopathological analysis.The control group consisted of individuals whose blood type was analyzed at a random blood center.Results:Of the 223 patients diagnosed with PTC,163(73.1%)were females and 60(26.9%)were males.In the comparison of patients based on ABO blood types and Rh factor,A Rh positive blood type was found 31%less frequently in the PTC group compared with the control group,and thus it was associated with a lower risk of PTC(OR:0.69;95%Confidence Interval:0.50-0.96,p=0.029).Conclusions:In our study,we found A Rh positive blood type to be significantly less frequent among patients with PTC.A Rh positive blood type can be considered as a protective factor indicating a reduced risk of PTC.
文摘BACKGROUND ground Aspiration and evaluation of gastric residuals are commonly performed interventions before each feeding in intensive care units,especially in very low birthweight infants.However,there is no sufficient evidence about the necessity of routine gastric residual aspiration.In this study,we aimed to investigate the time to full enteral intake and the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis(NEC)in preterm infants in the period with gastric residual aspiration performed before each feeding,and those in the period without gastric residual aspiration.Methods Preterm infants with a gestational week≤33 were included in the study.The group with gastric residual control before each feeding consisted of 169 infants,and the group without routine gastric residual aspiration included 122 infants.results The mean gestational week was 30.37±2.58 and 29.31±3.37 in the group with gastric residual control and in the group without routine residual control,respectively(p<0.05).Birth weight,male gender,and mode of delivery were similar between both groups.The time to full enteral intake was shorter in the group without routine residual control(p<0.05).Total durations of parenteral nutrition,≥grade 2 NEC,weight at discharge and duration of hospitalization were similar between the groups.Duration of invasive mechanical ventilator support was shorter in the group without routine residual control.Conclusion Avoidance of routine gastric residual aspiration in preterm infants shortens the time to full enteral intake without increasing the incidence of NEC.
