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Yayınlar
- MakaleAçık Erişim2018Obesity in adolescents and the risk factors
Eker, Hasan Hüseyin; Taşdemir, Mustafa; Mercan, Sümeyye; Mucaz, Meltem; Bektemur, Güven; Sahinoz, Saime; Ozkaya, Emin
Objectives: This study aims to investigate the frequency of obesity and to identify possible risk factors affecting obesity in adolescents. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study included a total of 1,357 adolescents between March 2011 and May 2012 in Beyoglu district of Istanbul province of Turkey. The questionnaire including 38 questions which was developed based on the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which is used by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was used for the data collection. The weight and height of the participants were measured and their body mass index (BMI) values were calculated. Results: Of all participants, 54.8% were females, 5% of them were underweight, 12.6% were overweight, and 2.6% were obese. Among the male participants, the BMI values were higher (21.06±3.32 kg/m2) than females (20.26±2.88 kg/m2) (p<0.0001). The obesity ratio was higher in males (p<0.0001) and in children of highly educated parents (p<0.05). Of the participants, 23.5% were physically active. Physical activity level was higher in males, compared to females (p<0.0001). The rate of breakfast habit was higher in males than females (p=0.002). Healthy diets and losing weight in a healthy way were more commonly accepted by the students in the public schools, compared to those in private schools (p<0.0001). Conclusion: Obesity is an important public health problem and proper eating habits and regular physical activity should be encouraged. High-income families should also encourage their children to become more aware of the importance of physical activity. The right time for this is childhood and adolescence, in which permanent habits can be easily acquired.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2018Evaluation of enamel surface morphology and microhardness after the application of different protective agents
Simsek, Huseyin; Derelioglu, Sera; Buyuk, Suleyman Kutalmış; Sukuroglu, Ebru Emine
The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the effect of different protective agents on the surface microhardness and morphology on enamel eroded by a cola drink. Sixty sound anterior teeth were randomly divided into five groups. The baseline surface microhardness of the enamel was measured. For demineralization procedures, all teeth were immersed in cola for 8 minutes and surface microhardness was remeasured. The five groups for remineralization procedures were defined as: Group 1: Artificial saliva, Group 2: 1.23% Acidulated Phosphate Fluoride gel (APF), Group 3: 5% NaF varnish, Group 4: Casein Phosphopeptide-Amorphous Calcium Phosphate (CPP-ACP), and Group 5: Probiotic yogurt. After each experimental procedure, a third microhardness measurement was repeated. Surface morphological changes were observed using SEM. All data were recorded for each group and statistically analyzed using two-way analysis of variance and one-way repeated-measures analysis of variance. All tests were performed at a significance level of p < 0.05. No significant differences for baseline microhardness values were found (P> 0.05). The mean surface microhardness in all groups decreased significantly after immersion in cola (P< 0.05). After remineralization, NaF varnish and APF gel significantly increased the surface microhardness values. There were no significant increases in the surface microhardness values of artificial saliva, CPP-ACP and probiotic yogurt. This study concludes that NaF varnish is more effective in re-hardening of eroded enamel.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2018The effects of 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide on the testes of dogs; [Učinci 4-vinilcikloheksen diepoksida na testise pasa.]
Paksoy, Zahid; Kandemi̇r, Fatih M.; Gokhan, Nezihe; Ozkaraca, Mustafa
This study was aimed at investigating the effects of 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide (VCD) on testicular tissue in dogs. For this purpose, 30 mongrel male dogs were used and allocated to 5 groups randomly. The first group (n = 6), used as the control, was administered sesame oil by the intraperitoneal route (i/p). The VCD was administered i/p at doses of 80, 160, 240, 320 mg/kg to the second, third, fourth and the fifth groups (n = 6), respectively, once a day for 8 days. The dogs were surgically castrated on the day after the last VCD injection. The testes were removed immediately and fixed in 10% bouine solution. The testes were subjected to routine tissue processing and examined to determine the testicular damage in each testis. When compared to the control group, it was seen that the seminiferous tubule damage increased significantly in the treatment groups. Malondialdehyde levels reached the highest level in the fifth group, while superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase activity and glutathione levels were higher in the control group (P<0.0001). Nosignificant difference was detected when all the groups were compared with respect to AST, ALT and GGT activities before and after the treatment (P>0.05). Our results showed that VCD may contribute to the sterilization of male dogs.
- MakaleYalnız künye2018Volume calculation of brain structures in migraine disease by using mristudio
Palancı, Özgür; Kalaycıoğlu, Ahmet; Acer, Niyazi; Eyüpoğlu, İlker; Çakmak, Vildan A.
Migraine is a neurological disorder that is known as headache and accompanies attacks of neurological and gastrointestinal symptoms and prevents daily life activities of the person. In the literature, the volume changes of many structures in the brain have been investigated using brain magnetic resonance images (MRI) of migraine patients, but it has not yet been investigated whether there is a comprehensive and detailed volume change involving all the structures of the brain. The purpose of this study is to examine the brain structures in a wide range and to determine in which regions the volume changes. In this study, 25 healthy subjects and 25 migraine patients were included in the study. SPSS 15.0 program was used for statistical analysis. The Mristudio was used in our study when we examined the volumes of migraine patients and brain structures of healthy individuals. Statistically significant volume changes were found in the volumes of structures found in the brain frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal lobes. Volumetric changes were assessed in terms of duration of illness and frequency of attacks. In conclusion, our study is compatible with migraine pathophysiology. Structural changes in the brain are thought to be a risk factor for migraine. The evidence on the relationship of regional gray matter volumetric change detected in migraine is unclear. We believe that this ambiguity is caused by the method used.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2018Indoor and outdoor radon measurements at lung cancer patients’ homes in the dwellings of Rize Province in Turkey
Özen, Songül Akbulut; Celik, Necati; Dursun, Emrehan; Taskın, Halim
In this study, indoor and outdoor radon (222Rn) surveys were carried out in the summer and winter seasons in homes of one hundred lung cancer patients in the year 2013–2014. The aim was to investigate the relationship between radon and cancer patients. Lung cancer patients completed a questionnaire concerning their living environment, various physical parameters and living habits. Pearson correlation and t tests revealed no meaningful results between radon concentrations, on one hand, and environmental and personal living habits, on the other hand. Consequently, the BEIR VI model was adapted and 222Rn exposure was estimated to be responsible for about 12% of the lung cancer incidences in the winter season and around 5% in the summer season in the Rize Province. However, due to the limited number of data and numerous parameters that could lead to lung cancer, the estimations done with the model should be taken very lightly. The annual effective doses due to inhalation of indoor and outdoor 222Rn were estimated to be, respectively, 1.43 and 0.94 mSv y−1. The indoor and outdoor annual effective doses were, respectively, close and below the world annual effective dose (1.3 mSv y−1). At the district level, the indoor annual effective dose equivalent in the İyidere district was 4.52 mSv y−1, which was 3.5 times greater than the world average. The number of patients in the majority of the houses in this district was more than one.
- MakaleYalnız künye2018Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and Ni+2 release analysis of NiTi-shape-memory dental alloys coated by micro-arc oxidation (MAO) method
Yeşildal, Ruhi; Karabudak, Filiz; Şüküroğlu, Ebru Emine; Şüküroğlu, Süleyman; Zamanlou, Hamid; Bayındır, Funda; Şen, Sadri; Totik, Yaşar
This study aims to prevent the release of Ni+2 and increase the biocompatibility of NiTi-shape-memory dental alloys with the micro-arc oxidation (MAO) coating by preserving the shape-memory feature in the oral environment. The TiO2-ceramic coating and Ag-doped TiO2 coating have been grown on shape-memory, co-atoms’ dental NiTi alloys with the MAO method. Biocompatibility properties of the coating were determined by in-vitro tests. In-vitro tests have been made as retention tests in a simulated body fluid (SBF). Whether the grown surface coating impacts the shape-memory properties of the base material or not has been determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis. It was observed as a result of retention tests that bone-like apatite form occurred on the surface of TiO2-coated NiTi and Ag-doped TiO2-coated NiTi coating. It was determined as a result of retention tests in SBF that the Ni+2 release rate from the base material was below the limit of detection in coated samples. As a result of DSC analysis, it was not observed any significant changes in transformation temperature with the MAO coating. It was concluded that the thin-film coatings formed by MAO technique prevent the release of Ni in the oral environment and increase the biocompatibility by preserving shape memory properties of NiTi dental alloys.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2018Effect of amino acid substitution in New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase on carbapenem susceptibility
Düzgün, Azer Özad
The aim of this work was investigation of clinically important amino acid substitutions of NDM-1 variants. A blaNDM-1 gene was cloned into expression vector pET100/D-TOPO. The sequence of NDM-1 variants with substituted amino acids was determined by ClustalW program. A pET100/D-TOPO + blaNDM-1 was used to generate the alanine mutations at different positions, such as NDM-2 (P28A), NDM-3 (D95A), NDM-4 (M154A), NDM-5 (V88A), NDM-7 (D130A), and NDM-9 (E152A). The mutant variants were transformed into Escherichia coli DH5α. Changes in the activities of alanine mutation variants were determined by E-test. All samples had 32 μg/ml MIC values against ampicillin. The 28th amino acid mutation sample had the highest MIC value against ceftazidime, whereas decreased MIC value for piperacillin. It was observed that the resistance to imipenem was increased in mutant variants D95A, M154A, D130A, and E152A, comparing with P28A and V88A. It was found that NDM-1 has 0.64 μg/ml and the 130th amino acid mutation sample has 0.75 μg/ml meropenem MIC value.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2018ANALYZING THE DYNAMICS OF EBOLA TRANSMISSION WITH RANDOM EFFECTS
Merdan, Mehmet; Bekiryazici, Zafer; Kesemen, Tulay; Khaniyev, Tahir
In this study, a deterministic mathematical model of Ebola transmission is analyzed under random ef-fects. A recent compartmental model of Berge et al. incorporates both direct and indirect transmission in the model. We assume the parameters of this model are normally distributed random variables to investigate the random behavior of disease transmission. Random differential transformation method is used to obtain the ap-proximate expectation of disease recovery. Furthermore, the approximation for expected recovery is modified by using Laplace-Padé method. Comparison of results indicate that the Laplace-Padé modification provides a better approximation. We also interpret the long term random behavior of the disease dynamics using simulation results.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2018Primula vulgaris extract induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human cervix cancer cells
Demir, Selim; Turan, Ibrahim; Aliyazicioglu, Rezzan; Yaman, Serap Ozer; Aliyazicioglu, Yuksel
Primula vulgaris belongs to the genus Primula, members of which are frequently used in folk medicine. Various studies have investigated the cytotoxic effect of different Primula species, but there have been limited studies on the cytotoxic effect of P. vulgaris. The aim of this study was to investigate the cytotoxic effects, and possible mechanisms involved, of P. vulgaris flower extract on human cervical cancer (HeLa) cells. The cytotoxic effect of the extract on HeLa cells was revealed using the MTT assay. Mechanisms involved in the extract's cytotoxic effect were then investigated in terms of apoptosis, mitochondrial membrane potential, and the cell cycle, using fluorometric methods. P. vulgaris flower extract exhibited selective cytotoxic effects against HeLa cells by arresting their cell cycle at the S phase, and inducing the number of apoptotic cells compared to normal fibroblast cells by reducing mitochondrial membrane potential in a concentration-dependent manner. This is the first study to reveal the antiproliferative effect of P. vulgaris flower extract. Further studies are now needed to identify the cytotoxic molecules in the extract and their mechanisms.
- BildiriYalnız künye2018Generalized beta parameters for a SVEIR-type random model of Polio transmission
Bekiryazici, Zafer; Merdan, Mehmet; Kesemen, Tulay; Tosun, M.
In this study, a SVEIR-type compartmental model of Poliomyelitis transmission is examined under random effects. We introduce Generalized Beta and normal distributed random parameters into the equation system to investigate the random dynamics of the disease. The approximate analytical solution of the model under random effects is obtained by using Random Differential Transformation Method (RDTM). Results from simulations and RDTM are analyzed to comment on the randomness of the compartments and disease transmission. It is seen that the random model successfully provides similar results that can be obtained through the deterministic model while providing additional information on the random behavior of the disease, such as the standard deviations and the variation coefficients.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2017Health with Sociological Prescriptions
Bingol, Orhan
Existence and continuity of social structure is dependent on unrivaled conditions. Necessity of continuance of society as healthily is the most important of these conditions. In this regard health resembles compulsory life insurance for society. Therefore health-oriented studies have continued thereby specializing, gaining autonomy and increasing until today. Medicine constitutes important part of the health studies. Medicine as a necessary science, a professional occupation and interfering power about diseases and health maintains its importance. So opinion that diseases and health must be completely looked from medicine front is inferred. This opinion consolidates medical monopoly in healthcare field. Physicians and medicine have nearly all drugs of diseases and health. The opinion which is right but deficit gets health into medical world. In fact health is not only medical subject. Especially in recent years, changing structure of diseases and health and renewal approach toward them confirm existing changes. For example list of diseases have been rapidly updated, some diseases has been added and some others has been canceled to the list. Similarly thoughts originating from health always develop and go into more depth. Margin of inequality becomes clearer in health. Main causes of this situation can be connected with advances in science or rapid technological progress. However the essential connection occurs between renewed social development, life standard and transformation of medical paradigm. Cultural face of health which has already existed since before now becomes more apparent with modern social life. At the same time, medicine loosens inclination of retention of health by it and it makes further room for sociological side of the health. Sociology also exists in health from now on. This article views relevant chance in health. This change is concerned with medicine, society, sociology, and sociology of health. Therefore judgment of 'the address of diseases and health is not only medicine, but also sociology' reflects main argument of this article.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2017Public Hospital Union Construction and Changing Patient Rights Board Effects on Board Decisions
Bostan, Sedat
The concept of patient rights, 1980s went into the literature, developed in 1990, and began to be implemented in health institutions in the 2000s. Thus, a legal infrastructure has gained, institutionalized in 2010 years. The purpose of this study is to investigate patient rights violations through the decisions of the patient rights board, taking into account the change in board structure and public hospital union structuring. The survey was conducted on board decisions taken in 2012- 2015. The data were processed with cross-table technique and the difference between the years was tried to be monitored by Pearson Chi-square test. Public hospital union structure has reduced written complaints of patients and strengthened on-site solutions. When the causes of patient com- plaints are examined, half is concerned with the right to benefit from the service, and issues of re- spect, medical care and information are at the forefront. Approximately half of the complaints are consisted of physicians and one in ten nurses. Significant reductions have been observed in com- plaints of medical secretaries, cleaners, security personnel and administrative staff when there has been a significant increase in complaints of dentists in the last year. According to findings; the in- tegration of patient rights boards within the health directorates and the change of member struc- ture contributed to making decisions more professionally and objectively. As a result, patient privacy violations that have been acknowledged by the system and the patients, is destroying human val- ues. Lack of patient information reduces treatment effectiveness. Health worker's seizure-prone work are increasing their exhaustion and triggers insecurity in medical care. Health administrators and educators should be very interested in these issues.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2017Mide Kanserli Olguların Geriye Dönük İncelenmesi
Eken, Hüseyin; Pülat, Hüseyin; Çağlar, Kazım; Eroğlu, Hasan; Zihni, Ismail; Karaköse, Oktay
Amaç: Mide kanseri Avrupa’da kadınlarda ve erkeklerde görülme sıklığıaçısından beşinci sırada yer almaktadır. Erkek kadın oranı ise 1.6:1 olarakbelirlenmiştir. Mide kanseri, kansere bağlı ölümlerde ülkemizde erkeklerdeikinci, kadınlarda ise üçüncü sırada yer almaktadır. Mide kanserinin prognozugenellikle kötüdür. Bunun sebebi de tanıda gecikme ve tanı konan olgularınileri evrede olmasıdır.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi GenelCerrahi Anabilim Dalı 1995 -2009 yılları arasında mide kanseri tanısı ilecerrahi işlem yapılan 204 olgu geriye dönük olarak incelendi. Bu olgulardan131’ine küratif cerrahi rezeksiyon yapıldığı belirlendi. Olguların %80’i lokalileri evre olgulardı (evre IIIa, IIIb ve IV). Olguların yaş, cinsiyet, başvurusemptomları, tümör lokalizasyonu, T, N, M, evre, tümör diferansiyasyonu,histolojik tipleri, tümör çapı, vasküler ve perinöral invazyon varlığı, yapılancerrahi işlem, rezeksiyon tipi, diseksiyon tipi, diseke edilen toplam lenf nodusayısı, metastatik lenf nodu varlığı, metastatik lenf nodu sayısı ve toplam lenfnodu sayısına oranı, komplikasyonlar, cerrahi mortalite, adjuvan kemoterapi,adjuvan radyoterapi ve diğer adjuvan tedavileri ve sağkalım süreleribelirlendi. Bu verilerin sağkalım üzerine etkileri lojistik regresyon analizi iledeğerlendirildi. Sağkalım açısından 3 ve 5 yıllık sağkalım eğrileri Kaplan-Meieryöntemiyle çıkarıldıBulgular: Küratif rezeksiyon ve diseksiyon yapılan 131 olguda morbidite%15.2, mortalite ise %7.6 idi. Evre ve metastatik lenf nodlarının toplam lenfnodu sayısına oranı sağkalım üzerinde en önemli faktörler olarak bulundu(p<0.05). Evrelere göre sağkalımda 5 yıllık sağkalım oranlarının evre Ia için%79.1, Ib için %78.3, II için %61.8, IIIa için %46, IIIb için %24.8 ve IV için %25.8olduğu görüldü.Sonuç: Sonuç olarak olgularımızın çoğunun lokal ileri evre olgular olmasınakarşın yapılan radikal cerrahi işlemlerden fayda gördüğü ve sağkalımoranlarının bu anlamda olumlu olduğunu söylemek mümkündür.
- MakaleYalnız künye2017The efficiency of bedside ultrasonography in patients with wrist injury and comparison with other radiological imaging methods: A prospective study
Oguz, Ahmet Burak; Polat, Onur; Eneyli, Muge Gunalp; Gulunay, Behnan; Eksioglu, Merve; Gurler, Serdar
Study objective: Our aim was to determine the efficiency of ultrasound (US) scanning in patients with wrist trauma admitted to the emergency department and to compare US diagnostic usagewith other radiological imagingmethods. Methods: Patients who presented to the emergency department with wrist injury and who met the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria were eligible. For all patients, US evaluation of thewhole wristwas performed by an emergency physician before other radiological imagingmethods (radiographies, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging). All of the patients included in the study underwent US, radiography, CT, and MR. Results: During the study, 122 patients were admitted with a wrist injury. After filtering for the exclusion criteria, 80 patients were included in the study. The sensitivity of US scanning in detecting fractures was 95.31% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 87.1-98.39), the specificity was 93.75% (95% CI: 71.67-98.89), and the positive predictive value was 98.39% (95% CI: 91.72-99.85), and the negative predictive value was 83.33% (95% CI: 72.98-90.41). The sensitivity of US scanning in detecting tendon and ligamentous structural injury was 66.67% (95% CI: 41.71-84.82), the specificity was 100% (95% CI: 94.42-100), the positive predictive valuewas 100% (95% CI: 94.29-99.89), and the negative predictive was 92.86% (95% CI: 84.25-97.14). Conclusion: US scanning is an effective method that can be applied in the emergency department to adult patients to diagnose distal forearm and carpal bones fractures. In soft tissue injuries, US and MR examinations produce similar results. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- BildiriAçık Erişim2017Pressure from superiors and older age increase the risk of burnout syndrome among psychiatric trainees: A nation-wide survey in Turkey
Capraz, N.; Ozalp, D. Ceylan Tufan; Yalcin, M.; Can, E. Tellioglu; Alkin, T.
- BildiriAçık Erişim2017MEDIAN AND ULNAR NERVE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA IN CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME WITH EXTRATERRITORIAL SPREAD OF SENSORY SYMPTOMS
Kaplan, B. Mansiz; Leblebicier, M. Akdeniz; Yagci, I.
- BildiriAçık Erişim2017The Relationship between Types of Bullying experienced by Primary School Students and Their Anxiety, State-Trait, Self-Esteem And Certain Socio-Demographic Characteristics
Demirbag, Birsel Canan; Çiçek, Zeynep; Yigitbas, Cagla; Özkan, Cigdem Gamze; Dinçer, Ahmet; Soriano, E; Sleeter, C; Casanova, MA; Cala, VC
Bullying experienced by children causes negative emotions which lead to failure in their lives. This study aims to determine the relationship between types of bullying and anxiety, state-trait, self-esteem and certain socio-demographic characteristics of primary school students who exposed to bullying at least two times. A primary school in the city center of eastern part of Turkey was selected by simple random sampling method. A socio-demographic questionnaire, which was developed by the researchers, and state-trait anxiety inventory and self-esteem scales were provided to 595 students in this school by explaining how to fill out the questionnaires between January 1 and January 31, 2015. The most common types of bullying expressed by children were kicking and slapping in the physical bullying 11.7%, kidding in the verbal bullying 14.1%, discrimination in the emotional bullying 7.3% and sexually explicit expressions in the sexual bullying type 4.2%. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
- EditoryalAçık Erişim2017A young girl presenting with cardiac thrombus: An unusual complication of inflammatory bowel disease
Demirel, Muhittin; Sökmen, Erdogan; Acar, Emrah; Sivri, Serkan
- MakaleYalnız künye2017How does radioactive iodine affect the nose?
Server, Ela Araz; Kirgezen, Tolga; Celebi, Ozlem Onerci; Yildiz, Muhammet; Yigit, Ozgur; Cermik, Tevfik Fikret
Objectives/HypothesisTo determine the effect of radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment on the nasal mucosa and nasal functions. Study DesignProspective clinical study. MethodsThis study included 41 patients (31 female and 10 male) who were treated with RAI for papillary thyroid carcinoma. A visual analogue scale (VAS) was used for subjective evaluation of nasal symptoms. The saccharine test, nasal Schirmer test, and acoustic rhinometry were used for objective evaluation of nasal functions. All tests were administered at baseline (before RAI treatment), and then 1 month and 1 year post-RAI treatment. Only 21 of the patients could be evaluated after 1 year of treatment and were included in the study's analysis. ResultsVAS obstruction and dryness scores 1 month and 1 year post-RAI were significantly higher than the baseline scores (P < .05 and P < .05, respectively). Mean cross-sectional area values 1 month and 1 year post-RAI did not differ significantly from baseline values (P > .05 and P > .05, respectively). Schirmer test results 1 month and 1 year post-RAI treatment were significantly lower than at baseline (P < .05 and P < .05, respectively). Saccharine test results 1 month and 1 year post-RAI were significantly higher than at baseline (P < .05). ConclusionsRAI treatment can adversely affect the nasal mucosa. Nasal dryness and obstruction can occur immediately after RAI treatment. Additional research is warranted to further elucidate the effects of RAI treatment on nasal function. Level of Evidence4. Laryngoscope, 127:2698-2702, 2017
- MakaleAçık Erişim2017SCREENING FOR ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM IN GERIATRIC POPULATION
Karakus, Ali; Tasin, Veyis; Kartal, Ismail; Kuvandik, Guven
Aim: An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is uncommon in people. Male gender and smoking are the most important risk factors. AAA is a condition that may be fatal when diagnosis is delayed This study aimed to emphasize the necessity for screening due to four fatal cases with abdominal aortic aneurysm in a genatric population. Material and Method The study included 320 patients from a nursing home and an emergency department The diameters of abdominal aortas were measured and assessed far risk factors. Results: Of the patients, 232 (72.5% were male and the mean age was 75.65 +/- 7.76 (range: 62-95 years). Hypertension was the most frequent risk factor determined. Mean aortic diameter was found as 18.87 +/- 2.74 mm (range 15-26 mm) No significant associations were detected among risk factors, age groups, and aortic diameter Four cases with abdominal aortic aneurysm died. Discussion AM is the most frequently seen aneurysm among true aneurysms. Major risk factors for AAA include male gender. smoking history. and age >65 years. In advanced ages, particularly in men, screening for AAA reduced deaths caused by rupture. The patients should be assessed for surgical intervention by Taking risk factors into consideration. Large-scale screening studies can reduce risk for mortality.
