Şemsi Nur Karabela

• Doctor of Medicine
• Medical Doctor at University of Health Sciences

Aim: Sexually transmitted diseases pose a substantial public health concern and economic challenge in developing countries, exhibiting a disproportionate impact on women. The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge level of high school girls regarding sexually transmitted diseases and to examine the impact of educational interventions o...

Objective: Blood transfusion is a life-saving medical intervention. Transfusion reactions are undesirable consequences of this intervention and may present with various findings. Using data from our hospital and hemovigilance procedures that included electronic recording, our aim was to evaluate non-infectious transfusion reactions. Methods: We pre...

Objective: Blood transfusion is a life-saving medical intervention. Transfusion reactions are undesirable consequences of this intervention and may present with various findings. Using data from our hospital and hemovigilance procedures that included electronic recording, our aim was to evaluate non-infectious transfusion reactions. Methods: We pre...

Objective: Group A beta-haemolytic streptococci (GAS), which are responsible for most cases of acute bacterial tonsillopharyngitis, are transmitted from person to person and may rarely cause foodborne outbreaks. This study aims to report the epidemic caused by GAS in our hospital and to draw attention to the explosive outbreaks of the bacteria. M...

Background and aim: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and more prone to develop severe disease. It is important to know predictors of poor outcomes to optimize the strategies of care. Methods: 93 patients with CKD and 93 age-sex matched patients without CKD were included in the study. Data on demo...

Autosomal recessive IRF7 deficiency was previously reported in three patients with single critical influenza or COVID-19 pneumonia episodes. The patients' fibroblasts and plasmacytoid dendritic cells produced no detectable type I and III IFNs, except IFN-β. Having discovered four new patients, we describe the genetic, immunological, and clinical fe...

Introduction: Contact with domestic or wild mammals poses a risk of rabies. Accurate evaluation of wounds, early wound care, and vaccination and immunoglobulin therapy reduce the risk. Materials and methods: In this study, the data obtained from Rabies Vaccination Center in Istanbul between 2008-2015 were analyzed. Those who applied to the center...

SARS-CoV-2 infection is benign in most individuals but, in ˜10% of cases, it triggers hypoxemic COVID-19 pneumonia, which becomes critical in ˜3% of cases. The ensuing risk of death (˜1%) doubles every five years from childhood onward and is ˜1.5 times greater in men than in women. What are the molecular and cellular determinants of critical COVID-...

Introduction: The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound global impact economically, socially, and in many other areas. As vaccines are developed and introduced, their effect on the disease on both, the global and individual scale is a subject of intense curiosity. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between ris...

Background and objectives: Malnutrition is common in elderly patients and is an important geriatric syndrome that increases mortality. We aim to examine the frequency of malnutrition and independent risk factors associated with mortality in hospitalized elderly patients with COVID-19. Methods and study design: Patients aged 65 years and older wi...

Background: To determine and compare the effects of different honey types on wound healing in an animal model, with silver sulfadiazine as the standard treatment. Materials and methods: Five different groups were created with eight rats in each group. Partial-depth burns were created, and different types of honey and silver sulfadiazine were app...

Immunization before and after exposure remain the most effective way to protect against rabies. A cross-sectional comparison of antibody level durability induced by a full (4-dose) or a 3-dose rabies vaccination was investigated and whether changes occurred in ERK1, ERK2, MEK1, and CXCL10 gene expression post-vaccination. Blood samples of adult sub...

Background The aim of this study was to demonstrate the presence of the virus in tear and conjunctival secretions of clinically-confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia patients. Methods This prospective study was conducted at Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital (2020/190). Nasopharyngeal and ocular samples were obtained by swab technique a...

Background and aim: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and more prone to develop severe disease. It is important to know predictors of poor outcomes to optimize the strategies of care. Methods: 93 patients with CKD and 93 age-sex matched patients without CKD were included in the study. Data on demo...

Background The main purpose in this study carried out from the perspective of infodemic was to investigate the relationships between individuals’ perceived causes of COVID-19, their attitudes towards vaccine and their levels of trust in information sources in terms of various descriptive characteristics. Methods In this cross-sectional and correla...

Purpose This paper aims to determine the knowledge and attitudes of the physicians regarding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), to emphasize that these patients exist and they will exist in the future and to raise awareness so as to prevent that their rights to treatment are revoked. Design/methodology/a...

Objectives: We aimed to study the effect of seasonal influenza (flu) vaccination on the susceptibility to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods: A total of 203 healthcare workers of a pandemic centre of Istanbul, Turkey, were included in this retrospective study. According to the presence or absence of flu vaccination, participants were d...

Background/Aim: Cytokine release syndrome, a potentially life-threatening condition in SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID-19) patients, plays a critical role that may lead to the prioritization of tocilizumab (TCZ) in the treatment of this disease. We aimed to present our TCZ-treated SARS‐CoV‐2 patients’ data that might help and guide clinicians in dealing with thi...

Amaç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışmada; bireylerin Covid-19 deneyimlerine göre Covid-19 aşısına yönelik tutumlarının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Tanımlayıcı türdeki çalışma, İstanbul ilinde yaşayan bireylere çevrimiçi ortamda ulaştırılan ankete 235 erkek, 455 kadın 690 kişinin katılımıyla yürütülmüştür. Katılımcıların demografik özelliklerini, Covid-19 deney...

Giriş: Kesici delici alet yaralanmaları, sağlık kuruluşlarında en çok görülen iş kazası türlerinden biridir. Sağlık alanında eğitim gören öğrencilerin, uygulama dersleri ve yaz stajı uygulamaları da çoğunlukla sağlık kuruluşlarında gerçekleştirilmektedir. Sağlık alanında eğitim alan öğrenciler de sağlık personelleri gibi kesici delici alet yaralanm...

Kesici delici alet yaralanmaları, sağlık kuruluşlarında en çok görülen iş kazası türlerinden biridir. Sağlık alanında eğitim gören öğrencilerin, uygulama dersleri ve yaz stajı uygulamaları da çoğunlukla sağlık kuruluşlarında gerçekleştirilmektedir. Sağlık alanında eğitim alan öğrenciler de sağlık personelleri gibi kesici delici alet yaralanmalarına...

Antibiyotik direnci ve uygunsuz antibiyotik kullanımı karşısında akılcı ilaç kullanımı bilincinin oluşabilmesi için pro-aktif çözümlere ihtiyaç vardır. Örgün eğitim yoluyla akılcı ilaç ve antibiyotik kullanımı eğitimleri, bu bilince katkı sağlayabilir. Bu çalışmada, ortaöğrenim düzeyindeki öğrencilerin akılcı ilaç kullanımı konusundaki bilgi durumu...

Antibiyotik direnci ve uygunsuz antibiyotik kullanımı karşısında akılcı ilaç kullanımı bilincinin oluşabilmesi için pro-aktif çözümlere ihtiyaç vardır. Örgün eğitim yoluyla akılcı ilaç ve antibiyotik kullanımı eğitimleri, bu bilince katkı sağlayabilir. Bu çalışmada, ortaöğrenim düzeyindeki öğrencilerin akılcı ilaç kullanımı konusundaki bilgi durumu...

The gold standard for routine microbiological diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is quantitation of viral RNA in respiratory specimens by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) specific IgM and IgG antibodies in patient sera are additional diagno...

The genetics underlying severe COVID-19 The immune system is complex and involves many genes, including those that encode cytokines known as interferons (IFNs). Individuals that lack specific IFNs can be more susceptible to infectious diseases. Furthermore, the autoantibody system dampens IFN response to prevent damage from pathogen-induced inflamm...

Background Fever is one of the critical symptoms of collagen vascular diseases, malignancies, and infectious diseases. Patients with a fever of unknown origin (FUO) were evaluated to determine the etiology. Methods In this study, 110 cases with FUO who were admitted to two hospitals with a total of 800 beds, in which 5000 daily outpatient patients...

Bu çalışmanın amacı yoğun bir iş hayatı olan kadın yönetici akademisyen ve sağlık çalışanlarının iş ve aile ile ilgili düşünce ve tutumlarının incelenmesidir. Katılımcılar 49 (%36,03) yönetici akademisyen ve 87 (%63,97) sağlık çalışanı olmak üzere toplam 136 kadından oluşmaktadır. Katılımcılara araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanmış olan anket Ocak-...

Aim:We aimed to evaluate the effects of the application of the electronic blood tracking system and transfusion nursing on the transfusion process.Methods:Blood transfusion tracking forms were included in the hospital information Management System (HIMS) in July 2015 and the users were able to electronically record all data, including order, approv...

Turkey is one of the leishmaniasis endemic countries, and according to the recent reports, more than 45% of the cases were reported from the Southeastern part of Turkey. The disease is endemic in Syria with annually 25,000 cases, and it is emphasized by WHO that the actual number was estimated to be 2–5-fold higher than the reported numbers. Due to...

Leishmania is an intracellular parasite, which is transmitted by the bite of infected female Phlebotominae sand flies. Turkey is a crossroad between Europe and Asia that makes it important in terms of epidemiology. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate Leishmania infection among non-autochthonous patients admitted to Health Sciences University...

Aim: This study analyzed diabetic foot infections (DFI) in patients who were followed up in our clinic. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated demographic characteristics and clinical and laboratory findings in 27 patients (12 female, 15 male) with DFI who were followed up in our clinic between June 2013 and January 2014. The foot ulcerations in the...

Monitorisation of Transesophageal Echocardiography Probe Cleaning

The conditions of working life are changing fast and continuously and workplace competition increases depending on economic, demographic and social changes. The interactions of the subject in the workplace become difficult and lead to newly occurring safety and health risks arise. Mobbing (psychological intimidation) is not currently discussed due...

Objective: This study aimed to compare the characteristics of the tuberculous meningitis (TBM) patients with and without miliary tuberculosis (TB). Methods: Twenty-five patients with miliary TB of 160 patients with TBM were included in this retrospective study. Diagnosis of TBM was based on anamnesis, clinical and laboratory results, neuroradioogic...

Phthiriasis palpebrarum is an uncommon cause of blepharoconjunctivitis in which Pthirus pubis infest the eyelashes. We report a case of unilateral phthiriasis palpebrarum with crab louse. A 45-year-old man presented with conjunctival hyperaemia and moderate itching associated with irritation, and crusty excretions of the eyelashes in the left eye....

We evaluated the cases of 7,266 individuals who applied to our hospital's Center for Rabies Vaccination between January and December 2003. Among 1,831 female and 5,435 male cases, 37% were given 3 doses of vaccination, 14% were given 5 doses, and in 24% of cases a 2-1-1 vaccination schedule was applied. Antirabies serum of horse origin was given in...