Results of Endometrial Sampling in Patients with Abnormal Premenopausal Hemorrhages: Analysis of 1492 Cases by Mehmet Şükrü Budak, Mehmet Baki Şentürk, Sedat Akgöl, Mehmet Nafi Sakar, Ali Emre Tahaoğlu, Cihan Toğrul, Ayhan Yıldırım

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Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding FoodDrug Interaction in the Intensive Care and Emergency Hospitals by Samir Y Lafi, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Bayan Omar Sharif

“…Usually supplement is essential and fundamental components for ensure and creating the human body, also drugs seem to survey the life of each individual and ensure the wellbeing for a long life aimed most of illness, but in case nourishment sedate interaction ignored since of information shortage almost it or any reason maybe lead to futile of medicine for the patients or cause life threatening condition because of that, one of the most significant ethical point in every health care setting in the world is patient's safety;  and  the care for patients must be improved in every country to prevent complication of interaction between food and drug. …”
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Construction of a predictive model for the risk of aspiration in enteral nutrition patients in ICU by CHEN Yue, ZHANG Hui, GUAN Chun, HU Fasheng

“…The independent risk factors were ranked in order of importance from highest to lowest as number of days of placement [OR=1.038, 95%CI(1.024, 1.052)], body position [OR=3.879, 95%CI(2.104, 7.152)], duration of daily enteral nutrition [OR=1.035, 95%CI(1.004, 1.067)], APACHE II score [OR=1.063, 95%CI(1.032, 1.095)], use of sedative and analgesic medication [OR=4.054, 95%CI(1.804, 9.108)], partial pressure of oxygen [OR=0.985, 95%CI(0.974, 0.997)]. …”
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Can Platelet Count and Mean Platelet Volume be Used as Markers of Postdural Puncture Headache in Obstetric Patients? by Osman Uzundere, Cem Kıvılcım Kaçar, Sedat Kaya

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Evaluation of the Relationship Between Histopathological Tissue Diagnosis and Endometrial Thickness in Cases with Postmenopausal Bleeding by Mehmet Şükrü Budak, Mehmet Baki Şentürk, Sedat Akgöl, Mehmet Obut, Ali Emre Tahaoğlu, Cihan Toğrul, Ayhan Yıldırım

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The Egyptian Revolution: First Impressions from the Field by Mohammed A. Bamyeh

“…The Egyptian Revolution, starting on January 25, lacked leadership and possessed little organization; its defining events, on Friday, January 28, occurred on a day when all communication technologies, including all internet and phones, were barred; it took place in a large country known for sedate political life, a very long legacy of authoritarian continuity, and an enviable repressive apparatus consisting of more than 2 million members. …”
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Emergency Department Screening for Unhealthy Alcohol and Drug Use with a Brief Tablet-Based Questionnaire by Joshua W. Elder, Evan F. Wu, James A. Chenoweth, James F. Holmes, Aman K. Parikh, Aimee K. Moulin, Tommie G. Trevino, John R. Richards

“…Subjects were excluded if they had evidence of acute intoxication and/or received sedating medication. Results. A total of 283 (57%) subjects were enrolled over a 4-week period, which represented an increase of 183% over the monthly average of patients referred for SBIRT by the CADC prior to the study. …”
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Propofol Regulates ER Stress to Inhibit Tumour Growth and Sensitize Osteosarcoma to Doxorubicin by Hua Wei, Xinhui Du, Huaping Zhao, Peipei Sun, Jianjun Yang

“…The antitumour role of propofol, a widely used intravenous sedative-hypnotic agent, has been recently reported in different cancer types. …”
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Indian Psychiatric Society multicentre study: Diagnostic patterns, comorbidity and prescription practices for patients with Dementia by CT Sudhir Kumar, Mathew Varghese, Venugopal Duddu, Sridhar Vaitheswaran, Shrikant Srivastava, KS Shaji, Sanju George, Narendra Kumar Singh, Nishant Goyal, Ajay Bakhla, S Shaji, Vikas Menon, Tajamul Hussain, Sandeep Grover, Aseem Mehra, Lokesh Kumar Singh, A Purushotham, Avinash Desousa, Nilesh Shah, Sagar Karia, I Anand, Shafana Afroon, Ritambhara Mehta, Gargi Kukreja, Dimple Dadarwala, KL Vidya, PT Sivakumar, Preeti Sinha, Shivashankar Reddy, Thomas Isaac, Mina Chandra

“…Overall, 113 (19.3%) patients were on antidepressants, 80 (13.7%) patients were on sedatives/hypnotics, and 16 (2.7%) patients were on mood stabilizers. …”
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Evaluation of Six Patients with Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma with a Literature Review by Sinem Nedime Sökücü, Celalettin Kocatürk, Nur Ürer, Yaşar Sönmezoğlu, Levent Dalar, Levent Karasulu, Sedat Altın, Mehmet Ali Bedirhan

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In vitro evaluation of glutathione implementation on oxidative dna damage and oxidant status in high glucose conditions by Fatmagul Yur, Semiha Dede, Sedat Cetin, Mehmet Taspinar, Ayse Usta

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The effect of interferon alpha administration on cytokine levels in sheep by Devran Coşkun, Merve İder, Mustafa Sedat Arslan, Rahmi Canbar, Enver Yazar

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Hypnotics' association with mortality or cancer: a matched cohort study by Daniel F Kripke, Lawrence E Kline, Robert D Langer

“…HRs were elevated in separate analyses for several common hypnotics, including zolpidem, temazepam, eszopiclone, zaleplon, other benzodiazepines, barbiturates and sedative antihistamines. Hypnotic use in the upper third was associated with a significant elevation of incident cancer; HR=1.35 (95% CI 1.18 to 1.55). …”
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Comparison of oxygen supplementation by nasal cannula with suction versus air insufflation without suction under drapes during monitored anesthesia care in adult cataract surgery-A... by Subramaniam Shanmugam Arivazhakan, Hemavathi Balachander, Sakthirajan Panneerselvam, Kirthiha Govindaraj, Priya Rudingwa

“…Fifty-six adult patients with equal gender distribution undergoing cataract surgery with multiple comorbid conditions without sedative premedications were included in the study and randomized into either Group “O” (n = 28) who received oxygen @ 4 l min-1 through a nasal cannula with suction, and Group “A” (n = 28) who received medical air @10 l min-1 through the circle breathing system under the drapes. …”
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Delirium Management Quality Improvement Project to Improve Awareness and Screening in a Medical ICU by Hirsh Makhija, Kyle Digrande, Omar Awan, Russell G. Buhr, Rajan Saggar, Victoria Ramirez, Rainbow Tarumoto, Janelle M. Fine, Atul Malhotra, Dale M. Needham, Jennifer L. Martin, Biren B. Kamdar

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> An interdisciplinary delirium project comprising rigorous lectures on standard-of-care practices can yield significant improvements in documentation and sedative administration. This approach can help ICUs jumpstart efforts to build awareness and address longstanding gaps in standard-of-care delirium practices.…”
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BRAF Inhibitors for BRAF V600E Mutant Colorectal Cancers: Literature Survey and Case Report by Yasar Subutay Peker, Mehmet Fatih Can, Ismail Hakki Ozerhan, Gokhan Yagci, Nazif Zeybek, Kutan Kavakli, Sedat Gurkok, Alper Gozubuyuk, Onur Genc, Gokhan Erdem, Ahmet Ozet, Mustafa Gerek, Yusuf Peker

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Evaluation of the effect of soil and irrigation water characteristics on the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Mentha spicata L. essential oil: A plant used in tra... by Vajiheh Gandomi Hosnaroodi, Mansureh Ghavam

“…Mentha spicata L. is one of the most important essential oil species of the lamiaceae family, which the people of Kashan use as a sedative, to treat flatulence, Intestinal and stomach diseases heartache are traditionally used. …”
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Efficacy of Intravenous Ibuprofen and Paracetamol on Postoperative Pain and Tramadol Consumption After Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind Clinic... by Muhittin CALIM, Serdar YESILTAS, Mustafa GUNAY, Ismail SUMER, Sedat AKBAS

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Efficacy of Simple Eye Ointment, Polyethylene Cover, and Eyelid Taping in Prevention of Ocular Surface Disorders in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Mehdi Ahmadinejad, Esmat Karbasi, Yunes Jahani, Maryam Ahmadipour, Maryam Soltaninejad, Zahra Karzari

“…However, patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for several reasons including loss of consciousness, receiving sedative and neuromuscular blocking agents, and mechanical ventilation may lose eye-protective mechanisms causing exposure keratopathy. …”
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Economic impact of potentially inappropriate prescribing and related adverse events in older people: a cost-utility analysis using Markov models by Kathleen Bennett, Frank Moriarty, Tom Fahey, Caitriona Cahir

“…The largest reduction in QALYs and incremental cost was for benzodiazepines compared with no sedative medication (€3470, 95% CI €2434 to €5001; −0.07 QALYs, 95% CI −0.089 to –0.047), followed by NSAIDs relative to paracetamol (€806, 95% CI €415 and €1346; −0.07 QALYs, 95% CI −0.131 to –0.026), and maximal dose PPIs compared with maintenance dose PPIs (€989, 95% CI -€69 and €2127; −0.01 QALYs, 95% CI −0.029 to 0.003). …”
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