Browsing by Author "Öztürk, Levent"
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The association of the severity of obstructive sleep apnea with plasma leptin levels
Öztürk, Levent; Ünal, Murat; Tamer, Lülüfer; Çelikoğlu, Firuz (Amer Medical Assoc., 2003)Objective: To examine whether circulating leptin levels correlate with the severity of disease in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Design: Prospective nonrandomized study. Setting: Referral sleep laboratory for ... -
Lipid peroxidation and osmotic fragility of red blood cells in sleep-apnea patients
Öztürk, Levent; Mansour, Bayat; Yüksel, Meral; Yılmaz, Ayşe Mine; Çelikoğlu, Seyhan I.; Gökhan-Kelekçi, Nesrin (Elsevier Science Bv, 2003)Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) refers to the occurrence of episodes of complete or partial pharyngeal obstruction with oxyhemoglobin desaturation during sleep. These hypoxia/reoxygenation episodes may cause ... -
Obstrüktif uyku apne sendromu'unda NCPAP tedavisine uyuma görsel ağırlıklı eğitimin katkısı
Öztürk, Levent; Pelin, Zerrin; Özgür, Canip; Kaynak, Hakan (2001)Obstrüktif uyku apne sendromu tedavisinde cerrahi tedavi ile birlikte en sık kullanılan yöntem sürekli pozitif havayolu basıncı (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: CPAP) ile yapılan tedavidir. CPAP cihazının tedavi ... -
The role of oxygen saturation measurement and body mass index in distinguishing between non-apnoeic snorers and patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
Ünal, M; Öztürk, Levent; Kanık, Arzu Emine (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2002)The aim of this study was to examine the role of oxygen saturation (SaO(2)) measurement in identifying apnoeic snorers from non-apnoeic snorers and in the assessment of the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea. Ninety-two ... -
Self-reported traffic accidents and sleepiness in a professional group of Turkish drivers
Öztürk, Levent; Tufan, Yüksel; Güler, Fazil (2002)Sleepiness in professional drivers is widely accepted to be an important cause of traffic accidents. Despite growing knowledge of the prevalence of sleepiness in automobile and truck drivers estimates from different countries ... -
The seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: a preliminary study
Ünal, Murat; Öztürk, Levent; Öztürk, Çağatay; Kabal, A. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003)We investigated the seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea. A prospective clinical study consisting of 19 patients aged 23-72 years with confirmed obstructive sleep apnoea by overnight ... -
Uykusuzluk süresince ve sonrasında opsonizasyon
Öztürk, Levent; Sağlam, İbrahim Yaman; Gökhan, Nuran (AVES YAYINCILIK, 2002)Bu çalışmada, 48 saat uykusuzluğun, fagositik aktiviteyi belirleyen göstergelerden biri olan opsonizasyon üzerine etkileri araştırıldı. Sağlıklı, genç erişkin 10 erkek gönüllü çalışmaya dahil edildi. Fizik muayene sonrasında, ...