Kayseri City Hospital

This completed study tested whether a 6-week cardiac rehabilitation program (aerobic and resistance exercises) could improve heart disease risk, blood pressure, and arthritis activity in 40 people with both rheumatoid arthritis and high blood pressure. Participants were randomly …

This study looks at whether children who have seizures with fever show signs of DNA damage in their blood. Researchers measure a substance called 8-OHdG, which is a marker of oxidative stress, in children with simple or complex febrile seizures and compare it to healthy children.…

This study looked at whether a nerve block called the erector spinae plane block can protect kidney function during laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery. Sixty adults having this surgery were divided into two groups: one received the nerve block plus standard anesthesia, the ot…

This study looked at 102 adults having chest surgery where only one lung is used for breathing. Researchers gave some patients a nerve block to reduce pain and measured brain oxygen levels. The goal was to see if the block changes brain oxygen during surgery.

This study used MRI to examine neck muscles in 158 people with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a type of arthritis that affects the spine. Researchers measured muscle size, fat buildup, and spine alignment, comparing them to healthy controls. The goal was to better understand how AS…

This study looked at 143 girls to see if two natural chemicals in the blood, spexin and phoenixin-20, can help doctors tell the difference between true central precocious puberty and a harmless condition called premature thelarche. Researchers measured these chemicals in girls wi…

This study looked at whether stem cells can be made from tissues that are normally thrown away after childbirth, like the umbilical cord and placenta. Researchers collected 160 samples from healthy mothers and tested how many stem cells they could get, how clean the samples were,…