PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

Oktay Tutarel

Publications and source records attributed to Oktay Tutarel.

12 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2006

Pregnancy in a Marfan patient with pre-existing aortic dissection.

In women with Marfan syndrome pregnancy increases the risk of aortic dissection. There are a number of articles reporting the outcome of acute aortic dissection during pregnancy in this patient group. In contrast, only scarce information is available concerning pregnancy in patients with pre-existing chronic aortic dissection. We report the case of a pregnant Marfan syndrome patient with pre-existing chronic aortic dissection that showed a favourable maternal and fetal outcome.

Adult↗
PubMed2004

Composition of the editorial boards of leading medical education journals.

BACKGROUND: Researchers from the developing world contribute only a limited proportion to the total research output published in leading medical education journals. Some of them believe that there is a substantial editorial bias against their work. To obtain an objective basis for further discussion the present study was designed to assess the composition of the editorial boards of leading medical education journals. METHODS: The editorial boards of the three leading medical education journals according to their impact factor were retrieved from the respective January issue of the year 2003. We evaluated in which countries the editorial board members were based and classified these countries using the World Bank income criteria. RESULTS: Individuals from a number of countries can be found on the editorial boards of the investigated journals, but most of them are based in high-income countries. CONCLUSION: The percentage of editorial board members which are based in developing world countries is higher for the leading medical education journals than in most of their psychiatry and general medicine counterparts. But it is still too low.

Developed Countries↗
PubMed2004

The quadricuspid aortic valve: a comprehensive review.

BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: The quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare congenital heart defect. All published cases of this rare malformation were reviewed. The study aim was to enlarge the evidence base for the condition, thus enabling conclusions to be drawn about its clinical course. METHODS: A literature search was conducted using the databases PubMed, Web of Science and the search engine Google. The reference sections of all relevant articles were also searched to identify additional cases of QAV. Cases with a truncal valve were excluded. RESULTS: A total of 186 cases was found. The mean age of patients was 50.7 years, and there was a slight male predominance (male:female ratio 1.61:1). Echocardiography was the leading mode of detection, followed by surgery, autopsy and aortography. Pure aortic regurgitation was found in almost 75% of cases, while only ca. 16% of the valves functioned normally. CONCLUSION: The QAV is a rare congenital heart defect with a high potential for serious complications. Patients with this condition should be carefully evaluated, and require close follow up.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2002

Geographical distribution of publications in the field of medical education.

BACKGROUND: The geographical distribution of publications as an indicator of the research productivity of individual countries, regions or institutions has become a field of interest. We investigated the geographical distribution of contributions to the two leading journals in the field of medical education, Academic Medicine and Medical Education. METHODS: PubMed was used to search Medline. For both journals all journal articles in each year from 1995 to 2000 were included into the study. Then the affiliation was retrieved from the affiliation field of the MEDLINE format. If this was not possible, it was obtained from the paper version of the journal. RESULTS: Academic Medicine published contributions from 25 countries between 1995 and 2000. Authors from 50 countries contributed to Medical Education in the same period of time. Authors from the USA and Canada wrote ca. 95% off all articles in Academic Medicine, whereas authors from the UK, Australia, the USA, Canada and the Netherlands were responsible for ca. 74% of all articles in Medical Education in the investigated period of time. CONCLUSIONS: While many countries contributed to both journals, only a few of them were responsible for the majority of all articles.

Bibliometrics↗