Browsing by Author "Ayhan F.F."

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    Turkish league against rheumatism (TLAR) recommendations for the pharmacological management of rheumatoid arthritis: 2018 update under guidance of current recommendations
    (Turkish League Against Rheumatism (TLAR), 2018) Ataman Ş.; Sunar İ.; Yilmaz G.; Bodur H.; Nas K.; Ayhan F.F.; Akgül Ö.; Akinci A.; Altay Z.; Birtane M.; SOY Buğdayci D.; Çapkin E.; Çevik R.; Garİp Çimen Y.; Duruöz M.T.; Elhan A.H.; Gürer G.; Kaçar C.; Kamanli A.; Kaptanoğlu E.; Kaya T.; Kocabaş H.; Kuru Ö.; Alkan Melikoğlu M.; Özel S.; Rezvani A.; Sezer İ.; Yurdakul F.G.
    Objectives: This study aims to report the assessment of the Turkish League Against Rheumatism (TLAR) expert panel on the compliance and adaptation of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) 2016 recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Turkey. Patients and methods: The EULAR 2016 recommendations for the treatment of RA were voted by 27 specialists experienced in this field with regard to participation rate for each recommendation and significance of items. Afterwards, each recommendation was brought forward for discussion and any alteration gaining ≥70% approval was accepted. Also, Turkish version of each item was rearranged. Last version of the recommendations was then revoted to determine the level of agreement. Levels of agreement of the two voting rounds were compared with Wilcoxon signed-rank test. In case of significant difference, the item with higher level of agreement was accepted. In case of no difference, the changed item was selected. Results: Four overarching principles and 12 recommendations were assessed among which three overarching principles and one recommendation were changed. The changed overarching principles emphasized the importance of physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists as well as rheumatologists for the care of RA patients in Turkey. An alteration was made in the eighth recommendation on treatment of active RA patients with unfavorable prognostic indicators after failure of three conventional disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs. Remaining principles were accepted as the same although some alterations were suggested but could not find adequate support to reach significance. Conclusion: Expert opinion of the TLAR for the treatment of RA was composed for practices in Turkish rheumatology and/or physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics. © 2018 Turkish League Against Rheumatism. All rights reserved.
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    Turkish league against rheumatism consensus report: Recommendations for management of axial spondyloarthritis
    (Turkish League Against Rheumatism (TLAR), 2018) Bodur H.; Yurdakul F.G.; Ataman Ş.; Garıp Y.; Nas K.; Ayhan F.F.; Akgül Ö.; Akinci A.; Altay Z.; Birtane M.; Soy Buğdayci D.; Çapkin E.; Çevık R.; Duruöz T.; Gürer G.; Kaçar C.; Kamanli A.; Kaptanoğlu E.; Kaya T.; Kocabaş H.; Kuru Ö.; Melikoğlu M.A.; Özdemırel E.; Özel S.; Rezvani A.; Sezer İ.; Sunar İ.; Yilmaz G.
    Objectives: This study aims to update 2011 Turkish League Against Rheumatism SpondyloArthritis Recommendations, and to compose a national expert opinion on management of axial spondyloArthritis under guidance of current guidelines, and implantation and dissemination of these international guidelines into our clinical practice. Materials and methods: A scientific committee of 28 experts consisting of 14 rheumatologists and 14 physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists (one of them also has an immunology PhD) was formed. The recommendations, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment were scrutinized paying special attention with convenient key words. The draft of Turkish League Against Rheumatism opinion whose roof consisted of international treatment recommendations, particularly the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society/European League Against Rheumatism recommendations was composed. Assessment of level of agreement with opinions by task force members was established through the Delphi technique. Voting using a numerical rating scale assessed the strength of each recommendation. Results: Panel compromised on five basic principles and 13 recommendations including pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods. All of the recommendations had adequate strength. Conclusion: Turkish League Against Rheumatism expert opinion for the management of axial spondyloArthritis was developed based on scientific evidence. These recommendations will be updated regularly in accordance with current developments. © 2018 Turkish League Against Rheumatism. All rights reserved.
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    Pulmonary rehabilitation principles in SARS-COV-2 infection (COVID-19): A guideline for the acute and subacute rehabilitation
    (Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2020) Aytà Y.K.; Köseoğlu B.F.; TaÅkiran Ö.Ö.; Ordu-Gökkaya N.K.; DelialioÄa&lu S.Ü.; Tur B.S.; Sarikaya S.; Åžirzai H.; Tiftik T.T.; AlemdaroÄa&lu E.; Ayhan F.F.; Cąkit B.D.; Genà A.; GündoÄa&du I.; Güzel R.; Karayel D.D.; Kaya B.B.; Öken Ö.; Özdemir H.; Soyupek F.; Tikiz C.
    Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious infection disease, which may cause respiratory, physical, psychological, and generalized systemic dysfunction. The severity of disease ranges from an asymptomatic infection or mild illness to mild or severe pneumonia with respiratory failure and/or death. COVID-19 dramatically affects the pulmonary system. There is a lack of knowledge about the long-term outcomes of the disease and the possible sequelae and rehabilitation. This clinical practice guideline includes pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) recommendations for adult COVID-19 patients and has been developed in the light of the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 provided by the World Health Organization and Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Health, recently published scientific literature, and PR recommendations for COVID-19 regarding basic principles of PR. In this guideline, the contagiousness of COVID-19, recommendations on limited contact of patient with healthcare providers, and the evidence about possible benefits of PR were taken into consideration. © 2020 Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. All rights reserved.
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    Pulmonary rehabilitation principles in SARS-COV-2 infection (COVID-19): The revised guideline for the acute, subacute, and post-COVID-19 rehabilitation
    (Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2021) Aytür Y.K.; Köseoglu B.F.; Taşkıran Ö.Ö.; Gökkaya N.K.O.; Delialioğlu S.Ü.; Tur B.S.; Sarıkaya S.; Şirzai H.; Tiftik T.T.; Alemdaroglu E.; Ayhan F.F.; Çakıt B.D.; Genç A.; Gündoğdu İ.; Güzel R.; Kabayel D.D.; Kaya B.B.; Öken Ö.; Özdemir H.; Soyupek F.; Tıkız C.
    Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious infection disease, which may cause respiratory, physical, psychological, and generalized systemic dysfunction. The severity of disease ranges from an asymptomatic infection or mild illness to mild or severe pneumonia with respiratory failure and/or death. COVID-19 dramatically affects the pulmonary system. This clinical practice guideline includes pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) recommendations for adult COVID-19 patients and has been developed in the light of the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 provided by the World Health Organization and Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Health, recently published scientific literature, and PR recommendations for COVID-19 regarding basic principles of PR. This national guideline provides suggestions regarding the PR methods during the clinical stages of COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 with its possible benefits, contraindications, and disadvantages. © 2021 All right reserved by the Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation