Canan Hasbal Akkuş

Dr. Canan Hasbal Akkuş

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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11 June 2021 in Children
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Journal Article
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GAGürkan Atay
Gürkan Atay
CACanan Hasbal Akkuş
Canan Hasbal Akkuş
MTMücahit Türk
Mücahit Türk
SESeher Erdoğan
Seher Erdoğan
BSBetul Sozeri
Betul Sozeri
Multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a new potentially life-threatening disease that is related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The aim of this study is to reveal the clinical and laboratory results of MIS-C and the role of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in its treatment. Clinical, laboratory and radiological characteristics of the patients who were admitted to the pediatric ward and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a tertiary hospital with a diagnosis of MIS-C between April 2020 and March 2021 were included in the study. Forty-one patients were admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of MIS-C. Twenty-one (51.2%) patients were admitted to the PICU. Six patients needed invasive mechanical ventilation (14.6%), 10 patients (24.4%) TPE and 3 patients (7.3%) needed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The patients were grouped according to need for PICU admission (Group 1: no need for PICU, Group 2: need for PICU admission). Group 2 had significantly higher levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), ferritin, D-dimer, pro-B type natriuretic peptide (pro BNP) and lactate (p < 0.05). Hyponatremia found to be an independent risk factor for inpatient MIS-C in the PICU. We think that dynamic laboratory trending is beneficial in determining the need for PICU admission and TPE may be effective in critically ill patients.

5 December 2019 in The Journal of Child
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Journal Article
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KUKadir Ulu
Kadir Ulu
CACanan Hasbal Akkuş
Canan Hasbal Akkuş
ŞUŞerife Ulu
Şerife Ulu
IEİlYas Erkum
İlYas Erkum
SCSinem Oral Cebeci
Sinem Oral Cebeci
LELyas Tolga Erkum
Lyas Tolga Erkum