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WOS: 000409974000010, Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the contribution which effective factors on who self-quitting smoking. Methods: The study had been included in over 18 years old people who not received any pharmacological treatment or psychological support. The research was performed at the 95% +/- 3.09 confidence interval. Age, gender, educational status, occupation, monthly income, smoking situation and effective factors on self-quitting smoking. Results: The participants had been 50.9% (509) male and 49.5 (498) female. Median age was 35 (18-87) years old; female's median age 35 (18-83) and male's median age 36 (18-87). From Istanbul 351 (35%), Ankara 301 (30%), Konya 207 (20%), Antalya 148 (15%) were people interviewed. This study had been the most effective factor in unassisted smoking cessation one's own disease. The second factor had been getting fear of sick and third family pressure. The most people had been quit smoking due to diseases of respiratory system. The most fearful disease was cancer. Financial status was forth effective factor on quitting smoking. Conclusion: As a result effective factors on unassisted smoking cessation had been getting fear of sick as well as own disease. Therefore, in the process of quitting smoking, and especially young people in the project will be designed to prevent smoking was thought should be given to these issues. Also important in this regard is increasing the cigarette sales price. The compliance with laws issued to prevent smoking in closed areas, in particular young people can influence their thoughts about the hazards of smoking., Turkish Respiratory Society, This study was supported by the Turkish Respiratory Society.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of one month basic military training practiced by military medical faculty students on pulmonary function in Turkish Armed Forces. 79 students beginning to Military Medical Faculty were included into the study. A spirometry was performed before and after basic military training and FVC (Liters=L), (%)FVC, FEV1 (L), (%)FEV1, FEV1/FVC (L), (%)FEV1/FVC , FEF25-75 (L), (%)FEF25-75, FEF25 (L), (%)FEF25, FEF50 (L), (%)FEF50, FEF75 (L), (%)FEF75, PEF (L), (%)PEF parameters were evaluated. Pulse rates per minute and smoking status were also recorded. After basic military training, significant increases in FEV1/FVC (L) (p

The aim of this study was to investigate the IgM antibody positivities of atypical pneumonia agents in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and to compare the results with controls. The serum samples which were collected from 87 adult patients and 21 healthy controls have been investigated by a commercial ELISA (Pneumobact ELISA IgM, Vircell, Spain) in which four different atypical pneumonia agents were fixed onto a slide. In the patients group, IgM positivity rates for the agents were as follows, respectively; 2.3% for Legionella pneumophila, 56.3% Chlamydia pneumoniae, 33.3% for Mycoplasma pneumoniae, 9.2% for Coxiella burnetii. The rates of IgM positivities in the control group varied 7% for all of the agents except M. Pneumoniae and C. Pneumoniae and 2 of these controls were positive for L. Pneumophila IgM, one was positive for C. Burnetii IgM. According to the statistical evaluation, there were significant differences for IgM seropositivities to Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia Pneumoniae,between the patient and the control groups (p0.05). We showed that the seropositivity rate of atypical agents in patients with CAP was significantly higher when compared to healthy control group. This result suggests us, atypical agents might be responsible in CAP patients in a great amount. Furthermore, our study also suggests that clinical and radiological findings are not useful for discriminating atypical from typical pneumonia. [TAF Prev Med Bull 2007; 6(4.000): 279-284]

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by M. Tuberculosis Complex that involves both mainly lungs and other organs. Post-primary pulmonary TB is mostly seen in adults. It is usually located in apical region of lungs and makes cavitary lesions. We can see different clinical pictures in the areas of high incidence with TB. In the differential diagnosis of nodular and cavitary lesions in the lungs, metastatic lung cancer, wegener granulomatosis and TB are included. We report a case with different radiological appearance and a clinical sign that has extra-TB differential diagnosis which most possible cause is metastatic lung cancer.