Anesthesiology Dr. Meltem Yücebaş
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Dr. Meltem Yücebaş is an Anesthesiology specialist at Acibadem Atasehir Hospital in İstanbul with 36+ years of experience.
She provides perioperative anesthesia care, intensive care management, postoperative pain management, cardiovascular anesthesia, neuroanesthesia, and anesthetic management for conditions such as maple syrup urine disease, von Hippel-Lindau disease, bilateral pheochromocytoma, spinal cord hemangioblastoma, succinylcholine-induced myalgia, and light head trauma. She consults in Turkish and English and offers online video consultation.
About Dr. Meltem Yücebaş
Dr. Meltem Yücebaş is an Anesthesiology specialist with 36 years of experience. Her listed areas of expertise include day-case laparoscopy analgesia, knee arthroscopy postoperative analgesia, intra-articular morphine analgesia, cardiovascular anesthesia, neuroanesthesia, succinylcholine-induced myalgia, light head trauma, and anesthetic management of bilateral pheochromocytoma.
Dr. Yücebaş graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1988 and completed Anesthesiology and Reanimation at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1995. She was an intern at the University of Minnesota Veterans Administration Hospital in the United States of America in 1992. She was a Research Assistant at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation from 1990 to 1995, a Specialist Physician at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation in 1995, and a Lecturer at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation from 1995 to 1996.
She joined Acibadem Health Group in 2005. Dr. Yücebaş sees patients at Acibadem Atasehir Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. The profile lists 3 professional bodies, among them the Society of Chest Cardiovascular Anesthesia, the Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, and the Intensive Care Association.
The profile lists 8 publications dated between 1992 and 2000. Their subjects include analgesia after day-case laparoscopy and knee arthroscopy, anesthetic management of maple syrup urine disease and von Hippel-Lindau disease, and light head trauma.
Dr. Yücebaş speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with the doctor before travelling.
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Conditions treated and procedures performed by this specialist.
Education
- 1995Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Anesthesiology and Reanimation
- 1992Anesthesiology and Reanimation Clinic / Kadriak Anesthesia, Neuroanesthesia, Algology Departments, University of Minnesota Veterans Administration Hospital, United States of America, Internship
- 1982–1988Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
- 1979–1982Ted Ankara College
Professional Experience
- 2005Acibadem Health Group
- 2001Acibadem Health Group
- 1996–2001Department of Anesthesia and Reanimation, Maltepe University Faculty of Medicine Marmara Hospital / Assistant Professor
- 1995–1996Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation / Lecturer
- 1995Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation / Specialist Physician
- 1992Univ. of Minnesota Veterans Administration Hospital, USA
- 1990–1995Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation / Research Assistant
Professional Memberships
- Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation
- Society of Chest Cardiovascular Anesthesia
- Intensive Care Association
Selected Publications
- Day-case laparoscopy: a comparison of prophylactic opioid, NSAID or local anesthesia for postoperative analgesia. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2000 May;44(5):536-42 Salman M. A., Yücebaş M.E., Coşkun F., Aypar Ü.
- Nimodipine Attenuates Lipid Peroxidation During the Acute Phase of Light Head Trauma Neurosurgical Review (accepted for publication on 27/12/1999) Ercan M., Inci S., Kilinc K., Palaoglu S., Aypar U.
- Day Case Laparoscopy: A Randomized Double Blinded Comparison of Three Pre-Emptive Methods Dolor 1999, 14 (sup.3): 21. Salman M. A., Ercan Yücebaş M., Coşkun F.
- Intraarticular morphine administration provides pain relief after knee arthroscopy. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 1997 Mar;14(2):153-6. Kanbak M, Akpolat N, Ocal T, Doral MN, Ercan M, Erdem K.
- Anaesthetic Management of a Patient with von Hippell-Lindau Disease: A Combination of Bilateral Phaeochromocytoma and Spinal Cord Haemangioblastoma A Case Report. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 1996,13:81-83. Ercan M., Kahraman S., Başgül E., Aypar Ü.
- Anaesthetic Management in Maple Syrup Urine Disease- A Case Report. Anaesthesia 1996, 51,575-578. Kahraman S., Ercan M., Akkuş Ö., Erçelen Ö., Erdem K., Coşkun F.
- The Effect of Intraarticular 1 and 5 Mg. The Effect of Morphine Dose on Postoperative Pain. Journal of Pain 1994,6(1),21-24. Kanbak M., Akpolat N., Öcal T., Doral M.N., Erdemli M., Erdem K.
- Preoperative i.m. Effect of Diclofenac Administration on Succinyl Choline-Induced Muscle Injury and Myalgia. Turkish Anesthesiology and Reanimation Cemiyeti Mecmuası 1992,20(3),161-165. Kahraman S., Erdemli M., Başgül E., Aypar Ü.
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