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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2017
Anti-edematous, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effect of etanercept in acute stage in experimental head injury.
To study the anti-edematous, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effect of etanercept in the model of experimental head injury. ⋯ It was observed that etanercept has anti-edematous, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effect on the rats which experienced traumatic brain injury.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2017
Characteristics of the injuries of Syrian refugees sustained during the civil war.
During a war, many civilians are severely injured by firearms, bombs, and shrapnel. The triage of war injuries involves difficult and complicated processes requiring surgical procedures and patient monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of hospitals. In this study, we examine the demographic, traumatic, and critical care characteristics of cases injured during the civil war in Syria and requiring emergency surgery. ⋯ The results of this study indicated that head-neck, chest-abdomen, and multiple body injuries are the most widely seen among civilians brought to Turkey because of gunshot injuries sustained during the Civil War in Syria. The number of emergency operations performed in the study sample was high, and critical care follow-up durations were long. In addition, the NISS and ASA scores of mortal cases were fairly high.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2017
Case ReportsAn unusual etiology in cold injury: Liquefied petroleum gas.
Cold injury is a condition that causes reversible and irreversible damage when tissues are exposed to cold. This injury occurs due to various etiologies, and the most commonly observed ones include contact with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used in households, vehicles, and industry. LPG is a type of gas stored in liquid state under high pressure within cylinders. ⋯ The superficial defects secondarily healed with minimal scarring, while the necrotic finger had to be amputated. Cold injury on the skin caused by high-pressure jet streams of liquid gas as in our study is a rare occurrence. Our patients are important cases due to the rare etiology of cold injury.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2017
Efficiency of instant messaging applications in coordination of emergency calls for combat injuries: A pilot study.
Coordination of an emergency response team is an important determinant of prompt treatment for combat injuries in hospitals. The authors hypothesized that instant messaging applications for smartphones could be appropriate tools for notifying emergency response team members. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficiency of a commercial instant messaging application (WhatsApp, Mountain View, CA) as a communication tool for the emergency team in a level-I trauma center. ⋯ Instant messaging applications for smartphones can be efficient, easy-to-operate, and time-saving communication tools in the transfer of medical information and the coordination of emergency response team members in hospitals.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2017
Predictive factors for early hospital readmission and 1-year mortality in elder patients following surgical treatment of a hip fracture.
Early hospital readmission after surgically treated hip fracture is a common entity, often involving an adverse event and causing strains on an already overburdened healthcare system. The main purposes of the present study were to determine the 30-day readmission rate, analyze the predictive factors for early hospital readmissions, and assess 1-year mortality following surgical treatment of hip fracture in elderly patients. Retrospective case-control study. ⋯ The readmission rate following surgical treatment of hip fracture in elder patients was 12%, and its main predictive factors were advanced age, ASA grade ≥3, postoperative ICU stay, and pre-existing cardiac arrhythmia or ischemic heart disease. Hospital readmission within the first 30-day period following initial discharge was significantly correlated with an increased 1-year mortality rate.