Determinants of inappropriate acute pain management in old people unable to...
Objectives: Poor pain management is relevant among individuals unable to communicate verbally (UCV). Analgesia may be due to three determinants: patients' status, physician's characteristics and pain...
View ArticleNivolumab, a new immunomodulatory drug, a new adverse effect; adrenal crisis
Owing to the advancements in medicine, new information is obtained regarding cancer, new antineoplastic agents are developed. Frequent use of these new pharmacological agents emergency physicians to be...
View ArticleA young puerperal woman presenting to emergency department with severe dyspnea
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an idiopathic cardiomyopathy presenting with heart failure (HF) secondary to left ventricular systolic dysfunction towards the end of pregnancy or in the months...
View ArticleA rare cause of acute abdomen in the ED: Chemotherapy-induced pneumatosis...
Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and portomesenteric venous gas (PVG) refers to the presence of air within the intestinal wall and portomesenteric vessels. Most of the time, it is associated with...
View ArticleTypical pericarditis ECG findings after falling from height. The PR segment...
Acute pericarditis (AP) following blunt thoracic trauma is rare and difficult to diagnosis. A 43-year-old man with offered to the emergency department (ED) after falling from height before a week ago....
View ArticleA retrospective analysis of cases with neuroleptic malignant syndrome and an...
Objective: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a neurological emergency rarely encountered in clinical practice but with a high mortality rate. Cases associated with atypical antipsychotic use or...
View ArticleDemographic and clinical characteristics among Turkish homeless patients...
Objective: Since the homeless are at greater risk of encountering health problems than the general population, the reasons for and incidence of their presentations to emergency departments also vary....
View ArticleAccuracy of point-of-care ultrasound using low frequency curvilinear...
Background: Ultrasound (US) is an effective modality in the evaluation of shoulder dislocation and reduction. In most studies, high frequency US probes have been used. Objective: To determine the...
View ArticleThe diagnostic value of complete blood count parameters in patients with...
Objectives: Diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in patients presenting with headache is challenging and there has been any biomarker studied for excluding of SAH in those patients. We aim to...
View ArticleEffect of initial lactate level on short-term survival in patients with...
Purpose: This study evaluated whether serum lactate levels (SLL) at admission in patients with cardiac arrest (CA) can predict successful return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) or short-term...
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