Publications by authors named "A Denizbasi"
Study Objective: This study aimed to determine whether myocardial infarction (MI) could be safely diagnosed or excluded within 30 min instead of 1 h.
Methods: This single-center, prospective, observational study included patients presenting with non-traumatic chest pain. Patients underwent a thorough evaluation, including medical history, physical exams, ECG, and serial hs-cTn T measurements at 0, 30, and 60 min.
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- Emergency department (ED) crowding significantly impacts patient care and public health, primarily due to access block, which refers to delays in admitting patients needing hospitalization.
- The NEDOCS score provides a way to objectively measure the severity of this overcrowding by analyzing various factors such as patient volume and waiting times, revealing that over 81% of the time, the ED was overcrowded.
- The study found that reducing access block through timely admissions could significantly decrease overcrowding and that factors like boarding times during off-peak hours also play a role in alleviating the issue.
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- The study aimed to compare the pain-relieving effects and side effects of low-dose ketamine versus fentanyl in trauma patients with isolated long bone fractures in the emergency department.
- Conducted at Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital, the observational study involved 100 patients and used the visual analog scale (VAS) to measure pain before and after treatment at 30 and 60 minutes.
- Results indicated that both medications were similarly effective in reducing pain, but ketamine was associated with a higher incidence of dizziness as an adverse effect.
Background: Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (HFABP) is found in the myocardium, brain, and some organs and is rapidly released from damaged cells into the circulation in case of ischemia.
Aims: We aimed to determine the diagnostic utility of HFABP levels in patients suggesting acute ischemic stroke (AIS).
Methods: This study was a prospective, single-center, observational diagnostic accuracy study with a nested cohort design.
Background: International COVID-19 guidelines recommend that health care workers (HCWs) wear filtering facepiece (FFP) respirators to reduce exposure risk. However, there are concerns about FFP respirators causing hypercapnia via rebreathing carbon dioxide (CO). Most previous studies measured the physiological effects of FFP respirators on treadmills or while resting, and such measurements may not reflect the physiological changes of HCWs working in the emergency department (ED).
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