Evaluation of the necessity of whole-body scan tomography in cases with head trauma.

Background: In our study, we have tried to find out how necessary whole-body computed tomography (WBCT) is to detect other body injuries that may accompany the patients, evaluating head trauma cases with WBCT.

Methods: In our study, we included 198 patients, who were referred to our hospital's emergency service after head trauma, had brain lesions detected in brain tomography (BT), had no additional examination findings and who underwent WBCT. In this retrospective study, patients' age, gender, type of lesion in brain CT, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) values and WBCT findings were examined.

Incidence, etiology, and patterns of maxillofacial traumas in Syrian patients in Hatay, Turkey: A 3 year retrospective study.

Background: This study aimed to assess the demographics, clinical features, and treatment costs of maxillofacial trauma cases referred to our hospital during the Syrian civil war.

Methods: The study included 80 cases of maxillofacial trauma. Patients with additional pathologies were excluded from the study.

Evaluation of Extremity Injuries Presented to Emergency Department.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to review cases with firearms injury of extremities presented to our hospital.

Methods: After approval by Institutional Board, electronic database was retrospectively screened for firearms injury of extremities between 2012 and 2015. Overall, 600 cases with firearms injury of extremities were included in the study.

Protective effect of Silybum marianum and Taraxacum officinale extracts against oxidative kidney injuries induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats.

The protective effect of the extracts of the plants Silybum marianum and Taraxacum officinale by carbon tetrachloride (CCl) was researched. Sixty-six female Wistar albino rats were divided into six groups: Control, Silybum marianum, Taraxacum officinale, CCl, Silybum marianum+ CCl, Taraxacum officinale+CCl. The Silybum marianum and Taraxacum officinale extracts were administered as 100 mg/kg/day by gavage.

Evaluation of patients with snakebite who presented to the emergency department: 132 cases.

Background: The present objective was to evaluate clinical stages, complications, treatment modalities, and termination of treatment in patients who presented to the emergency department with snakebite.

Methods: A total of 132 snakebite cases were retrospectively examined using emergency department records.

Results: The majority of patients, 42.

The Analysis of Mean Platelet Volume and Platelet Distribution Width Levels in Appendicitis.

We aimed to analyze the diagnostic value of mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width, which are also known as the markers of platelet count, in acute and perforated appendicitis. The data of 202 patients who applied to general surgery clinic in Mustafa Kemal University Hospital from 2007 to 2012 with acute appendicitis were analyzed retrospectively. The findings were separated to two groups due to the perforation status (perforated vs.

Snake Envenomation to the Face of a Child--Rare Case.

Snakebites are seen in summer season in the southern part of Turkey, including Hatay province. In average of 40 patients with snakebites are admitted to our hospital every year. Viper is the most common venomous snakes in our region.

A practice report of bladder injuries due to gunshot wounds in Syrian refugees.

Background: This study was intended to report our recent experience of bladder injuries due to gunshots in the Syrian conflict and review the literature regarding diagnosis and treatment.

Methods: Twenty-two cases with abdominal and inguinal firearm wounds and bladder ruptures sustained in the Syrian conflict were reported. Age, mechanism/location of damage, associated injuries, Revised Trauma Score (RTS), Injury Severity Score (ISS), Trauma Injury Severity Score (TRISS), and complications were analyzed.

Diabetic foot due to anaphylactic shock: a case report.

Introduction: Diabetic foot is a clinical disorder, which is commonly seen in patients with diabetes mellitus. It is also the major cause of below knee amputation in the world. There are many underlying causes such as neuropathic, ischemic, and infectious causes for diabetic foot.

The reflection of the Syrian civil war on the emergency department and assessment of hospital costs.

Background: In the present study, it was aimed to assess the demographics, clinical features, and treatment costs of cases referred to our hospital after the Syrian civil war.

Methods: Of 1355 Syrian civil war victims referred to our hospital during the 14-month period between June 2011 and July 2012, 482 cases presenting to the emergency department were included in the study. The electronic data of these patients were retrospectively analyzed.

A 5-year retrospective evaluation of snakebite cases in Hatay, Turkey.

Snakebites are relatively rare medical emergency cases that might lead to serious consequences. This study aims to evaluate snakebite cases in terms of medical follow-up, antivenom therapy and antivenom reactions. Medical records of patients admitted to emergency department between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2010 were retrospectively investigated.

The relationship of trauma severity and mortality with cardiac enzymes and cytokines at multiple trauma patients.

Background: In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of trauma severity on cardiac involvement through evaluating the trauma severity score together with diagnostic tests in multiple trauma patients. A trauma score was determined using various trauma severity scales.

Methods: After obtaining the approval of the ethics committee of the faculty, this prospective study was performed through evaluating 100 multiple trauma patients, aged over 15 years, who applied to our Emergency Department (ED).

N-Acetyl cysteine and erdosteine treatment in acetaminophen-induced liver damage.

Objective: This study is aimed to investigate the efficacy of erdosteine usage in acetaminophen-induced liver damage and to compare it with N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) in the treatment and prevention of liver toxicity due to overdose of acetaminophen.

Methods: The rats were separated into the following six groups of seven rats each: control group; acetaminophen (1 g/kg, orally); acetaminophen (1 g/kg, orally) + erdosteine (150 mg/kg/day, orally); acetaminophen (1 g/kg, orally) + NAC (140 mg/kg loading dose, followed by 70 mg/kg, orally); NAC (140 mg/kg loading dose, followed by 70 mg/kg, orally); erdosteine (150 mg/kg/kg, orally), subsequently. In all the groups, potential liver injuries were evaluated using biochemical and hematological analyses, oxidant-antioxidant parameters and histopathological parameters.

Cases of organophosphate poisoning treated with high-dose of atropine in an intensive care unit and the novel treatment approaches.

Organophosphate poisoning is a life-threatening condition, which is being responsible for the symptoms due to cholinergic effects. Clinical status and blood levels of cholinesterase are used its diagnosis. While atropine and pralidoxime (PAM) appear as essential medications, hemofiltration treatments and lipid solutions have been widely studied in recent years.

Evaluation of the mean platelet volume in children with familial Mediterranean fever.

To evaluate the Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) levels in children diagnosed with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), during attack and attack-free periods. The records of a total of 117 children with FMF, diagnosed using the Tel-Hashomer criteria, have been scanned. The study consisted of 53 patients during an attack (group 1), 64 patients in attack-free period (group 2), and 57 healthy controls (group 3).