Cardiopulmonary arrest is an occasional occurrence during pregnancy. As soon as maternal arrest is noticed in a woman in the second half of her pregnancy, medical teams should be called for perimortem cesarean (C/S). A 31-week-pregnant female patient was brought to our emergency department by the emergency medical service team with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after a traffic accident.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Head trauma causes a significant number of deaths as well as temporary and permanent disabilities every year. In this study, the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in primary school children who visited the emergency department (ED) for mild head trauma and the role of ADHD in mild head trauma of this age group were investigated.
Methods: It was performed with 134 children of primary school age (6-12 years) who were admitted to the ED with mild head trauma and 134 children (control group) who presented with complaints other than head trauma.
Objectives: Sore throat is one of the most prevalent causes of emergency visits. The chief purpose of this clinical report is to investigate the effectiveness of intravenous (IV) dexketoprofen and paracetamol drugs relative to each other in relieving the pain induced by sore throat in emergency visits.
Methods: This prospective, randomised, double-blind, controlled study was conducted at a tertiary-level emergency unit.
Turk J Gastroenterol
November 2020
Background/aims: In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of 6-week treatment on quality of life in 4-17-year-old children with functional constipation.
Materials And Methods: The children 4-17 years old diagnosed as functional constipation according to Rome IV criteria, between June and December 2018 were included in the study. KINDL scales were applied to patients and their parents before starting treatment for 6 weeks and after the end of the treatment.
Background: This study aimed to compare the therapeutic efficacy of dimenhydrinate and metoclopramide in patients with nausea and vertigo.
Methods: A prospective, double-blind, randomized clinical trial was performed on patients who presented to the emergency department (ED) with nausea and vertigo in the six month period between Nov 1st 2012 and May 1st 2013. Adult patients who were 18 to 65 years old presenting to the ED with nausea and vertigo or motion sickness were included in the study.