What a Family Doctor Should Know about Incidental Finding of High Mean Platelet Volume, Metabolic Syndrome, and Pre-diabetes.

Background: Mean platelet volume (MPV), an essential component of the complete blood count (CBC) indices, is underutilized in common practice. In recent years, MPV has drawn strong interest, especially in clinical research. During inflammation, the MPV has a higher value because of platelet activation.

Is There a Predictive Value of High Mean Platelet Volume in Early Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism?

Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a serious disease, which demands a fast accurate diagnosis to begin suitable treatment. It presents a major problem in the emergency department (ED), and its confirmation requires adequate evaluation.

Objectives: To evaluate a potential role of mean platelet volume (MPV) in differentiating VTE from other potential diagnosis in patients with suspected VTE.

Matching actual treatment with patient administration-route-preference improves analgesic response among acute low back pain patients-a randomized prospective trial.

Background: Accommodating a patient's treatment preference has been reported to promote greater responsiveness and better clinical outcomes. The effect of administration route preference (ARP) on the individual analgesic response has not been extensively examined to date. This study aimed to investigate whether ARP-matched treatment, i.

[INCREASED MORTALITY OF DELAYED PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF A TERTIARY MEDICAL CENTER].

Introduction: Boarding patients awaiting hospitalization in the emergency department increases mortality and complications, and stands in contrast to the recommendations of emergency medicine associations worldwide. Although Israel's Ministry of Health and the media are addressing the issue, boarding patients in emergency departments is common in hospitals throughout the country. There are no current studies that assess the influence of boarding in emergency departments on the patient's mortality and hospitalization.

[Health hazards of energy drinks--the situation in Israel and the world].

Since 1987, with the introduction of the first commercial energy drink in Europe, the level of sale of these drinks increased rapidly throughout the western world. These drinks are based on caffeine that is found in them ndependently, and in other ingredients. Other ingredients in these drinks potentiate the effects of caffeine.

Shifting up cutoff value of d-dimer in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism: a viable option? Possible risks and benefits.

Objectives. To evaluate the viability of the possibility to use a higher D-dimer value than the one used today in the clinical algorithms evaluating patients suspected to have pulmonary embolism. Methods.

ST elevation myocardial infarction in a young patientafter ingestion of caffeinated energy drink and ecstasy.

Background: Caffeinated energy drinks are widely used worldwide. They are associated with a variety of adverse effects and are of concern to health authorities, yet there is still scarce information about their adverse effects and inadequate awareness among medical personnel.

Methods: Case description and discussion of a patient presenting to the emergency room after overdose of energy drinks in combination with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA).

Perforated gastrointestinal ulcers presenting as acute respiratory distress.

Background: Dyspnea is one of the most common complaints facing the emergency medicine physician. Some of the gastrointestinal causes of dyspnea are self-limited and not life-threatening, yet others are, and early diagnosis and treatment are crucial.

Methods: In this article we presented one of these life-threatening conditions through a clinical description of a patient presenting with acute respiratory distress that was finally diagnosed to be the result of a perforated gastric ulcer.