Publications by authors named "Elif Ozturk Ince"
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- In 2021, a lot of people died from violence, and stabbings made up about 25% of those deaths.
- A study at Hacettepe University looked at 648 patients who were stabbed to understand their injuries, treatments, and outcomes.
- Most patients were young men, and while many had injuries to their arms and legs, serious injuries were more common in the chest and stomach areas. Some patients had to have major surgeries, and a few even died from their injuries.
Objective: Ondansetron, a 5HT3 receptor antagonist, is commonly used in emergency departments to treat nausea and vomiting. In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that this medicine may cause QT prolongation, potentially leading to deadly arrhythmias. The objective of this study was to characterize the QT interval prolongation associated with ondansetron use in the Emergency Department.
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- This study investigates out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) data in Türkiye, focusing on prognostic outcomes and influencing factors for patients aged 18 and older who were treated at 28 medical centers.
- It found a survival rate upon hospital discharge of only 4.4%, with a significant majority of patients not receiving bystander CPR, which was only performed in 2.9% of cases.
- Key predictors for better outcomes included male gender, initial shockable heart rhythms, shorter prehospital CPR duration, and no need for CPR in the emergency department, highlighting the importance of timely and effective CPR in emergencies.
Background: During cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), some parameters (e.g., intraarterial pressure measurement and end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO)) indicate the quality and outcome of resuscitation.
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