Assessing the Predictive Value of Combining Risk Scoring Systems and Ultrasonography for Short-Term Adverse Outcomes in Syncope: A Prospective Observational Study.

Background: In the emergency department (ED), the role of ultrasonography (USG) in risk stratification and predicting adverse events in syncope patients is a current research area. However, it is still unclear how ultrasound can be combined with existing risk scores.

Objectives: In this study, it was aimed to examine the contribution of the use of bedside USG to current risk scores in the evaluation of patients presenting to the ED with syncope.

Effectiveness of ultrasonography performed at the emergency department for pediatric elbow trauma cases.

Background: Two-way direct radiography is the first-choice imaging method for pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department with elbow trauma. Although, unlike radiography, ultrasonography (US) is not used routinely, studies show that US can be used in the diagnosis of fractures in pediatric patients.

Methods: In this single-center prospective observational study, patients under the age of 18 who presented to the emergency department after sustaining elbow trauma constituted the population of the study.

Emergency department management after the 2020 Aegean Sea - Izmir earthquake.

Background: This article aims to provide an up-to-date resource on disaster management by reporting about the destructive fea-tures of the earthquake that occurred on October 30, 2020, and about the hospital and emergency service organization during a pandemic.

Methods: This study was carried out with a multicentered, cross-sectional retrospective design on the victims of the 2020 Aegean Sea - Izmir earthquake. Local ethics committee approval was obtained.

Fat embolism syndrome after gluteal augmentation with hyaluronic acid: A case report.

Fat embolism syndrome (FES) occurs classically characterized by the combination of acute respiratory failure, neurologic abnormalities, and a petechial rash. Forty-six-year-old female presented to our emergency department with agitation, altered mental status, and drowsiness. We learned that the patient had received a hyaluronic acid (HA) injection into her buttocks at a beauty center a few hours before her admission.

First step toward a better trauma management: Initial results of the Northern Izmir Trauma Registry System for children.

Background: Trauma is an important health problem in children, and improvement in national trauma care is only possible through the knowledge gathered from trauma registry systems. This information is not available in our country, because there is no current trauma registry system at the hospitals. Our aim is to explain the trauma registry system we have developed and present the first year's data.

A pathology not be overlooked in blunt chest trauma: Analysis of 181 patients with bilateral pneumothorax.

Background: Bilateral pneumothorax (BPTx) can become tension PTx and a cause of mortality, especially in severe multi-trauma patients. The purpose of this study was to analyze the incidence, morbidity, mortality, and associated factors of BPTx in multi-trauma patients in order to highlight the importance of the management of these cases, as well as complications, morbidity, and mortality.

Methods: The data of 181 patients with BPTx, from a total of 3782 trauma patients, were reviewed retrospectively.

Comparison of Conventional Radiography and Digital Computerized Radiography in Patients Presenting to Emergency Department.

Objectives: To compare the differences between conventional radiography and digital computerized radiography (CR) in patients presenting to the emergency department.

Methods: The study enrolled consecutive patients presenting to the emergency department who needed chest radiography. Quality score of the radiogram was assessed with visual analogue score (VAS-100 mm), measured in terms of millimeters and recorded at the end of study.

[Impact of the practice of "Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma" (e-FAST) on clinical decision in the emergency department].

Background: We aimed to show the sensitivity of Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (e-FAST) for detection of pneumothorax, hemothorax and intraabdominal injury. We also investigated the relationship between e-FAST and need for invasive treatment.

Methods: This study included patients who experienced multiple trauma.