Mortality Factors in Crush Syndrome.

Background: Crush Syndrome is a major cause of morbidity and mortality following large-scale catastrophic earthquakes. Since there are no randomized controlled studies on Crush Syndrome, knowledge on this subject is limited to expert experience. The primary objective is to analyze the epidemiological and demographic characteristics, clinical outcomes, and mortality factors of earthquake victims after the Pazarcik and Elbistan earthquakes on February 6, 2023.

Diagnostic Performance of Thyroid Nodule Risk Stratification Systems: Comparison of ACR-TIRADS, EU-TIRADS, K-TIRADS, and ATA Guidelines.

The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of 4 different ultrasound-based risk scoring systems for thyroid nodules (TNs). This study consecutively included 256 patients (mean age: 43.98 ± 12.

Gastric wall fat halo sign in patients without intestinal disease.

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between gastric wall fat halo sign and visceral obesity with potentially associated diseases.

Materials And Methods: Between September 2015 and April 2017, 90 patients with gastric wall fat halo signs and 130 controls were prospectively evaluated. Patient height, weight, body mass index (BMI), sex, age, subcutaneous fat area (SFA), visceral fat area (VFA), total fat area (TFA), percentage of visceral fat (VF%) and the presence of colic or ileal fat halo signs, hepatic steatosis and aortic calcified plaques were recorded for the two groups.