Evaluation of plasma cholecystokinin levels and gallbladder functions in hyperemesis gravidarum: a prospective cohort study.

This is a prospective cohort study aimed to compare women treated due to hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) ( = 24) to women with normal pregnancy attending regular antenatal outpatient care ( = 22) in terms of fasting and post-prandial cholecystokinin (CCK) levels, and gallbladder (GB) functions. The Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis (PUQE) scores, fasting and postprandial CCK levels, and ultrasonographic GB parameters were recorded at admission before any treatment. The median PUQE score in the study group was 8.

A rare chemical burn due to Ranunculus arvensis: three case reports.

Ranunculus arvensis, a plant that is a member of Ranunculaceae family, generally used for local treatment of joint pain, muscle pain, burns, lacerations, edema, abscess drainage, hemorrhoids, and warts among the population. In this case report, we presented three patients who developed chemical skin burns after using R. arvensis plant locally for knee pain.

Spotted lipid sign floating on the blood to differentiate obscured open fractures from simple wound lacerations.

Open fractures are not so obvious sometimes, and in the case of multiorgan injuries, they may be misdiagnosed in emergency department. Here, we report a 48-year old man with motor vehicle crash injury. There were ominous facial, vertebral, thoracic, and abdominal injuries as well as distal femoral shaft fracture and multiple skin lacerations in different parts of the body in the initial examination.

Sensitivity and specificity of red cell distribution width in diagnosing acute mesenteric ischemia in patients with abdominal pain.

Background: We investigated the utility of the red cell distribution width (RDW) in diagnosing acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) in patients with abdominal pain.

Methods: The patients were divided into two groups in this retrospective case-control study: patients with AMI and patients with abdominal pain who did not require urgent surgery. Venous blood was collected from the patients upon admission to the emergency department, and abdominal computed tomography angiography was performed.

[A rare cause of bleeding intestinal intussusception in adult: jejunal lipoma].

Small bowel neoplasms are usually diagnosed when patients are referred with complications such as hemorrhage or obstruction. Intestinal lipomas are the third most frequent benign tumors among all intestinal neoplasms and their definite diagnosis is usually obtained after histopathological examination of the resected specimen. A 76 year-old male patient with partial intestinal obstruction and rectal bleeding at admittance was found to have an abdominal mass on ultrasound.