Effectiveness of the CRISP Method on the Primary Cardiac Arrhythmia Interpretation Accuracy of Nurses.

Background: Accurate electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation is key to quickly providing attention to patients, and the first health staff who evaluate ECGs are nurses.

Method: This was a prospective study with a pre-posttest design. The study test included 15 ECGs related to primary cardiac arrhythmias.

Evaluation of electrocardiographic parameters in patients with epileptic seizure.

The aim of the study is to evaluate the changes in electrocardiographic parameters, including QTc dispersion (QTcd), Tpeak-Tend (Tp-e)/QTc ratio and P-wave dispersion (Pd), during the period without seizure activation in patients, presented to the emergency department (ED) with epileptic seizures. This prospective case-control study was conducted between January 2017 and January 2018. Patients, over 18 years old and presented to the ED with epileptic seizure, were consecutively included in the study.

Role of Procalcitonin in Evaluation of the Severity of Acute Cholecystitis.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between procalcitonin (PCT) level and the severity of acute cholecystitis.

Materials And Methods: This study included 200 patients diagnosed with acute cholecystitis. To diagnose and assess the severity of acute cholecystitis; physical examination and abdominal ultrasound findings were evaluated and blood samples were taken to determine white blood cell (WBC) count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and levels of coagulation factors, blood gas, C-reactive protein (CRP) and PCT.

Emergency peripartum hysterectomy: experience of a major referral hospital in Ankara, Turkey.

The objective of this study was to report and discuss the incidence, clinical characteristics and outcomes of emergency peripartum hysterectomies (EPH) performed at a tertiary referral hospital in Ankara, Turkey. The labour and delivery unit database was retrospectively analysed for emergency peripartum hysterectomies (EPH) performed between January 2008 and January 2013, at the Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Training and Research Hospital. A total of 92,887 deliveries were accomplished within the study period.

Prevalence and economic significance of bovine hypodermosis in Afyonkarahisar province of Turkey.

This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence and economic losses due to in cattle of hypodermosis between May 2008 and April 2009 in Afyonkarahisar province of Turkey. A total of 6,598 cattle-3,498 in pasture and 3,100 in slaughterhouse-were examined for hypodermosis. One hundred ninety-five out of 6,598 cattle (2.