A new biomarker in the diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary thromboembolism: Serum profilin-1.

Objective: Pulmonary Thromboembolism (PTE) is one of the major cardiovascular diseases with high morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis and accurate prognosis are essential in clinical management. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of serum Profilin-1(PFN1) in diagnosing and prognosis PTE.

Pentraxin-3 level in subarachnoid haemorrhage: Is it a prognostic factor?

Objective: The current study was planned to investigate the relationship of serum level of pentraxine-3 with various clinical and neurological scales and scores.

Methods: The prospective case-control study was conducted at the Emergency Department of the Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey, from March 2013 to June 2014, and comprised subarachnoid haemorrhage patients and healthy. Pentraxine-3levels were measured from serum samples and compared with sub-groups of the various scales and scores used in the study.

Drowning and near-drowning: experience of a university hospital in the Black Sea region.

The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of patients who applied to the Emergency Department (ED) due to submersion injury; to recognize the risk factors, complications, causes of death, and the educational needs of families and caregivers about unsafe environments for submersion; and to develop preventive strategies. All patients were analyzed retrospectively according to demographic features, clinical and laboratory findings, association between clinical variables and submersion injuries, and patient outcomes. Fifty-five patients with submersion injury were analyzed.

Is there a relationship between serum heart- type fatty acid binding protein level and clinical severity in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage?

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the serum heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) levels and cardiac effects in patients presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and to investigate whether any correlation exists between the cardiac effects and H-FABP.

Material And Methods: Forty-six patients diagnosed as acute SAH in the emergency department were included in this study. Twenty healthy adults were included in the study to serve as controls.