Bedside ultrasonography by emergency physicians for anterior talofibular ligament injury.

Objective: Our objective was to study the accuracy of emergency physician (EP) performed bedside ultrasonography (BUS) in patients with suspected anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) injury.

Materials And Methods: After a 6-h training program, from January to December 2011, an EP used BUS to prospectively evaluate patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with suspected ATFL injury. Then, patients underwent ankle X-ray and Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging.

The role of bedside ultrasonography for occult scaphoid fractures in the emergency department.

Background: Our aim is to study the accuracy of emergency medicine (EM) physician-performed, bedside ultrasonography (BUS) in patients with clinical suspicion of scaphoid fracture and normal radiographs.

Methods: From January to December 2011, an EM physician used BUS to prospectively evaluate patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with clinical suspicion of scaphoid fracture and normal radiographs. BUS examination of the scaphoid was conducted prior to a wrist magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, within 24 hours of wrist trauma.

The prognostic value of cystatin C compared with trauma scores in multiple blunt trauma: a prospective cohort study.

Background: Many scoring systems have been developed to predict the prognosis of the traumatized patients in Emergency Departments, and the necessary calculations make complex scoring systems difficult to use as a part of the initial trauma patient assessment, and they also have limited accuracy.

Study Objective: This study compares the accuracy of cystatin C with trauma scoring systems in predicting the mortality of trauma patients.

Methods: Serum cystatin C levels were measured upon arrival in consecutive adult multiple blunt trauma patients during a 12-month period.

Neuroprotective effects of progesterone in spinal cord ischemia in rabbits.

Background: This experimental study was performed to investigate the neuroprotective effects of progesterone on spinal cord ischemia in rabbits.

Methods: Eighteen female New Zealand white rabbits were used in this study. Rabbits were randomized into 3 groups.

Ability of emergency physicians to detect early ischemic changes of acute ischemic stroke on cranial computed tomography.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of emergency physicians (EPs) to diagnose early ischemic changes due acute ischemic stroke on cranial computed tomography (CT).

Subjects And Methods: Three EPs interpreted CT scans obtained within 3 h of symptom onset in 50 patients with acute stroke. The CT scans were interpreted by the EPs and compared to official neuroradiologist reports as a gold standard.

Do we routinely need cranial computed tomography for mild head injuries in Turkey?

The objectives of this study were to determine the role of clinical parameters in detecting intracranial injury and to find out whether cranial computed tomography (CT) is routinely needed for mild head injury (MHI) in Turkey. This retrospective study was conducted by reviewing the records of patients with MHI who underwent cranial CT in our emergency department. We carried out multiple logistic regression analysis, and odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were calculated by using SPSS 15.