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.

Is ChatGPT accurate and reliable in answering questions regarding head and neck cancer?

Background And Objective: Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based language processing model using deep learning to create human-like text dialogue. It has been a popular source of information covering vast number of topics including medicine. Patient education in head and neck cancer (HNC) is crucial to enhance the understanding of patients about their medical condition, diagnosis, and treatment options.

Evaluation of sarcopenia as a prognostic biomarker in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

We aimed to evaluate the effect of sarcopenia on survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients treated with chemoradiotherapy. Disease-free survival and overall survival were compared according to cervical computed tomography for radiotherapy in 123 sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy with weekly cisplatin. In multivariate analyses, pretreatment sarcopenia was associated with lower disease-free survival (hazard ratio: 2.

Effectiveness of the "pain-free dental injection" (PaFein) teaching model in reducing children's pain: A randomized, controlled study.

Purpose: This study explores the effectiveness of a comprehensive structured teaching model - the "PaFein" - for instructing postgraduate pediatric dental residents in the provision of pain-free local anesthesia to children.

Methods: Ten postgraduate pediatric dental residents and 172 children between the ages 5 and 13 participated in the study following ethical approval. The previously measured baselines guided the randomization of study and control groups.