Non-Invasive CPAP Ventilation in Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.

Oxygen is the main treatment of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. In two simultaneous cases, the efficacy of conventional and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)-administered oxygen therapy was compared. A 63-year-old man and his 58-year-old wife were brought to the emergency department with complaints of dizziness, headache, and nausea.

Tetanus immunity status among adult trauma patients in an ED.

Objectives: Tetanus is a vaccine-preventable infectious disease. It is caused by the bacterium . The aim of this study was to investigate tetanus immunity among adult trauma patients.

Conventional vs invert-grayscale X-ray for diagnosis of pneumothorax in the emergency setting.

Introduction: Pneumothorax is a pathologic condition in which air is accumulated between the visceral and parietal pleura. After clinical suspicion, in order to diagnose the severity of the condition, imaging is necessary. By using the help of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) direct conventional X-rays are converted to gray-scale and this has become a preferred method among many physicians.

De novo cerebral arteriovenous malformation: Pink Floyd's song "Brick in the Wall" as a warning sign.

Background: Arteriovenous malformations are shunts between an artery and the venous system that lie within a nidus without an intervening capillary bed. These lesions are thought to be congenital, but recent reports have challenged this assumption.

Case Report: A 50-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a generalized tonic-clonic seizure.