Publications by authors named "Tuba Safak"
Background: The Internet has transformed global information access, particularly through platforms like YouTube, which launched in 1995 and has since become the second largest search engine worldwide with over two billion monthly users. While YouTube offers extensive educational content, including health topics like cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and basic life support (BLS), it also poses risks due to potential misinformation. Our study focuses on evaluating the accuracy of CPR and BLS videos on YouTube according to the latest 2020 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: 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.
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on the challenges emergency physicians face when treating elderly patients, particularly due to their complex health issues and lack of experience in geriatric care.
- It compares social support and stress levels between elderly patients admitted for medical reasons versus those admitted for trauma, finding that trauma patients have lower family support and higher stress.
- The results indicate that elderly trauma patients experience significant social stress and lack the level of support found in those admitted for medical conditions, highlighting the need for tailored care strategies in the ED.
Background: Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is defined as severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and considered as one of the most frequent causes to emergency department (ED) admissions. Previous research has shown that HG is associated with systemic inflammation, but there have been no prospective studies to explore this link. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of inflammation in HG pathophysiology and to investigate the association between severity of HG and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and CRP in patients who were admitted to ED with nausea and vomiting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: In this study, we aimed to determine whether plasma NGAL levels could be used as a biomarker for distinguishing between AKI and CKD in emergency medicine.
Materials And Methods: This prospective study was conducted at the ED of a training and research hospital over a six-month period in 2015. Three groups were defined: an AKI group - defined as a new onset of at least a 1.
Background/aim: The aim of this study is to identify the copeptin levels in patients presenting with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning to the emergency department and to investigate its correlation with the neurological effects.
Materials And Methods: The study group consisted of patients presenting with CO poisoning and carboxyhemoglobin levels >10%. Blood samples for copeptin levels were obtained twice, first at presentation then at the fourth hour of observation.