Evaluation of patients with snakebite who presented to the emergency department: 132 cases.

Background: The present objective was to evaluate clinical stages, complications, treatment modalities, and termination of treatment in patients who presented to the emergency department with snakebite.

Methods: A total of 132 snakebite cases were retrospectively examined using emergency department records.

Results: The majority of patients, 42.

A study to develop clinical decision rules for the use of radiography in wrist trauma: Karadeniz wrist rules.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with wrist trauma using physical examination findings and functional tests and to identify findings with high sensitivity and specificity among the parameters assessed in patients with fracture in the wrist. The ultimate objective was thus to establish a reliable and widely usable clinical decision rule for determining the necessity of radiography in wrist trauma.

Methods: This prospective, multicenter study was performed in 8 hospitals.

A 5-year retrospective evaluation of snakebite cases in Hatay, Turkey.

Snakebites are relatively rare medical emergency cases that might lead to serious consequences. This study aims to evaluate snakebite cases in terms of medical follow-up, antivenom therapy and antivenom reactions. Medical records of patients admitted to emergency department between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2010 were retrospectively investigated.