Ulus Travma Acil Cer
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2005
[A statistical analysis for the identification of factors effecting prognosis of civilian patients with cranial gunshot wounds].
Patients with civil cranial gunshot injuries who were treated in our hospital were statistically analyzed for the factors acting on 7 days survival and prognosis without regarding treatment modalities. ⋯ In civilian patients with cranial gunshot injuries pupillary defect and coagulopathy were statistically significant prognostic factors. We think that aggressive medical and surgical treatment will be beneficial even if the patients' neurological status is deteriorating.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2005
Review Case ReportsA rare case of splenic infarct presenting with acute abdominal pain due to polyarteritis nodosa: case report and review of the literature.
A 44 year-old man presented to the Emergency Department of American Hospital with severe pain persisting in the left upper quadrant for several hours. A computed tomographic scanning (CT scan) and celiac digital substraction angiography (DSA) of the abdomen demonstrated a splenic infarct. Histopathological examinations showed diffuse acute vasculitis, thrombosis, panvasculitis which led us to diagnose the case as "polyarteritis nodosa". The diagnosis is usually difficult to establish and it is usually delayed due to variable clinical manifestations dependent on the site and the extent of arterial involvement.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2005
[Indications for computed tomography in patients with mild head injuries].
To identify clinical parameters that may be associated with intracranial lesions in patients with mild head injuries, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores of 15 but without any focal neurological deficit. ⋯ The incidence of intracranial lesions in patients with mild head injuries, GCS scores of 15, younger than 60 years of age, and without any focal neurological deficits, loss of consciousness, post-traumatic fits, gun shot wound, and penetrating injury is 0.6%.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2005
The effect of delayed admission in burn centers on wound contamination and infection rates.
Since wound infection rates in patients with delayed admission seemed to be significantly higher, a retrospective study of bacteriology in 320 burn patients, over a 5-year period was carried out in order to analyze the relation between delayed admission and wound infection rates in our Burn unit of Uludağ University, Faculty of Medicine. ⋯ Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis should be discussed in patients with moderate burns whose admission-delay is more than 78 hours. Wound infection and contamination rates were high in patients with major burns independent of the admission time. Therefore, systemic antibiotic prophylaxis should also be discussed in this group of patients, although it results in elimination of the normal skin flora.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2005
[Early diagnosis of colorectal anastomotic leakages by detection of bacterial genome].
Microbial infections and translocation of intestinal bacteria are thought to contribute to multiple system organ failure, but bacterial cultures are often negative in patients with this complication. The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity of PCR for detecting microbial DNA in the blood of animals after conducting an experimental model of anastomotic leakage. ⋯ We suggest that PCR could be a useful adjunct tool for immediate diagnosis of anastomotic leakages.