Ulus Travma Acil Cer
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2010
Case ReportsDelayed complete gastric outlet obstruction due to a dinner fork: report of a case.
Ingestion of foreign bodies can be a common problem especially among children, alcoholics, psychiatric patients, and senile patients, but ingestion of a metallic dinner fork is uncommon. Foreign bodies with smooth edges usually do not pose significant problems, but a sharp foreign object that is not retrieved at the earliest may penetrate the wall and cause complications. Ingested foreign bodies usually pass the intestinal tract without problems, and perforation occurs in less than 1%. In this paper, a case of rare gastric outlet obstruction due to a dinner fork, which was ingested 25 days before, is reported.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2010
Case ReportsWooden foreign body in the forearm--presentation after eight years.
We report herein a case in which symptoms appeared eight years after the apparent trauma, which had been forgotten. Surgery yielded a wooden foreign body in the forearm. A 10-year-old boy presented with a six-week history of pain followed by swelling in his left forearm occurring after a trivial blunt trauma, with occasional bouts of fever. ⋯ On retrospective enquiry, the family reported that the child had sustained a penetrative injury eight years before after falling on a broomstick. Presence of a foreign body must be kept in mind while investigating a suspicious swelling on the extremities. A thorough history and careful imaging are the keys to diagnosis.
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This study is a retrospective analysis of 411 cases admitted to Cengiz Gökcek State Hospital Burn Center from 1 May 2007 to 10 October 2008. ⋯ Members of the burn care team not only carry a heavy workload in the treatment of burn victims, we believe they also have the responsibility of recording and publishing their own data to increase the overall knowledge related with the subject, which will guide future studies.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2010
[Analysis of preventable deaths according to postmortem reports in traumatic deaths].
In this study, we aimed to investigate preventable deaths due to trauma among cases in whom autopsy and postmortem examinations were performed in Diyarbakir Council of Forensic Medicine. ⋯ When the results were compared with the studies performed in the areas in which modern trauma care and trauma centers are located, the preventable death ratio was found high. As a result, it has been determined that development of a modern trauma system and trauma centers have significant roles in decreasing preventable death ratios.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2010
Levosimendan up-regulates transforming growth factor-beta and smad signaling in the aorta in the early stage of sepsis.
This prospective, controlled experimental study was planned to investigate the effects of levosimendan on transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta3 and Smad1, Smad2 and Smad3 expression in the early stages of sepsis. ⋯ Beneficial effects of levosimendan on hemodynamics and global oxygen transport were reported in experimental and clinical trials. Besides its potency on C++ ion sensitivity, it should influence inflammatory cytokine production by diminishing TGF-beta3 and Smad1, Smad2 and Smad3 expression.