Ulus Travma Acil Cer
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In this case report, we would like to present a 36-year-old male patient injured in a street fight without any disease previously known, who was accepted to our intensive care unit with the preliminary diagnoses of minimal cerebral contusion and aspiration pneumonia however by the physical examination, clinical and laboratory findings, was diagnosed as thyroid storm due to trauma. In the current literature, only a few cases reported showing thyroid storm-induced by trauma, and we would like to present the clinical features and management of this life-threatening endocrinological emergency.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2014
Value of the Glasgow coma scale, age, and arterial blood pressure score for predicting the mortality of major trauma patients presenting to the emergency department.
The purpose of this study is to detect the mortality predictive power of new Glasgow coma scale, age, and arterial pressure (GAP) scoring system in major trauma patients admitted to the emergency department (ED). ⋯ In major trauma patients, GAP score is an easily calculable system both in the field and at the time of admission in the EDs by providing emergency physicians with future decision-making schemes by means of mortality prediction of the patients.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2014
Management of ankle sprains during pregnancy: evaluation of 96 cases.
The aim of this study was to suggest a safe management method for the diagnosis and treatment of ankle sprains in pregnant patients. ⋯ There is no standard management method for the diagnosis and treatment of pregnant patients with ankle sprains. The algorithm presented in this study may be useful. Good results can be obtained with an appropriate preparation and surgical technique.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2014
[The results of low profile locking anatomical plate application for the treatment of Edinburg type 2 clavicle diaphysis fractures].
Although conservative measures are the general choice of treatment for clavicle fractures; surgery is advised for displaced and multifragmentary fractures. Open reduction and osteosynthesis with a plate-screw combination are used widely as surgical treatment options. ⋯ Successful functional and radiographic results can be achieved as a result of the surgical treatment of the clavicle middiaphysal fractures with locked anatomical plates.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2014
Analysis of cardiac and pulmonary injuries resulting from an experimental penetrating thoracic injury.
This study was planned to analyze the internal and external anatomical findings of cardiac injuries and the presence of accompanying pulmonary injuries in intentionally inflicted thoracic injuries to swine models. ⋯ This experiment has shown that external evaluation of the heart tissue may not alone be sufficient to determine the extent of cardiac injuries and accompanying pulmonary injuries caused by penetrating thoracic injuries.