Ulus Travma Acil Cer
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Mar 2022
An evaluation of traumatic deaths associated with animal attacks: A 10-year autopsy study.
Just as throughout the world in general, deaths related to animal attacks continue to be a public health problem in Turkey. A decrease in areas of natural habitat because of human invasion, and the use of these areas for hunting, wood-cutting, recreational and sporting activities has increased the possibility of humans encountering wild animals. ⋯ From these records, cases were identified where the cause of death was traumatic animal attack, and examination was made of the sociodemographic characteristics, the type of animal that caused the injuries, information about the location of the incident, witness statements, information about the healthcare centre, findings of external examination and autopsy, and the cause.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Mar 2022
Is the 5-factor modified Frailty Index a prognostic marker in geriatric ankle fractures?
The 5-factor modified Frailty Index (mFI-5), which is the latest version of the Frailty Index, is a tool that calculates the risk of complications after treatment by scoring the comorbidity status of the patient. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the mFI-5 in predicting complications in geriatric patients with an ankle fracture. ⋯ The mFI-5 is a sensitive tool for the prediction of complications which may develop following geriatric ankle frac-ture. The five comorbidities which constitute the mFI-5 are easily obtained from the patient anamnesis, and this renders it a practical clinical tool to identify high-risk patients, determine the preoperative risks, and improve the health-care service.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Mar 2022
Review of our 10 years experience in cold burns at the burn center in the Southeast Anatolia region of Turkey.
Frostbite injuries remain to be one of the most complex and current problems of emergency medicine. Although cold burns are less frequent in hot climatic regions, it is a trauma, especially for men in our region. Also, most of the patients have difficulties in gaining early access to health and burn centers. ⋯ Deep frostbites in the cold winter months are frequently observed due to the unconscious use of ice and illegal crossings from the mountains at the Turkey border.
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Sigmoid volvulus (SV), the wrapping of the sigmoid colon around itself, is a rare intestinal obstruction form world-wide. For this reason, the physiopathology of SV, particularly the precipitating factors, are not clearly identified. The aim of this study is to evaluate the precipitating factors in SV. ⋯ Although there are few studies about the precipitating factors of SV in the literature, increased bowel motility, excessive body motions, and overeating following a prolonged starvation look like the precipitating factors in the development of SV.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Mar 2022
Case ReportsDetection of incidental schwannoma by traumatic hemothorax.
A case of hemothorax caused by traumatic rupture of schwannoma is rarely reported. We present a case of thorax injury of an 18-year-old woman who had fallen from a high place with a Glasgow Coma Score 13. Chest X-ray showed a left-sided massive pleural effusion. ⋯ The patient underwent an emergency thoracotomy after 2000 cc blood drainage with intercostal tube placement. Tumor's pathologic diagnosis was schwannoma (neurilemmoma). In this case study, we would like to present a traumatic hemothorax for the previously unknown mediastinal mass with the relevant literature.