Niger J Clin Pract
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Whether to send COVID-19 patients home with quarantine measures or to hospitalize and treat them on an inpatient basis is a very important decision in the treatment of COVID-19 patients. This study aimed to introduce a scoring system that will enable making decisions on inpatient or outpatient treatment of patients by scoring their symptoms, clinical, radiological, and laboratory results during the initial assessment. ⋯ We believe that the scoring system we developed will be a simple, practical, and leading guide for physicians to avoid dilemmas regarding the issue of whether to quarantine patients at home or to hospitalize them in order to use medical resources effectively.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Determination of the effect of two different methods of dental anesthesia on pain level in pediatric patients: A cross-over, randomized trial.
In dentistry, needles are the most feared and anxiety-causing tool, making anesthetic injection a worrying practice for patients. ⋯ Patients feel similar pain perceptions during local anesthesia application in both injection systems. According to the SOL values, NFA may provide more higher anesthetic efficiency than IOA.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
An intervention plan for preventing and handling amateur soccer players' injuries.
The majority of amateur soccer players are vulnerable to soccer-related injuries and many such injuries are avoidable with an adequate education. ⋯ In multiple scales and overall score levels, intervention group participants achieved significantly higher scores than their control group counterparts. Educational assistance appears to have had a good impact on their knowledge and skills.
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Although COVID-19 has a milder course in pediatric patients than in adults, it can have a severe and fatal course in children with an underlying disease (UD). ⋯ In our study, we determined that the disease had a more severe course in patients with initial procalcitonin, D-dimer, troponin increase, and thrombocytopenia. Although COVID-19 has a mild course in children, this is unfortunately not true for children with an UD.
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Observational Study
Reliability of low-flow anesthesia procedures in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Their effects on our costs and ecological balance.
The many advantages of low-flow anesthesia are now recognized. Apart from its positive effects on the patient, it is clear that it is a method that all anesthetists should prefer with its positive effects on the ecological balance. ⋯ In our study, we safely applied low-flow anesthesia to our patients with advanced monitoring. We believe that low-flow anesthesia is advantageous in terms of both patients' health, ecological balance, and cost.