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    Determination of the Level of Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians to Recognize the Electrocardiography Findings

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    Abstract Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the accuracy and reliability of the interpretation of electrocardiography (ECG) findings by emergency medicine resident physicians (EMPs) and to provide training recommendations in line with emerging deficiencies. Material and Methods: This research depended on the data from a questionnaire that we conducted among EMPs in Ankara. The survey included multiple-choice questions, selected through conceived cases presented in major textbooks or congresses. EMP ECG assessment levels were compared according to the duration of residency education and the presence of ECG education. The data were evaluated by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences 17.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results: A total of 112 volunteers participated. Mean age was 29.6±4.4; also, 47 were female and 65 were male. When all of the questions were taken into account, the mean number of total correct answers was higher for those who had received ECG training than who had not received it, those who underwent more training than those who underwent less training, and those whose duration of assistantship was longer than those whose duration was shorter. Conclusion: The results of our study revealed that the evaluation of ECG is improved by increasing clinical knowledge and training. Depending on these results, we suggest that effective and practical ECG courses and training programs should be organized for EMPs. (JAEM 2014; 13: 108-11

    Kalp etkilenmesine sebep olan antikolinerjik ilaç zehirlenmelerinde sodyum bikarbonat tedavisinin etkinliğinin karşılaştırılması

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    TEZ6111Tez (Uzmanlık) -- Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana, 2006.Kaynakça (s.58-67) var.viii, 69 s. ; 29 cm.Poisoning with anticholinergic drugs are frequently seen in emergency services and life-threatening. Anticholinergic drugs has serious cardiac side effects such as heart rate and ritm abnormalities, and conduction delays. This is why it is quite important to determine the negative cardiac effects of anticholinergic poisoning and the effectiveness of NaHCO3 therapy to cease them. The negative effects of the drugs causing anticholinergic poisoning signs and TCAs, and their response to NaHCO3 therapy were compared for this reason. Patients who had admitted to the Emergency Department of Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine between July 7, 2005 and November 30, 2006 with long QT intervals on initial ECGs because of poisoning with TCAs and other anticholinergic drugs included in this prospective, case control study. The demographic, clinical and ECG data and laboratory results of the subjects were recorded and evaluated. Fifty-eight patients, 30 poisoned with TCAs and 28 with anticholinergic drugs, included in the study. Among all patients, 67.2% (n=39) were females of whom mean age was 25.88±5.76. The majority of the patients were those who admitted to the Emergency Department of Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine in the first 2-6 hours following drug intake. The most frequent agent causing poisoning was amitriptiline in TCA group while it was antipsychotics in the other. Although tachycardia and elongation of QTc interval were common in all subjects, 64.9% (n=37) of them had QRS.0.1s. There was no significant difference between Na+, K+, Ca++, urine and blood pH results of the patients in both of the groups after NaHCO3 therapy. However, while urine and blood pH with Na levels were significantly elevated, Ca++ levels were low in each group. All of the patients were observed in the emergency unit, no fatalities occured. Since NaHCO3 therapy completely ceased symptom and findings of the patients in both of the groups, and any side effects due to therapy like hypertension metabolic acidosis, hypernatremia, hypopotassemia and hypocalemia did not occured, it is supposed to say standart NaHCO3 therapy is a current effective and safe treatment in anticholinergic drug poisoning.Antikolinerjik ilaçlarla zehirlenmeler acil servislerde sık görülen ve yaşamı tehdit eden zehirlenmelerdir. Antikolinerjik ilaçların kalp hızı degişiklikleri, ritim bozuklukları ve ileti gecikmeleri gibi kalp üzerine ciddi yan etkileri vardır. Bu nedenle antikolinerjik zehirlenmelerinin olumsuz kalp etkilerinin belirlenmesi ve NaHCO3 tedavisinin bu etkilerinin giderilmesindeki etkinliginin belirlenmesi oldukça önemlidir. Bu amaçla çalışmamızda antikolinerjik özellikte zehirlenme bulguları veren ilaç gruplarıyla TSA'ların kalp üzerine olumsuz etkileri ve NaHCO3 tedavisineverdikleri yanıt açısından karşılaştırıldı. Ileriye dönük olarak planlanan vaka kontrol niteligindeki çalışmamıza 7/6/2005- 30/11/2006 tarihleri arasında ÇÜTF acil servise TSA ve diger antikolinerjik etkili ilaçlarla zehirlenme sebebiyle başvuran hastalar alındı. Hastaların; demografik, klinik EKG ve laboratuar bulguları kaydedilerek analizleri yapıldı. TSA ilaçlarla zehirlenmiş 30, antikolinerjik etkili diger ilaçlarla zehirlenmiş 28 hasta olmak üzere toplam 58 hasta çalışmaya alındı. Tüm hastaların %67.2'sinin (n:39) kadın ve yaş ortalamalarının 25.88±5.76 oldugu saptandı. ÇÜTF acil servise ilaç alımını izleyen 2-6 saatlik süre içinde başvurular çogunluktaydı. TSA grubunda en fazla zehirlenmeye sebep olan etken amitriptilin iken diger grupta en fazla antipsikotik ilaçların zehirlenmeye sebep oldugu tespit edildi. Hastaların hepsinde QTc uzaması ve taşikardi mevcutken % 64.9'unda (n:37) QRS.0.1'di. NaHCO3 tedavisinden sonra Na+, K+, Ca++, idrar ve kan pH'sı sonuçlarında gruplar arasında anlamlı bir fark bulunamadı. Ancak grupların kendi içinde idrar ve kan pH'sıyla Na+ seviyeleri anlamlı olarak artarken K+, Ca++ seviyeleri anlamlı olarak azaldı. Hastaların tamamının takip ve tedavileriacil gözlem ünitesinde yapıldı. Hastalarda ölüm meydana gelmedi. NaHCO3 tedavisinin her iki grupta fark olmaksızın semptom ve bulguları tamamen iyileştirmesi ve tedaviye baglı hipertansiyon, metabolik asidoz, hipernatremi, hipokalemi, hipokalsemi gibi komplikasyonların gelişmeden iyileştirmesi antikolinerjik ilaç zehirlenmelerinde standart NaHCO3 tedavisinin geçerli etkin ve güvenli bir tedavi oldugunu düşündürmektedir.Bu çalışma Ç.Ü. Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Birimi Tarafından Desteklenmiştir. Proje No:TF2005LTP

    Emergency department and the elderly patient

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    AMAÇ: Biz bu çalışmada 65 yaş ve üstü hastaların acil servise en sık başvuru nedeni olan 10 hastalığı, hastalıkların mevsimlerle ilişkilerini ve hastaların demografik özelliklerini araştırmayı amaçladık. GEREÇ ve YÖNTEM: Araştırma, Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Acil Tıp Ânabilim Dalı' nda 1 Ocak 2003-31 Aralık 2003 tarihleri arasında geriye dönük kayıt incelemesi şeklinde yapıldı. Altmışbeş ve üzeri yaş grubunda yer alan tüm hastalar çalışmaya dahil edildi. Başvuru nedeni olan tanıların gruplandırılması yapıldı ve daha sonra hastalıkların görülme sıklığına göre en sık görülen 10 hastalık değerlendirildi. BULGULAR: Çalışmaya dahil edilen hasta sayısı 2507 idi (1239 kadın, 1268 erkek). Bu hastaların yaş ortalaması 72+6.02 idi. Araştırma grubunda en sık görülen 10 hastalık tüm başvuruların %59.8'ini oluşturmaktaydı ve en sık görülen hastalık inme (%8.8) olarak bulundu. En sık başvuru ocak ayında ve kış mevsiminde idi ve en sık görülen hastalıkların mevsimlere göre dağılımı incelendiğinde en sık başvurunun ilkbahar ayında olduğu saptandı. Onkolojik aciller nedeniyle acil servise bsşvuru yaz mevsiminde, kronik böbrek yetmezliği ve kalp yetmezliği nedeniyle başvuru ilkbaharda, kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığı nedeni ile başvuru kışın istatistiksel olarak anlamlı yüksek bulundu (p<0.05). SONUÇ: İnme kardiak ve respiratuvar hastalıklar yaşlı hastalarda en sık başvuru nedenidir ve yaşlı hastaların acil servislere başvurusu ile mevsimler arasında anlamlı bir ilişki vardır.PURPOSE: In this study we aimed to evaluate the top ten diseases, the relationship of these diseases with seasons and the demographic features of the patients with 65 and over years old and admitted to the emergency department. METHODS: A search of adult emergency department's charts of patients at the Çukurova University School of Medicine was performed to identify people admitted between January 1-December 31 2003. Patients and /or over sixty-five years old were included in the study. The diagnosis of the patients were grouped and the top ten diseases in order to admittance, were analyzed RESULTS: Two thousand five hundred and seven patients were included in the study (1239 women, 1268 men). The mean age of the patients were 72±6.02. The top ten diseases were 59.8% of the all admittance and the most frequent disease was stroke (8.8%). Patients were admitted to the emergency department mostly in January and in the winter. The admittance of the top ten diseases were seen mostly in spring. Oncologic emergencies were seen mostly in summer, chronic renal insufficiency and cardiac insufficiency were in spring and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases were in winter and these were statistically significant (<0.05). CONCLUSION: Stroke, cardiac and respiratory diseases were the most frequent reason of the admittance and there is a statistical relationship between seasons and admittance to the emergency department in elderly patients

    Acil Servise Başvuran Erişkin Travma Olgularının Analizi

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    Amaç: Travma acil servise en yaygın başvuru nedenlerinden birisidir. Bu çalışmada, acil servisimize başvuran erişkin travma hastalarının demografik özellikleri, etyolojileri, mortalite ve morbidite oranlarının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Materyal ve Metod: Acil servise 01 Mart 2011 ile 31 Ağustos 2011 tarihleri arasında travma ile başvuran 18 yaş üzeri hastalar çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. Hasta muayene kartları, yatış dosyaları ve hastane otomasyon sistemine ICD 10 kodları ile girilen kayıtlar incelenmiştir. Bilgilerine eksiksiz ulaşılamayan hastalar çalışma dışı bırakılmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışma süresi boyunca 110495 hastanın acil servise başvurduğu ve bunların 13585'inin (%12,29) travmaya bağlı başvuru olduğu belirlenmiştir. Basit ekstremite travması (%38,28) ve düşmenin (%31,7) en yaygın etyolojik nedenler olduğu, hastaların %99,71'inin Glaskow Koma Skalası skorunun 13 ile 15 arasında olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Travmalı hastaların %9,6'sına Bilgisayarlı Tomografi (BT) çekildiği, bunların %84,5'inin normal olduğu ve en sık Beyin BT çekildiği belirlenmiştir. Hastaların sadece %6'sının hastaneye yatırıldığı, %0,9'unun ise eksitus olduğu görülmüştür. Bayanlarda yüksekten düşmenin, erkeklerde ise trafik kazalarının en sık ölüm nedeni olduğu saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Acil servise basit travma ile başvuran hastaların büyük çoğunluğunun ayrıntılı hikaye ve dikkatli fizik muayene sayesinde taburcu edilebileceği belirlenmiştir. Gereksiz tıbbi tetkikler, zaman kaybı ve para israfı azaltılmalıdır. Bu yolla ağır hastalara daha fazla zaman ve işgücü ayrılabilir.Purpose: Trauma is one of the most common reason of admissions to emergency departments. In this study, it was aimed to determine the demographic characteristics, etiology, morbidity and mortality rates and prognosis of adult trauma patients admitted to our emergency department (ED). Materials and Methods: Patients over the age of 18 years, who admitted to ED between 01 March 2011 and 31 August 2011 were included in this retrospective study. Patient examination cards, hospitalization files and records entered with ICD 10 codes to hospital automation system were analyzed. Patients with inaccessible data were excluded from the study. Results: During the study period, total number of 110495 patients admitted to ED, and 13585 (12,29%) of them admitted with trauma. Simple extremity injuries (38,28%) and falls (31,7%) were most common etiological factors. Glasgow coma scales of 99,71% of the patients were between 13 and 15. Of the patients with trauma, 9,6% had a Computed Tomography (CT) scan, and 84,5% of CT scans were evaluated as normal, and cranial CT was the most requested one. Only 6% of the patients were hospitalized, and 0,9% of the trauma patients died. Falls from height in females and traffic accidents in males were the leading causes of death. Conclusion: Most of the patients with simple traumas admitted to ED can be discharged from the hospital with a complete history and careful examination. The rate of unnecessary medical tests, loss of time and waste money should be reduced, and the time and labor allocated to severe patients can be increased by this way

    Subcutaneous Emphysema, Pneumomediastinum, and Pneumorrhachis after Cocaine Inhalation

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    Introduction. The most prominent complications of cocaine use are adverse effects in the cardiovascular and central nervous systems. Free air in the mediastinum and subcutaneous tissue may be observed less frequently, whereas free air in the spinal canal (pneumorrhachis) is a very rare complication of cocaine abuse. In this report we present a case of pneumorrhachis that developed after cocaine use. Case. A 28-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency department with shortness of breath, chest pain, and swelling in the neck and face which started four hours after he had sniffed cocaine. On physical examination, subcutaneous crepitations were felt with palpation of the jaw, neck, and upper chest area. Diffuse subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and pneumorrhachis were detected in the computed tomography imaging. The patient was treated conservatively and discharged uneventfully. Discussion. Complications such as pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and pneumoperitoneum that are associated with cocaine use may be seen due to increased intrathoracic pressure. The air then may flow into the spinal canal resulting in pneumorrhachis. Emergency physicians should know the possible complications of cocaine use and be prepared for rare complications such as pneumorrhachis
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