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Background: The literature on scientific publication errors in medical research is limited, and no studies on emergency medicine publications have been conducted yet. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of the publication errors in emergency medicine literature.Methods: This bibliometric study reviewed intervened publication errors in the manuscripts of seven high-impact emergency medicine journals from 2000 to 2020, covering twenty years, and evaluated the corrections in the forms of an erratum, corrigendum, addendum, and retracted papers. The detected publication error rate and the trend, error severity, and error types were calculated.Results: We detected 257 intervened scientific papers consisting of 251 corrections due to one or more publication errors and six retractions. Authors were the primary source of the errors (93.2%). Most of the errors were in the author attribution section (40.5%). The published errors of 7.2% had an impact on the paper's conclusion. Simple typographic errors were the most common error type (62.5%). The corrected publication error rate was 1.3%, with a steady trend over the twenty years.Conclusions: Publications errors are inevitable, but it is possible to minimize them. The number of corrections in emergency medicine literature is at a low rate and show many similarities with the previous literature.

Objectives: Stroke is a frequently encountered life-threatening medical condition in emergency departments (EDs). Despite all worldwide efforts, a reliable circulating biomarker has not been identified yet. This study investigates the diagnostic and prognostic value of neurogranin (Ng) in acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Methods: This prospective case-control study was conducted on ED patients with AIS and healthy volunteers. We collected the basic demographics, measured serum Ng levels of the patients vs. controls, and followed up the patient group for 6-month by phone or clinical notes to assess the functional outcomes. Results: Data analysis was completed with 142 subjects (86 patients vs. 55 controls). The groups did not differ in terms of age and gender. The median serum Ng level of the patient group was significantly higher compared to the control group [160.00 (75.93) vs. 121.26 (90.35) ng/mL and p ˂ 0.001, respectively]. Serum Ng level of 25 patients admitted to the ED within the first 6 hours from the onset of AIS was 177.93 (24.03) ng/mL, while serum Ng level of 61 patients admitted to the ED within 6-24 hours was 131.84 (76.44) ng/mL. AUROC results were 0.717 vs. 0.868 vs. 0.874 for stroke patients admitted during the first 24 hours, 6 hours, and 4.5 hours after the onset, respectively. Lesion volume, NIHSS, and modified Rankin Scale scores (mRS) at admission showed no significant correlation with Ng levels as well as 6-month mortality and 6-month mRS. Conclusions: Timely AIS diagnosis is still a challenge for emergency departments due to the dependency on imaging. Serum Ng can be a promising diagnostic biomarker for AIS patients admitted in the first 24 hours. Even it outperformed in the first 4.5 and 6-hour time windows. However, it did not show a significant prognostic value.

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DBCL) is the largest subgroup of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Primary dural lymphoma, primary skull vault lymphoma, and primary sternum lymphoma are the rare lymphomas. We present the case of a 69-year-old patient with scalp, skull, and dura involvement that accompanying sternum involvement. It should be kept in mind that in the differential diagnosis of high-grade diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in patients presenting with a mass in the skull or sternum.

WOS:000582143700006 PubMed: 32856885 Background: Considering the critical role of early diagnosis and management of acute ischemic stroke, biomarkers that can reliable assist in the diagnosis are still needed. These biomarkers should rapidly analyze, have high specificity for brain damage, and be available in the emergency settings for early diagnosis and exclusion of other conditions that mimic acute ischemic stroke. Soluble tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis, a protein involved in the regulation of several biological functions, could be a potential acute ischemic stroke biomarker. Aims: To investigate the diagnostic value of soluble tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke and examine the relationship between ischemic area volume determined at diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and soluble tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis. Study Design: A prospective, case-control study. Methods: This case-control prospective study included 36 patients with acute ischemic stroke and 36 healthy volunteers. Information on age, sex, presence of chronic disease, neurological examination findings, times of presentation to the emergency department after acute ischemic stroke, soluble tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis levels, ischemic area volumes at diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, and 6-month mortality rates after stroke were recorded. The results were analyzed on SPSS 22.0 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA), and p

Introduction: Spinal angiolipoma is a rare clinical entity and usually presents with clinical signs and symptoms of spinal cord compression. It has two types; non-infiltrating and infiltrating. It is more common in females at the ages of 40-50 and at the mid-thoracic levels. Case report: We discussed an incidentally diagnosed non-infiltrating angiolipoma in the lower thoracic spine level in a 33-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency department with severe low back pain after trauma in this case report. Conclusion: Spinal angiolipoma should not be forgotten in the differential diagnoses of the patients presenting with severe back pain after trauma.

Emergency department (ED) consultation is an important part of acute patient care and one of the major determinants of ED length of stay (LOS). ED consultations between physicians who may not be in the same location frequently, require a tool to reach out one another and communicate. This paper reviews the historical change and development of consultation tools. The literature on ED consultation methods have been accumulating for the last two decades as the diversity of these methods has increased with technology. Most of the studies demonstrate that high tech systems are useful and safe to reach the consultant and share medical information flow. Moreover, t he future of the area offers new developments regarding consultation tools that are hard to imagine yet like augmented reality.

Cannabis – the most commonly used illegal drug – also has some medical applications. Cannabis is being legalised more and more in the Western world, however it is not a safe substance as many people think. It can cause detrimental acute and chronic lung injuries such as bullous lung disease, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pulmonary emphysema. A clear mechanism for acute pulmonary pathologies has not been established, but pneumothorax and/or pneumomediastinum can be considered as a typical presentation in cannabis users. We present a cannabis user case with simultaneous pneumomediastinum and bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax.

Introduction: Methyl alcohol (methanol) is an industrial solvent and toxic liquid used in such as anti-freezes, paint removers, cologne, perfumes and defroster and also it is the most used denaturant in spirits (methylated spirits) to make it unconsumable. Even oral route seems to be the only way for poisoning, in rare cases inhalation and transdermal routes are possible. We present a case report with transdermal exposure applied according to the folk remedial use of methylated spirit for analgesic effects. Case Report: A thirty-four year old woman was brought to the emergency department by her relatives with extreme fatigue, vomitting, difficulty in walking and sitting, rapid breathing and also confusion. Her laboratory tests suggested deep metobolic acidosis with high anyon gap. She was admitted to intensive care unit and received hemodialysis. After her treatment, she was fully recovered without any vision defisit. Conclusion: Prompt diagnosis and treatment are the keys to avoid sequels and deaths due to methanol intoxications by all routes. At least to avoid potential sources, harmful folk medicine applications are should be defined clearly and society-based measurements should be implemented.

Colonic diverticula and related complications are common pathologies in elderly patients. In older patients, colonic diverticulum perforation is more common in the sigmoid colon, whereas right colon diverticulum perforation is rather rare. In younger patients, especially in patients under 30 years of age, right colon diverticula are more common than left colonic diverticula. Therefore, right colon diverticulum perforation should be considered in patients with acute abdomen in this age group. In this case, right column diverticulum perforation is presented in a patient with acute abdomen findings.

acquired diaphragmatic rupture is often associated with trauma, rarely it may be spontaneous (atraumatic). Spontaneous diaphragmatic rup- ture is one of the rarest thoracoabdominal emergencies, and is harder to de- tect in patients without visceral damage. Diagnosis may be delayed by several months or even years. A sceptical approach, combined with thorough physi- cal examination and the correct interpretation of the chest X-ray, are very im- portant in diagnosis. In this report we present a patient who was admitted to the emergency department with stomach pain, nausea, vomiting and hic- cups lasting for 3 days, and was diagnosed with spontaneous diaphragmatic rupture. The patient was treated with thoracotomy, and the defect was re- paired primarily. (JAEM 2013 doi:10.5152/jaem.2013.024)

BACKGROUND: In this intervention study which competency based training approach was used, it was aimed to determine behaviors of 6-14 years of age children about hand hygiene and to change their hand-washing skills in the “positive” way after the training. METHODS: Ninety children participated in the study (participation rate= %88.2). A standard check-list was used for both training and evaluation of the behaviors. The data were processed and statistically analyzed with the SPSS for Windows 15.0 software. Mc Nemar and chi square tests were used for analysis of the data. RESULTS: Mean age of the children was found to be 9.76±2.02. Fifty six point seven percent of the participants were females and 43.3% of them were males. Nine out of ten steps of the “hand washing check-list” was found higher in percentage among participants in the post-training evaluation compared to the pre-training assessment (p