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Methyl alcohol, which is mostly used in the industrial sector, is also widely used in our country to obtain cheap drinks. It is a colorless, volatile liquid with a distinctive odor. Even 8-10 ml of methanol taken into the body from outside is toxic. Approximately 25-30 ml of methanol can cause poisoning that can lead to permanent blindness. The best method for the definitive diagnosis of methyl alcohol poisoning is to measure the methanol level in the blood. Patients may develop headache, central nervous system depression, coma and seizure. Imaging is recommended in patients with altered consciousness. Putaminal necrosis and intracranial hemorrhage (SAH, putaminal intraparenchymal hemorrhage) may develop in these patients. Our case is a 50-year-old male patient with a history of constant homemade alcohol consumption. The patient was brought with complaints of visual impairment and confusion after drinking alcohol. Basal ganglia hemorrhage was detected on the patient's cranial tomography. The patient, who was admitted to intensive care, deteriorated and died on the 4th day of his treatment. Morbidity and mortality rates can be very high in patients presenting with suspected methanol intoxication. Therefore, we wanted to emphasize the importance of early diagnosis and treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between initial magnesium (Mg) levels, electrocardiographic no-reflow, and long-term mortality in patients who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) due to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods: A total of 111 patients with pPCI participated in the study. Magnesium and high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were measured. The sum of ST-segment elevation was measured immediately before and 60 minutes after the restoration of coronary flow. The difference between the 2 measurements was taken as the amount of ST-segment resolution and defined as sum of ST-segment resolution (∑STR). The ∑STR <50% was determined as electrocardiographic sign of no-reflow phenomenon. After the patients were discharged, they were followed up for major adverse cardiac events for up to 51 months after discharge. Results: Forty patients in the no-reflow group and 71 patients in the normal-flow group were included in the study. Magnesium value ≤1.87 mg/dL initially measured had 77% sensitivity and 59% specificity in predicting no-reflow on receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. In multivariate analyses, Mg (odds ratio [OR]: 0.01, <95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.01-0.12; P = .004), hs-CRP (OR: 1.06, <95% CI: 1.00-1.14; P = .05), left anterior descending artery lesion (OR: 6.66, <95% CI: 1.45-3.05; P = .01), and reperfusion time (OR: 1.01, <95% CI: 1.00-1.01; P = .03) were still independent predictors of electrocardiographic no-reflow, and only Mg (OR: 0.08, <95% CI: 0.01-1.03; P = .05) was still an independent predictor of long-term mortality. Conclusion: Serum Mg level is an independent predictor of electrocardiographic no-reflow and long-term mortality in patients with STEMI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Emergency departments are the first places to which patients present with unexpected or unforeseen health problems. The purpose of this study was to assess the urgency of cases brought by ambulance to the Hospital on the basis of a three-level triage system. Methods: This study was performed between 01.06.2013 and 31.09.2013 at the Diyarbakır Education and Research Hospital. Our emergency service unit is a third degree service for all adult patient groups and all child trauma types. Triage of patients brought to the emergency department by ambulance was performed by emergency medicine specialists. Patients' vital findings, identity data and triage categories were assessed. Results: 712 patients were included, 382 (53.7%) male and 330 (46.3%) female, with a mean age of 45. In this study, 619 (86.9%) patients were transferred from the scene and 93 (13.1) between hospitals, 483 (67.8%) patients were brought by emergency medicine technician (EMT) teams, 107 (15%) by physician-led teams, 107 (15) by paramedic teams and 15 (2.1%) by other teams, 442 (62.1%) patients were assessed as yellow, 141 (19.8%) as green and 129 (19.1%) as red zone. Five hundred eighty (81.5%) patients were discharged and 115 (15.9%) were hospitalized. Conclusion: Emergency health services are clearly developing rapidly in Turkey. In order for pre-hospital emergency health services not to be abused, we think that these services should be up to the standards of those in developed countries and that public awareness needs to be increased, particularly with regard to triage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To identify the characteristic features of pneumothorax patients treated surgically., Methods: The retrospective study was conducted at Gazi Yasargil Education and Research Hospital Thoracic Surgery Clinic, Diyarbakir, Turkey and comprised records of pneumothorax patients from January 2004 to December 2014. They were divided into two groups as spontaneous and traumatic. Patients who had not undergone any surgical intervention were excluded. Mean age, gender distribution, location of the disease, type of pneumothorax, and treatment method were noted. Among patients with spontaneous pneumothorax, age and months distribution, smoking habits, pneumothorax size, and treatment method were assessed. The effect of gender, location, comorbid disease, smoking, subgroup of disease, and pneumothorax size on surgical procedures were also investigated., Results: The mean age of the 672 patients in the study was 34.5±6.17 years. There were 611(91%) men and 61(9%) women. Disease was on the right side in 360(53.6%) patients, on the left side in 308(45.8%), and bilateral in 4(0.59%). Besides, 523(77.8%) patients had spontaneous, and 149(22.7%) had traumatic pneumothorax. Overall, 561(83.5%) patients had been treated with tube thoracostomy, whereas 111(16.5%) were treated with thoracotomy/thoracoscopic surgery. The presence of comorbid diseases, being primary, and being total or subtotal according to partial were found to create predisposition to thoracotomy/ thoracoscopic surgery (p<0.05 each)., Conclusions: In the case of pneumothorax being total, the presence of comorbid diseases, and the increase in pneumothorax size, thoracotomy or thoracoscopic surgery is preferred.

Introduction: There are many academic journals in Turkey and the world. Medical journals have a significant place among those publications. The aim of this study is to examine qualitatively and categorize the scientific studies of the two journals in Turkey. It also aims to contribute the related literature in the area., Material-Method: Academic journals of medical emergencies published in Turkey between January 1, 2003 and December 20, 2014 were investigated in detail. All the works in journals were categorized briefly as research articles, case presentations, review articles, and other works. Moreover, research articles were investigated as observational and experimental, and discussed according to the including topics., Results: 943 scientific works in 86 issues were fully investigated. The total number was found to be 472 for research articles (50.1%), 242 for case presentations (25.7%), 108 for review articles (11.5%), and finally it was 12.8% for other works. Research articles included 450 observational (95.3%) and 22 experimental studies (4.7%). The key topics covered in research articles were the management and training of medical emergencies, trauma 96 (20.3%), toxicology 50 (10.6%), and gastrointestinal tract 36 (7.6%)., Conclusion: Despite its relatively short history, medical emergencies have improved progressively in Turkey. The number of domestic research articles has demonstrated an increase over the years. However, extra efforts are needed in order to improve the quality of articles. The most common contents encountered in research articles were the management and training of medical emergencies, trauma and toxicology.