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    Evaluation of the necessity of whole-body scan tomography in cases with head trauma
    (Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Derneği, 2019) Yaşaran, İffet; Karakuş, Ali; Kuvandık, Güven; Sebe, Ahmet
    BACKGROUND: In our study, we have tried to find out how necessary whole-body computed tomography (WBCT) is to detect other body injuries that may accompany the patients, evaluating head trauma cases with WBCT. METHODS: In our study, we included 198 patients, who were referred to our hospital’s emergency service after head trauma, had brain lesions detected in brain tomography (BT), had no additional examination findings and who underwent WBCT. In this retrospective study, patients’ age, gender, type of lesion in brain CT, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) values and WBCT findings were examined. RESULTS: In this study, 85.4% of the patients were male and the average age was 25.7 years. The most common cranial CT findings were fracture, followed by parenchymal bleeding. 67% of the patients’ GCS were below 8. Additional trauma was detected in 78 of the patients (39.4%). The most common additional lesion was the thoracic contusion. The mean age of the patients with cervical injuries determined in CT was significantly high (p<0.05). Statistical significance was determined between cranial fracture, foreign body incidence and thoracic injuries (p<0.05). The incidence of cervical injuries was significantly higher in patients with brain contusion detected in CT (p<0.05). Fracture frequency and presence of additional lesions in WBCT were significantly high (p<0.05). There was no correlation between other cranial lesions and additional injury areas (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: The number of studies evaluating WBCT is high in the literature. However, our study is important concerning that to our knowledge this study is the first study to evaluate the WBCT findings in the head trauma cases without the additional lesions on their bodies. WBCT scan should be recommended in patients whose clinical evaluation could not be completed. WBCT is an important diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of many pathologies, especially for intrathoracic lesions.
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    QTc Intervals in Drug Poisoning Patients with Tricyclic Antidepressants and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
    (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010) Acikalin, Ayca; Satar, Salim; Avci, Akkan; Topal, Metin; Kuvandik, Gueven; Sebe, Ahmet
    Commonly used agents of drug poisoning among patients who come to the emergency services are tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs). These drugs may cause defect in cardiac conduction due to the slowdown in the cardiac depolarization and expansions in the QT interval. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are less expansion of the QT period and lower cardio toxic side effects. The aim of this study was to investigate QTc intervals and prognosis of the patients who come to the emergency service due to TCA and SSRI group antidepressant drug poisoning. In a study of 96 patients, 75 of whom were diagnosed to be poisoned by TCAs (TCA group) and 21 by SSRIs (SSRI group) were examined. Electrocardiographic alterations and QTc intervals all of patients were evaluated. QTc intervals of patients in TCA group were deter-mined to be slightly more than those in SSRI group and it was not statistically significant. In the SSRI group, only one patient had QTc period more than 500 milliseconds (520 milliseconds); however, TCA overdose showed 9 (12%) patients with QTc interval over 500 milliseconds, and QTc values of 2 patients were over 600 milliseconds. In our study, it was determined that SSRI group drugs caused similar expansion of the QTc period as TCA drugs but they did not reach high values like TCA drugs, and their OR intervals stayed in more innocent levels.