Emergency medicine international

IntroductionOpioid use is common for emergency department (ED) patients presenting with undifferentiated abdominal pain (AbdPain). Whether the potential analgesic benefits of opioids are offset by prolonged ED length of stay (LOS)-possibly …

Background: Acute abdominal pain (AAP) is a common complaint of emergency department patients. An accurate diagnosis is even more crucial when AAP is associated with left lower quadrant (LLQ) pain, which has a wide variety of differential d…

ObjectiveWe retrospectively investigated the effect of admission serum calcium levels on length of stay (LOS) in patients hospitalized with acute pancreatitis (AP).MethodsClinical data for 3156 patients diagnosed with AP were obtained from …

BackgroundPreterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal death, and there are no effective clinical means for the prevention and treatment of spontaneous preterm birth, mainly because the mechanism for labor initiation has not been fully el…

BackgroundSpontaneous pneumothorax should be classified as primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) or secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) because treatment strategies may differ depending on underlying lung conditions and clinical cours…

AimThe aim of this study was to investigate the serum TLR9 and NF-κB levels in patients for the diagnosis and prognostication of AP in the emergency department.MethodsIn the current study, we looked at the TLR9 and NF-κB levels in patients …

INTRODUCTION: Scar endometriosis (SE) is a rare pathology that develops in the scar tissue formed on the anterior abdominal wall usually after a cesarean section. There have been instances of women presenting to emergency or general surgery…

Background. Transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) in female patients with acute right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain is time and infrastructure intensive and not always available. This study aims to evaluate the role of TVU in these patients. …