Historical and Scientific Studies

BACKGROUND: As acute poisoning continues to be an important public health problem, and represents a frequent cause of admission in emergency departments, there is a constant need to have up to date information about it. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the demographical, aetiological and clinical ch…

• NURSEL BİLGİN

BACKGROUND: As acute poisoning continues to be an important public health problem, and represents a frequent cause of admission in emergency departments, there is a constant need to have up to date information about it. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the demographical, aetiological and clinical ch…

• ERTAN MERT

The aim of this study was to present the characteristics of medicolegal autopsies of fatal poisonings in Trabzon (Turkey), performed from 1998 to 2008, to contribute to the available data on this topic. A retrospective study of the forensic records and the toxicological data of all autopsies performed over that period…

• HÜLYA KARADENİZ

The aim of this retrospective study was to examine methyl alcohol intoxications in Trabzon (Turkey) and to determine any relations between the laboratory results and histopathologic changes. A total of 4492 forensic autopsies were performed from 1998 to 2008. Thirteen of the cases (0.3%) were because of methanol poiso…

• HÜLYA KARADENİZ

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• MEHMET OĞUZ POLAT

OBJECTIVES: Poisoning occurring in childhood still continues to be an important public health issue. The aim of the study is to socio-demographically and clinically examine poisoning cases consulted to emergency department. METHODS: The findings of 121 patients between the ages of 1 month and 17 years consulting to th…

• MUSTAFA ÇALIK

This article explores the history of general paralysis of the insane (GPI) and its treatment in Turkey. GPI was considered as "a disease of civilization" at the end of the nineteenth century. From the early years of the twentieth century, Turkish psychiatrists discussed and interpreted the causes of GPI and followed t…

• FATİH ARTVİNLİ

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to evaluate demographic, etiological, clinical features, and prognosis of poisoning cases applied to a tertiary emergency department retrospectively. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The recordings of poisoning cases aged 18 years old and over which applied to the department of emergency medicine between the…

• NURDAN ACAR
• UĞUR BİLGE

Because different groups in human society view beauty in stereotypical terms of their own ethnicity, orthodontists should study the concept of facial beauty with scientific rigor. Is it time for us to re-examine the assumption that the original cephalometric esthetic norms based on samples of North Americans can be ap…

UNLABELLED: We present the first ever case of homicidal poisoning due to injection of methidathion, an organophosphate insecticide. CASE: A 4-month-old baby presented to the emergency department with chief complaints of unconsciousness and irregular respiration. A bitter odour and an injection site with a greenish blu…

• HAKAN KAR

Laser devices are widely used for medical, military, industrial and entertainment purposes. This extensive and unregulated use of lasers can cause a variety of maculopathies that can result in permanent vision loss. Uncontrolled and inappropriate use of laser instruments should be prevented with strict rules. We stron…

• IŞIL BAHAR SAYMAN MUSLUBAŞ
• MEHMET HAKAN ÖZDEMİR