Seasonal and Environmental Variation of Lower Extremity Cellulitis Incidence Among Emergency Department Patients in Three Geographic Locations

Seasonal and Environmental Variation of Lower Extremity Cellulitis Incidence Among Emergency Department Patients in Three Geographic Locations

Seasonal Variation of Overall and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Study in 19 Countries from Different Geographic Locations

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) mortality has been shown to follow a seasonal pattern. Several studies suggested several possible determinants of this pattern, including misclassification of causes of deaths. We aimed at assessing seasonality in overall, CVD, cancer and non-CVD/non-cancer mortality using data from 19 countries from different latitudes. METHODS AND FINDINGS Monthly mo...

Overlooked extremity fractures in the emergency department.

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to analyze the accuracy of interpretation of extremity traumas by emergency physicians (EP) to determine the most difficult areas for interpretation in comparison to official radiology reports of direct X-ray. METHODS Radiologist reports and EP reports of direct X-rays from isolated extremity trauma patients were retrospectively compared from 01.05.2011...

Epidemiological Characteristics of Lower Extremity Cellulitis after a Typhoon Flood

OBJECTIVE The flood after a typhoon may lead to increase in patients with cellulitis of lower limbs. However, the microbiological features of these cases are rarely reported. We conducted a study of patients with lower extremity cellulitis after a typhoon followed in southern Taiwan to study the risk factors of cellulitis and the bacteriological features of the patients. METHODS We reviewed a...

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in upper and lower extremity long bone fractures of emergency department trauma patients

BACKGROUND Long bone fractures are common injuries caused by trauma. Some studies have demonstrated that ultrasound has a high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of upper and lower extremity long bone fractures. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of ultrasound compared with plain radiography in diagnosis of upper and lower extremity long bone fractures in ...