Koronavirüs Pandemisi Sırasında Pediatrik Kafa Travmasının Acil Değerlendirmesindeki Hatalar: İki Vaka Sunumu
Year 2021,
Volume: 23 Issue: 2, 414 - 417, 31.08.2021
Engin Yücel
,
Ali Köksal
,
Gökhan Akpınar
,
İsmail Semih Keskil
Abstract
Koronavirüs hastalığı salgını, hastalığa maruz kalma riski yüksek olan sağlık çalışanları için bir zorluk oluşturdu. Bununla birlikte, sağlık çalışanları semptomsuz taşıyıcıların varlığı nedeniyle enfeksiyon riskiyle de karşı karşıya kalmaktadırlar. Bu çalışmanın amacı, özellikle minör kafa travması ve negatif rutin kontrastsız bilgisayarlı tomografi sonuçları olan pediatrik hastalarda; ayrıntılı öykü alma, ayrıntılı fiziksel nörolojik muayeneler, kafatası kırığı tanısı koyma ve takibi için standart bir radyografi protokolünün gerekliliğini hatırlatmaktır. Hafif kafa travması değerlendirmelerinde radyografiyi terk etmenin şu anda doğru olmadığını düşünüyoruz. Kafa yaralanmalı hastaların yönetimi, kafatası konvansiyonel radyografisi, üç boyutlu rekonstrüksiyonu ve ince kesitli kemik görüntüleme pencereli bilgisayarlı tomografi kombinasyonu kullanılarak güvenli bir şekilde yapılabilir.
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ERRORS IN THE EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT OF PEDIATRIC HEAD TRAUMA DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: A REPORT OF TWO CASES
Year 2021,
Volume: 23 Issue: 2, 414 - 417, 31.08.2021
Engin Yücel
,
Ali Köksal
,
Gökhan Akpınar
,
İsmail Semih Keskil
Abstract
The coronavirus pandemic has posed a challenge to health-care workers, who are at high risk for exposure to the disease. However, they also face the risk of infection due to the presence of asymptomatic carriers. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the necessity of a standard radiography protocol for fracture surveillance and good history taking and physical and neurological examinations, especially in pediatric patients with minor head injuries and negative routine non-contrast computed tomography results. We think that abandoning radiography in minor head-injury assessments is not right at the moment. Head injuries can be safely managed using a combination of skull radiography and three-dimensional reconstruction and thin-slice bone-imaging window computed tomography.
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