Objective: Traumatic occult pneumothorax is defined as a pneumothorax that cannot be identified with a simple chest X-ray and can be detected only by chest computed tomography (CT). The purpose of this study was to retrospectively recognize the difference between thoracostomy an...
Objective: This was a retrospective investigation conducted to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the treatment and outcomes of patients with ischemic stroke.
Methods: Data were collected over one year for the COVID-19 and pre-COVID-19 (c...
Objective: The present study aimed to verify the efficacy of calcium ions as a prognostic factor for massive transfusion (MT) in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), including those of variceal and non-variceal origin.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study i...
