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165 Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in occlusive vascular diseases: the literature review of the past 10 years

Egemen Küçük， İbrahim Kocayiğit， Candan Günel， Hasan Düzenli

Original Articles

173 Prospective evaluation of point-of-care ultrasound for pre-procedure identification of landmarks versus traditional palpation for lumbar puncture

Shadi Lahham， Priel Schmalbach， Sean P. Wilson， Lori Ludeman， Mohammad Subeh， Jocelyn

Chao， Nadeem Albadawi， Niki Mohammadi， John C. Fox

178 Point-of-care ultrasound versus radiology department pelvic ultrasound on emergency department length of stay

Sean P. Wilson， Kiah Connolly， Shadi Lahham， Mohammad Subeh， Chanel Fischetti， Alan Chiem，

Ariel Aspen， Craig Anderson， John C. Fox

183 Emergency department use among patients from residential aged care facilities under a Hospital in the

Nursing Home scheme in public hospitals in Queensland Australia

Bill Lukin， Li-jun Fan， Jing-zhou Zhao， Jian-dong Sun， Kaeleen Dingle， Rhonda Purtill， Sam Tapp，

Xiang-yu Hou

191 Acute care needs in an Indian emergency department: A retrospective analysis

Elizabeth G. Clark， Jessica Watson， Allison Leemann， Alan H. Breaud， Frank G. Feeley III， James

Wolff， Tamorish Kole， Gabrielle A. Jacquet

196 Emergency medicine as a growing career in Iran: an Internet-based survey

Shervin Farahmand， Ehsan Karimialavijeh， Hojjat Sheikh Mottahar Vahedi， Amirhossein Jahanshir

203 Evaluation of factors affecting psychological morbidity in emergency medicine practitioners

Mehdi Momeni， Farshid Fahim， Elnaz Vahidi， Amir Nejati， Morteza Saeedi

208 Code Blue evaluation in children's hospital

Kubra Evren Sahin， Oktay Zeki Ozdinc， Suna Yoldas， Aylin Goktay， Selda Dorak

213 Geospatial and clinical analyses on pediatric related road traffi c injury in Malaysia

Nik Hisamuddin Rahman， Ruslan Rainis， Syed Hatim Noor， Sharifah Mastura Syed Mohamad

221 Outcome of application of primary versus secondary Illizarov's fi xator in open tibial shaft fractures Anil Joshi， Saurabh Singh， Sudeep Jain， Narender Rohilla， Vivek Trikha， Chandra Yadav

227 Urgent tracheostomy: four-year experience in a tertiary hospital

Liliana Costa， Ricardo Matos， Sara Júlio， Fernando Vales， Margarida Santos

Clinical Images

231 Infective endocarditis as a rare cause for acute limb ischemia

George Galyfos， Sotirios Giannakakis， Stavros Kerasidis， Georgios Geropapas， Georgios Kastrisios，

Gerasimos Papacharalampous， Chrisostomos Maltezos

234 Cerebral venous thrombosis presenting with headache only and misdiagnosed as subarachnoid hemorrhage

Aslihan Yuruktumen Unal， Ali Unal， Erkan Goksu， Savas Arslan

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