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Journal of Emergency Medical Care (JEMC) is an international online open access peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing scientific and technical information in the field of emergency medicine. The emphasis will be on publishing quality articles rapidly and freely available worldwide.
JEMC provides significant, in-depth coverage of information on emergency medicine, new methods, advances in technology, diagnostic procedures and lifesaving measures, and guidance for fast and accurate decisions.
RECENT ARTICLES
Nondiagnostic Pediatric Chest X-rays are Common: Correlate Clinically for Pneumonia
Although chest x-rays (CXRs) are frequently ordered to confirm the diagnosis of pneumonia in pediatric patients, the findings on CXR are sometimes nondiagnostic --- neither confirming nor refuting the diagnosis of pneumonia. ...
Approach to the Febrile Patient in the Emergency Setting: Is there anything New?
This article reviews the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of fever following recent advances and new literature findings to update the primary care and emergency physician in the acute setting....
Modern View of Acute Pneumonia and Forgotten Achievements of Medical Science
Acute pneumonia is known to medicine for more than two and a half millennium since the time of Hippocrates. All known old classic postulate that pneumonia is not contagious infection. And today, patients with acute pneumonia are not subjected to isol...
Guillain-Barre Syndrome in Early Pregnancy: Case Report
Guillain-Barre Syndrome is an acute immunodeficient polyradiculoneuropathy of the peripheral nervous system, seen in 1-2 cases in 100,000. Motor involvement is predominant in the peripheral nervous system. Pregnancy does not change the incidence of G...
Phrenic Paralysis after Chest Trauma: About 3 Cases
Post-traumatic phrenic paralysis remains rare and most often related to cervical trauma, whereas attacks following closed or open chest trauma are very rarely reported. Through three cases of post traumatic diaphragmatic paralysis, we will focus on t...
Emergency Health Care Professions’ and Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Mechanical Chest-Compression Devices Practice During Kardiyopulmoner Resusitasyon: A Phenomenological Study
Health professionals are inclined to use the medical devices of the developing technology as fast as possible. The aim of this study is to examine the perceptions, opinions and feelings of fourth year nursing students, the doctors and the nurses who ...
Light Bulb Sign
A 50-year-old man consults emergency with functional impotence of the left shoulder following a violent fall. His examination finds an arm fixed in internal rotation with loss of external rotation....
Should We Use Corticosteroids in Sepsis? An Evidence-Based Approach
Almost every organ systems are affected by conditions inflicted by sepsis and septic shock (S&SS). Therefore, evidence-based approaches coupled with a system-based rationale are the prerequisites to diagnose and treat patients....
Post-Traumatic Hemothorax of Great Abundance in a Hemophiliac B: What Management?
Hemophilia B is a rare and high-risk hemorrhagic disease. In emergency, maintaining a factor IX rate in a range to achieve the necessary action while ensuring the safety of the patient is the main challenge of the health care team....
Identification of Intracranial Hypertension by Ultrasound Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter: About a Case
The ultrasound measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) as a screening test for intracranial hypertension (ICH) has demonstrated to be useful. Especially patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), however, it could be a valuable tool if a p...
