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    Comparison of the efficacy of ShotBlocker and cold spray in reducing intramuscular injection-related pain in adults A prospective, randomized, controlled trial
    (SAUDI MED J, 2019-01-01) Bilge, Sedat; Aydin, Attila; Gun, Cem; Aldinc, Hasan; Acar, Yahya A.; Yaylaci, Serpil; Cinar, Orhan; Balci, Veysel
    Objectives: To compare the efficacy of ShotBlocker and cold spray in reducing intramuscular (IM) injection-related pain in adults. Methos: A prospective, randomized, controlled study carried out between January 2018 and March 2018 at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. Adult patients receiving IM injection of diclofenac sodium (75 mg/3 ml) were included. The patients were randomized into 3 groups: ShotBlocker, cold spray, and control. Each group comprised 40 patients. Patients were instructed to rate the intensity of IM injection-related pain using a 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS). Visual analog scale scores of the patients were statistically analyzed. Results: Visual analog scale scores were lower in the ShotBlocker (11 mm) and cold spray (10 mm) groups than in the control group (31 mm) (p=0.001). There were no significant differences in VAS scores between the ShotBlocker and cold spray groups. The operators' responses revealed that ShotBlocker was more difficult to administer than cold spray. Conclusion: ShotBlocker is an effective nonpharmacological method that reduces IM injectionrelated pain and is similar in efficacy, to cold spray.
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    Pain management practices in the emergency departments in Turkey
    (WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS, 2021-01-01) Cetin, Murat; Kaya, Bora; Kilic, Turgay Yilmaz; Hanoglu, Nazife Didem; Gokhan, Servan; Eroglu, Serkan Emre; Akar, Sakine Neval; Cekic, Ozgen Gonenc; Polat, Dicle; Ustsoy, Emre; Cinar, Orhan; Yilmaz, Serkan
    OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate pain management practices in the emergency departments (EDs) in Turkey and to evaluate the prevalence and etiologies of oligoanalgesia to identify possible improvement strategies.

    METHODS: This multicenter cross-sectional observational study was conducted in 10 tertiary care hospitals in Turkey. Patients who were admitted to the ED with pain chief complaints were included in the study. Both patients and physicians were surveyed with two separate forms by the research associates, respectively. The patient survey collected data about the pain and the interventions from the patients' perspective. The pain was evaluated using the Numerical Rating Scale. The physician survey collected data to assess the differences between study centers on pain management strategies and physician attitudes in pain management.

    RESULTS: Ten emergency physicians and 740 patients (male/female: 365/375) enrolled in the study. The median pain score at admission at both triage and ED was 7 (interquartile range: 5-8). The most frequent type of pain at admission was headache (n = 184, 24.7\%). The most common analgesics ordered by physicians were nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (n = 505, 67.9\%), and the most frequent route of administration was intramuscular injection (n = 396, 53.2\%). About half of the patients (n = 366, 49.2\%) received analgesics 10-30 min from ED admission. The posttreatment median pain score decreased to 3 (P < 0.001). About 79.2\% of patients did not need a second analgesic administration (n = 589), and opioid analgesics were the most frequently administered analgesic if the second application was required. Physicians prescribed an analgesic at discharge from the ED in 55.6\% of the patients (n = 414) and acute pain was present in 7.5\% (n = 56) of the patients.

    CONCLUSION: Our study on the pain management practices in the EDs in Turkey suggested that high rate of intramuscular analgesic use and long emergency room stay durations are issues that should constitute the focus of our quality improvement efforts in pain management.
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    Transpulmonary Hypothermia with Cooled Oxygen Inhalation Shows Promising Results as a Novel Hypothermia Technique
    (GALENOS PUBL HOUSE, 2017-01-01) Acar, Yahya Ayhan; Yilmaz, Banu Karakus; Celik, Duygu Sultan; Cevik, Erdem; Topcu, Hatice; Ozsoy, Sule; Hakligor, Aylin; Cinar, Orhan
    Background: Therapeutic hypothermia was showed to improve neurologic outcome but current therapeutic hypothermia techniques have limitations. Novel techniques such as transpulmonary hypothermia with cooled oxygen inhalation may be beneficial. Aims: To evaluate the performance of transthoracic hypothermia with cooled medical oxygen inhalation as a therapeutic hypothermia method. Study Design: Animal experimentation. Methods: A total of 36 adult male Wistar-Hannover rats were used in this research. Rats were randomised into four groups: group 1, Cooled oxygen group