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Özlem Köksal
Researcher at Uludağ University
Publications - 55
Citations - 683
Özlem Köksal is an academic researcher from Uludağ University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emergency department & Glasgow Coma Scale. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 53 publications receiving 598 citations.
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Childhood falls: characteristics, outcome, and comparison of the Injury Severity Score and New Injury Severity Score
TL;DR: The head was the most frequent site of injury, and the most common type of fall was from balconies, in this series of paediatric trauma patients.
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Tau protein as a serum marker of brain damage in mild traumatic brain injury: preliminary results.
Mehtap Bulut,Özlem Köksal,Seref Dogan,Naile Bolca,Halil Özgüç,Ender Korfali,Yesim Ozarda Ilcol,Mufit Parlak +7 more
TL;DR: Investigators of the present study noted that serum tau levels in patients with mTBI were increased, and it is believed that this biomarker may prove helpful in identifying high-risk patients withmTBI.
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MR imaging in the detection of diffuse axonal injury with mild traumatic brain injury
Naile Bolca Topal,Bahattin Hakyemez,Cuneyt Erdogan,Mehtap Bulut,Özlem Köksal,Şule Akköse,Seref Dogan,Mufit Parlak,Halil Özgüç,Ender Korfali +9 more
TL;DR: MR imaging can be helpful in revealing DAI lesions in patients with normal CT scan findings after MTBI, and FLAIR, GRE and DW sequences are superior to conventional spin-echo images in detectingDAI lesions.
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Value of the Glasgow coma scale, age, and arterial blood pressure score for predicting the mortality of major trauma patients presenting to the emergency department.
TL;DR: In major trauma patients, GAP score is an easily calculable system both in the field and at the time of admission in the EDs by providing emergency physicians with future decision-making schemes by means of mortality prediction of the patients.
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Factors affecting mortality in patients with thorax trauma.
TL;DR: Patients with thorax trauma should be evaluated as being in a high-risk group and treatment strategies must be aggressive and case analysis based on the TRISS model would further reveal the mistakes and may improve patient care.