Background: In our study, we aimed to examine the relationship between trauma-related thoracic vertebral fractures and/or rib fractures location, age and gender. Methods: Between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020, 100 patients with trauma-related thoracic vertebral fracture and/or rib fracture were included in the study. Rib fractures and thoracic vertebral fractures were analyzed according to age, gender, level and fracture type. The correlation between rib and vertebral fractures was investigated. Results: 72% of the patients were male and 28% were female, mean age was 48.49 ± 18.83. Thoracic vertebral corpus fractures were detected most frequently in T8 in 22 patients and in T1 in at least 1 patient. Spinous process fracture was found to be highest in T2 with 9 patients, and 1 patient each in T5, T6, and T12. Transverse processes fracture was seen in T9 with a maximum of 5 patients. Rib fractures were observed more frequently on the right. Displaced rib fractures were most common in the 6th and 7th ribs, and non-displaced rib fractures were observed in the 5th ribs with 9 patients. Left rib fractures were most common in the 5th rib, with 6 displaced patients and 8 non-displaced patients. When the thoracic vertebral fractures and rib fractures were examined depending on the age variable, it was determined that the fractures in the T2 spinous, T3 spinous, T5 corpus and T8 vertebral corpus, and rib fractures in the right 4,6,8,10 and left 2 and 4 differ depending on the age variable (p<0.05). When thoracic vertebral fractures and rib fractures were analyzed depending on gender, a correlation was found between T7 vertebral body fractures and left 6th rib fractures (p<0.05). Conclusion: The coexistence of vertebral and rib fractures should be kept in mind in trauma patients, and plans for diagnosis and treatment should be made accordingly.

Trauma is a condition that affects the body's structure and results from outside factors. After heart disease and cancer, it is the most common cause of death across all age categories. For a variety of causes, people are routinely exposed to traumatic vertebral, thoracic pathologies and rib fractures. Ribs can be harmed by simple falls, impacts, and blunt injuries as well as broken due to car accidents and falling from a height. Magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography are used to diagnose these fractures. In this study, non-linear complex methods were used to categorize gender and age by utilizing thoracic pathologies, fractures or cracks in the body as a result of traffic accidents or falling from a height, which have the feature of being a case in forensic issues. Variables were selected to identify the most important data. MARS (Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline) method of variable selection. Although autopsy should be utilized in these situations, complex regression methods is intended to have an impact on quick and accurate decision-making about events in order to speed up or direct the process in the field of forensic medicine. As a result, the effectiveness of the experts' subsequent predictions will be increased by the preliminary findings produced by real-world data and artificial intelligence algorithms or complex non-linear regression problems.

Trauma is a condition that affects the body’s structure and results from outside factors. After heart disease and cancer, it is the most common cause of death across all age categories. For a variety of causes, people are routinely exposed to traumatic vertebral, thoracic pathologies and rib fractures. Ribs can be harmed by simple falls, impacts, and blunt injuries as well as broken due to car accidents and falling from a height. Magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography are used to diagnose these fractures. In this study, non-linear complex methods were used to categorize gender and age by utilizing thoracic pathologies, fractures or cracks in the body as a result of traffic accidents or falling from a height, which have the feature of being a case in forensic issues. The most important data in the classification of gender and age were determined by Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline (MARS) method. Although autopsy should be utilized in these situations, complex regression methods is intended to have an impact on quick and accurate decision-making about events in order to speed up or direct the process in the field of forensic medicine. As a result, the effectiveness of the experts subsequent predictions will be increased by the preliminary findings produced by real-world data and artificial intelligence algorithms or complex non-linear regression problems.

AMAÇ: Hemoptizi pulmoner veya bronşiyal vasküler sistemden kaynaklanan kanın ağızdan gelmesidir. Hemoptizi en sık akciğer kanserleri, tüberküloz ve bronşektazide görülür. Daha birçok hastalık için önemli bir ipucu olabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada kliniğimize hemoptizi şikayeti ile başvuran hastaların değerlendirmesi amaçlandı.GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Çalışmamızda hastanemize 1 Haziran 2018 – 1 Haziran 2020 arasında hemoptizi şikayeti ile müracat eden 78 hastanın klinik ve radyolojik bulgularını retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi.BULGULAR: Toplam hasta sayısı 78 olup bunların 13 ü (%16.67) kadın, 65 i (%83.33) erkekti. Yaş ortalaması 59.31 (±16.74) idi. 58 (%74.4) hastada sigara kullanma hikayesi mevcuttu. Bunların 4 ü (%6.9) kadın, 54 ü (%93.1) erkek idi. 27 hastada hafif (&lt;30mL), 38 hastada orta (30-100mL), 5 hastada ağır (100-600mL), 8 hastada masif (&gt;600mL) hemoptizi mevcuttu. Hastaların akciğer radyolojik görüntülemelerinde; 35 infiltrasyon, 18 kitle, 12 plevral efüzyon, 9 bronşektazi, 8 mediastinal LAP, 1 pulmoner emboli, 1 kistik lezyon bulgusu izlendi. Hastalarda hemoptiziye neden olan patolojiler ise; 33 (%42.3) hastada akciğer kanseri, 11 (%14.1) hastada pnömoni, 9 (%11.3) hastada bronşektazi idi. Hastaların 68'sine (%87,2) sadece medikal tedavi yeterli olurken, hastaların 5'inde (%6,4) bronşiyal soğuk su uygulamalarına ve 5'inde (%6,4) bronşiyal arter embolizasyonuna ihtiyaç duyuldu. Hastaların 8'inde (%10,2) mortalite gözlendi.SONUÇ: Hemoptizide etyolojinin tespiti önemlidir. Etiyolojiye yönelik medikal veya cerrahi tedavinin düzenlenmesi hastalar için hayati öneme sahiptir.