Central venous catheters (CVCs) are often used for various purposes in the emergency departments (ED). The main uses of CVCs in the EDs are emergent hemodialysis, in situations where peripheral vein catheterization cannot be achieved, and continuous invasive hemodynamic monitoring. The complications related to CVC insertion are usually mechanical and observed in the near term after the procedure. Retained CVC guidewire after catheterization is a rare complication in the published reports and usually related with intra- or postoperative settings and jugular or subclavian vein. The present study reported a young female patient who underwent left femoral vein catheterization 6 months earlier in an intensive care unit of another hospital and was diagnosed with complete guidewire retention in the ED. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first case in published reports with a diagnosis of retained CVC guidewire with retrograde migration into the femoral vein. Surprisingly, the patient developed no thrombotic or embolic complication during this 6-month period.

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SUMMARYObjective: Animal-related injuries are major issues of public health in all over the world and in our country as well. These animal-related injuries may result in serious complications like infections. In our study we aimed to investigate the sociodemographic characteristics, the features of contact related to animal bites or exposure to rabies risk, prophylactic treatment strategies and appropriateness of post-exposure prophylaxis in patients with animal-related injuries. Method: This study was retrospectively designed by collecting data of the patients with animal related and bite wound injuries admitted to the emergency department of Ankara Training and Research Hospital during the years of 2010 and 2011. The data was analysed by using SPSS 11.5 software programme. Results: The study was consisted of 7423 patients. Animal related injuries were mostly seen in male patients (66.4%) and the mean age of the patients was 31±18. These injuries were mostly during spring and summer. In 80.8% of the patients the injuries were due to animal bites. Of the 7423 patients; 69.8% were injured by dogs, 27.5% by cats and 0.2% by wild animals. The location of the bite wounds were in the upper extremities in 51.6%, lower extremit ies in 39.7%, head and neck in 4.6%, chest in 2.4% and back in 1.7% of the patients. Lacerations were the most common type of injury. Of the patients 43.6% received 2+1+1 rabies vaccination schedule, 7.1% received 2+1+1 rabies vaccination schedule and immu noglobulin, 12.9% received 5 dosage vaccination schedule. Of the patients 34.4% followed up for 10 days without any rabies prophylaxis. Conclusions: According to the results of our study; most of the animal related injuries are caused by dogs. Dogs mostly cause bite injuries whereas cats cause scatch injuries. Wounds are located generally in the extremities. Head and neck injuries are more common in pediatric group compared with other age groups. Rabies prophylaxis application strategies were changed if the dogs were owned or not and according to the existence of the lesion. Keywords: Domestic animals, wild animals, wounds and injuries, lacerations, emergency department (MeSH Database) ÖZET Amaç: Hayvan-ilişkili yaralanmalar tüm dünyada olduğu gibi ülkemizde de önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunudur. Bu yaralanmalarda ciddi enfeksiyonlar gibi komplikasyonlar oluşabilmektedir. Çalışmamızda hayvan-ilişkili yaralanmalar nedeni ile acil servise başvuran hastalarda sosyodemografik özellikleri, kuduz riskli temas niteliklerini ve profilaksi yaklaşımlarını, temas sonrası profilaksinin uygunluğunu incelemeyi amaçladık. 41 CMJ Cumhuriyet Medical JournalYöntem: Bu çalışma 2010-2011 yılları süresince Ankara Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi acil servisine hayvan-ilişkili yaralanma nedeni ile başvuran 7423 hastanın dosya kayıtlarının retrospektif olarak değerlendirilmesiyle yapılmıştır. Çalışmada elde edilen veriler SPSS 11.5 paket programında değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Çalışmaya 7423 hasta alındı. Hastaların %66.4'ü erkek, ortalama yaşları 31±18'dir. Hayvan-i...