Research Article
Contribution of Experimental Animal Research Studies to the Emergency Medicine Literature
Table 3
Characteristics of the experimental studies subjected in the publications.
| ā | Variables | Number of studies (%) |
| Department of the First Author | Emergency Medicine | 190 (28.8) | Anesthesiology and Critical Care | 107 (16.2) | Orthopedics and Traumatology | 72 (10.9) | Surgery | 64 (9.7) | Preclinical Sciences | 37 (5.6) | Pediatrics | 28 (4.2) | Neurosurgery | 26 (4) | Burn, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 24 (3.7) | Cardiovascular | 21 (3.2) | Biomechanical or Biomedical Engineering | 13 (2) | Cardiothoracic Surgery | 7 (1) | Experimental Surgery and Research | 7 (1) | Pathology | 7 (1) | Others | 58 (8.8) |
| Subject Species | Rodent | 367 (49.9) | Swine | 272 (37) | Rabbit | 52 (7.1) | Sheep | 20 (2.7) | Dog | 13 (1.8) | Others | 12 (1.5) |
| Experimental Model | Cardiac Arrest | 257 (34.9) | Inflammation/Infection/Ischemia/Trauma of Major Organs | 87 (11.8) | Hemorrhage/Hemorrhagic Shock/Coagulation | 81 (11) | Bone Defects/Fracture Healing | 66 (9) | Burn Injury | 30 (4.1) | Spinal Cord Injury | 26 (3.5) | Ischemia/Reperfusion | 23 (3.1) | Intoxication/Poisoning | 23 (3.1) | Peripheral Nerve Injury | 22 (3) | Therapeutic Hypothermia | 17 (2.3) | Wound Healing | 16 (2.2) | Sepsis | 15 (2) | Cerebral Ischemia | 14 (1.9) | Traumatic Brain Injury | 13 (1.8) | Technique-Training | 12 (1.6) | Muscle/Tendon/Ligament Injury | 11 (1.5) | Others | 23 (3.1) |
| Target Organ/System Evaluated | Brain | 101 (13.7) | Hemodynamic Parameters | 94 (12.8) | Heart | 80 (10.9) | Bones | 61 (8.3) | Lungs | 51 (6.9) | Spinal Cord | 26 (3.5) | Peripheral Nerves | 23 (3.1) | Skin | 21 (2.9) | Coagulation System | 20 (2.7) | Kidneys | 17 (2.3) | Musculoskeletal System | 17 (2.3) | Intestines | 9 (1.2) | Liver | 8 (1.1) | Multiple Organs | 23 (3.1) | Others | 185 (25.1) |
| Type of the Evaluation Method | Outcome/survival | 408 (55.4) | Histopathological | 354 (48.1) | Blood/serum | 124 (16.8) | Radiologic | 36 (4.9) | Polymerase Chain Reaction | 25 (3.4) | Electrophysiologic | 12 (1.6) |
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