Contribution of Experimental Animal Research Studies to the Emergency Medicine Literature

Table 3

Characteristics of the experimental studies subjected in the publications.

	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)