BMJ2d
Beyond triage: the diagnostic accuracy of emergency department nursing staff risk assessment in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes
Objectives To establish the accuracy of emergency department (ED) nursing staff risk assessment using an established chest pain risk score alone and when incorporated with presentation ...
BMJ3d
Sprain or fracture? An analysis of 2000 ankle injuries.
A retrospective survey of over 2000 patients with inversion injuries of the ankle joint was undertaken to examine the validity of criteria commonly used in an accident and emergency department to ...
BMJ4d
Procedural sedation with propofol for emergency DC cardioversion
Correspondence to Dr Philip Kaye, Emergency Department, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath BA1 3NG, UK; philip_bath{at}hotmail.com Many emergency patients present with cardiac arrhythmias ...
BMJ4d
TB or not TB: an unusual sore finger
A 25 year old Afro-Carribean presented to the accident and emergency department with a painful swelling of the little finger. Radiology revealed periosteal elevation and a bone scan showed a hot spot ...
BMJ4d
Older patients with traumatic brain injury present with a higher GCS score than younger patients for a given severity of injury
Introduction Recent evidence suggests that presenting GCS may be higher in older rather than younger patients for an equivalent anatomical severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The aim of this ...
BMJ5d
Risk factors and outcomes associated with post-traumatic headache after mild traumatic brain injury
Correspondence to Tansel Yilmaz, Department of Neurology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, The Netherlands; t.yilmaz{at}elisabeth.nl Objectives To determine the ...
BMJ7d
Evaluation of 3-mm diameter intravenous tubing for the rapid infusion of fluids.
Department of Anaesthesia, Odstock Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The use of intravenous administration systems incorporating 3-mm internal diameter tubing is becoming more common in ...
BMJ9d
Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for paediatric testicular torsion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore Background Previous studies have examined the utility of ultrasonography performed by radiologists for diagnosing ...
BMJ10d
Potentially avoidable emergency department attendance: interview study of patients' reasons for attendance
1 Department of Health Services, NIHR CLAHRC for LNR, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK 3 NHS ...
BMJ11d
Effect of weather on attendance with injury at a paediatric emergency department
Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Aberdeen, UK Correspondence to: Dr D M Macgregor, Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Cornhill ...
BMJ12d
Venous pH can safely replace arterial pH in the initial evaluation of patients in the emergency department
Objective—This study aims to determine the extent of correlation of arterial and venous pH with a view to identifying whether venous samples can be used as an alternative to arterial values in the ...
BMJ12d
A man with right flank pain
Correspondence to Dr Wan-Ching Lien, Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; wanchinglien{at}ntu.edu.tw A healthy, obese 38-year-old man had acute flank ...