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The value of the difference between ED and prehospital vital signs in predicting outcome in trauma
3 Trauma Audit and Research Network, Health Sciences Research Group, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, UK 4 Emergency Medicine ...
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Emergency department discharge instructions: a wide variation in practice across Australasia
Correspondence to: Dr McD Taylor, Emergency Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3050 (e-mail: taylordm{at}hotmail.com) Objectives—All patients discharged from the ...
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Emergency department investigation of deep vein thrombosis
Correspondence to: Dr D A Kilroy, Department of Emergency Medicine, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK; dakilroy{at}doctors.org.uk Objectives: To apply a previously ...
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Clinical care in the “Hot Zone”
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol and Pre-hospital Care, Royal London Hospital, London, UK Dr D Lockey, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Frenchay Hospital, ...
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Syncope management in the UK and Republic of Ireland
Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Dr M J Reed, Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA ...
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The optimum reperfusion pathway for ST elevation acute myocardial infarction: development of a decision framework
There is currently much debate about the relative roles of pharmacological reperfusion (ie, thrombolysis) and mechanical reperfusion (ie, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in the ...
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038 Junior doctors’ perceptions and experiences of the emergency department departmental handover: a qualitative study
Background Irregular patient volumes, high patient transit and limitless presentations means that Emergency Department (ED) handovers differ from other specialities. Therefore, a degree of handover ...
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Predictors of multi-organ dysfunction in heatstroke
Background: Heatstroke is a medical emergency that results from failure of thermoregulatory mechanism coupled with an exaggerated acute phase response, causing an elevation in core body temperature ...
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Intravenous amiodarone for the pharmacological termination of haemodynamically-tolerated sustained ventricular tachycardia: is bolus dose amiodarone an appropriate first-line ...
Department of Cardiac Rhythm Management, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Yaver Bashir, Department of Cardiac Rhythm Management, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK ...
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Patient behaviour at the time of stroke onset: a cross-sectional survey of patient response to stroke symptoms
Correspondence to Dr Lisa Mellon, Division of Population Health Sciences, Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; lisamellon{at}rcsi.ie Background and ...
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High-sensitivity troponin T for early rule-out of myocardial infarction in recent onset chest pain
Correspondence to Dr Sally Aldous, Cardiology Department, Christchurch Hospital, Riccarton Road, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand; sally.aldous{at}cdhb.govt.nz Objective To investigate whether a ...
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Use of emergency observation and assessment wards: a systematic literature review
Emergency Medicine Research Group, Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Correspondence to: Dr M Cooke, Emergency Medicine Research Group, Centre for Primary ...