BMJ13h
Oral methionine compared with intravenous n-acetyl cysteine for paracetamol overdose
A short cut review was carried out to establish whether methionine was better than n-acetyl cysteine at reducing the severity of liver damage after paracetamol overdose. Thirty nine papers were found ...
BMJ10h
Early out-of-hospital non-invasive ventilation is superior to standard medical treatment in patients with acute respiratory failure: a pilot study
1 Department of Anaesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medicine, Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany 2 Department of Medical Statistics, Georg-August-University, ...
BMJ10h
Response time of the Beijing 120 emergency medical service
Background To assess the response time and the details of the operating procedure of the Beijing 120 Emergency Medical Service (EMS). Methods Between June and December 2005, 51 918 EMS cases recorded ...
BMJ10h
Frequent callers to and users of emergency medical systems: a systematic review
Background There appears to be a paucity of studies examining the characteristics and impact of frequent users upon emergency medical services (EMS). Objective To review current primary research on ...
BMJ21h
A case of familial third ventricular colloid cyst
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London, UK 2 Department of Accident and Emergency, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London, UK Colloid cyst of the third ...
BMJ10h
Proportion of out-of-hospital adult non-traumatic cardiac or respiratory arrest among calls for seizure
Correspondence to Dr Fabrice Dami, Emergency Department, University Hospital Center, Bugnon 46, Lausanne, Vaud 1011, Switzerland; fabrice.dami{at}chuv.ch Objectives To measure the proportion of adult ...
BMJ10h
Barriers to surge capacity of an overcrowded emergency department for a serious foodborne disease outbreak
Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan Correspondence to Dr Shih-Chiang Hung, Department of Emergency ...
BMJ3d
The minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale pain score does not differ with severity of pain
Correspondence to: Professor Kelly, Department of Emergency Medicine, Western Hospital, Private Bag, Footscray, Vic 3011, Australia (Anne-Maree.Kelly{at}nwhcn.org.au) Objective—To determine whether ...
BMJ4d
The prehospital management of pelvic fractures: initial consensus statement
Correspondence to Professor Keith Porter, Department of Anaesthesia, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen B15 2WB, UK; keith.porter{at}uhb.nhs.uk If you wish to reuse ...
BMJ2d
A problem-based learning resource in emergency medicine for medical students
Emergency medicine is a relatively new specialty area within medicine, however medical schools, students and standard setting bodies have recognised that learning emergency medicine is integral to the ...
BMJ2d
Accessory ossicle or intraepiphyseal fracture of lateral malleolus: are we familiar with these?
A case of intraepiphyseal injury (type 7) to the lateral malleolus in a 11 year old child is described. This rare injury cannot be classified by commonly used Salter Harris classification for ...
BMJ3d
Prediction modelling for trauma using comorbidity and ‘true’ 30-day outcome
Background Prediction models for trauma outcome routinely control for age but there is uncertainty about the need to control for comorbidity and whether the two interact. This paper describes recent ...