BMJ1d
Management of adrenaline (epinephrine) induced digital ischaemia in children after accidental injection from an EpiPen
Accident and Emergency Department, Birmingham, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to: Dr I Velissariou Accident and Emergency, Department ...
BMJ1d
Isopropyl alcohol inhalation for the treatment of nausea in adult emergency department patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Nausea and vomiting is a common ED chief complaint. However, randomised trials comparing antiemetic agents to placebo have not demonstrated superiority. This systematic review investigates ...
BMJ2d
Evaluating the utility of Rapid Response EEG in emergency care
Correspondence to Dr Prasanthi Govindarajan, Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA; pgovinda{at}stanford.edu Background Timely management of ...
BMJ2d
Patients’ and ambulance service clinicians’ experiences of prehospital care for acute myocardial infarction and stroke: a qualitative study
Background Patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and stroke commonly present first to the ambulance service. Little is known about experiences of prehospital care which are ...
BMJ2d
Statistical consideration for research
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Wythenswawe Hospital, Manchester, UK Correspondence to: Mr S D Carley, Department of ...
BMJ5d
The use of the spinal board after the pre-hospital phase of trauma management
Objectives—For pre-hospital spinal immobilisation the spinal board is the established gold standard. There are concerns that its subsequent use in hospital may adversely affect patient outcome. This ...
BMJ6d
Injuries initially misdiagnosed as sprained wrist (Beware the sprained wrist)
Objectives: To describe the injuries misdiagnosed as a sprain of the wrist and to determine the approximate incidence of misdiagnosis in patients diagnosed as having a sprain of the wrist. Methods: ...
BMJ7d
Sedation of children in the emergency department for short painful procedures compared with theatre, how much does it save? Economic evaluation
Introduction Sedation of children for short painful procedures is increasingly performed in emergency departments as an alternative to hospital admission and theatre. In this study, the savings of ...
BMJ8d
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 ...
BMJ9d
Traumatic atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation
2 Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton, UK Correspondence to: Dr C A Eynon Director of Neurosciences Intensive Care, Wessex Neurological Centre, Tremona Road, ...
BMJ10d
Barking up the wrong tree? A survey of dog bite wound management
Objectives: Several trials have been published examining the role of antibiotics in dog bite wound management. A meta-analysis of these suggests that there is very little benefit to routine antibiotic ...