A shortcut review was carried out to see whether the hook test is sensitive enough for a negative result to exclude complete distal biceps tendon rupture (DBTR) in adults. 3 papers presented the best ...

Correspondence to: Dr P Leman Emergency Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; peter.lemanhealth.wa.gov.au Objective: To determine whether using intravenous ...

The case of a 17-year-old girl brought into the emergency department (ED) having been found in a field semi-clad and overtly hypothermic is reported. A weak carotid pulse, agonal breathing and fixed ...

Background Despite pronounced increases in homelessness and mental health problems in the USA over the past decade, further ...

Objectives Many drug and fluid regimens in emergency medicine are weight dependent in adults, but no standard adult weight estimation tools exist. Paediatric weight is often estimated in emergency ...

1 Emergency Medicine Research Group, University of Warwick and Walsgrave Hospitals NHS Trust, Coventry 2 Emergency Medicine Research Group, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University ...

1 Department of Clinical Emergencies, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Digestive Surgery Division, Hospital das Clínicas ...

Correspondence to: Dr J Acheson c/o Department of Surgery, Antrim Area Hospital, 45 Bush Road, Antrim BT28 3QE, Northern Ireland; achesonjonnyhotmail.com Acute urinary retention in women is uncommon.

Objective To describe trends regarding snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) from 2004 to 2010. Methods The NPIS telephone enquiry database, the UK Poisons ...

A short-cut systematic review was carried out to establish if strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the ED could succeed while maintaining comparable care standards. Of 2914 papers found in ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2 Division of Traumatology, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical ...

Correspondence to Professor Clint Hendrikse, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family, Community and Emergency Care, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western ...