BMJ23h
How to immobilise after shoulder dislocation?
A short cut review was carried out to establish the best way to immobilise dislocated shoulders after reduction. A total of 47 papers were identified using the reported search, of which four represent ...
BMJ1d
Admissions to intensive care units from emergency departments: a descriptive study
Objectives: To describe the case mix, activity, and outcome for admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) from emergency departments (EDs). Design: An observational study using data from a high ...
BMJ2d
Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess satisfaction with hospital emergency care
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Hospital, General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain Correspondence to Dr Susana Granado de la Orden, Department of Preventive ...
BMJ4d
How well informed are patients when leaving the emergency department? comparing information provided and information retained
2 Institut de Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Yvonne Bogenstätter, Institut de Psychologie du Travail et des ...
BMJ4d
Comparison of four decision aids for the early diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department
Objectives To directly compare the diagnostic accuracy of four decision aids (Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS), History, ECG, Age, Risk factors and Troponin (HEART), ...
BMJ5d
Decision analytical modelling of strategies for investigating suspected acute aortic syndrome
Background Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) requires urgent diagnosis with computed tomographic angiography (CTA). Diagnostic strategies need to weigh the benefits of detecting AAS against the costs of ...
BMJ5d
Importance of emergency identification schemes
1 Imperial College School of Science, Technology and Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK 2 Department of Statistical ...
BMJ7d
Polymethylmethacrylate cement pulmonary embolism and infarct
Correspondence to Dr Andrew Christian Stevens, Department of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1050 Wishard Blvd Rm RG2200, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; ...
BMJ7d
Culture of safety in an adult and paediatric emergency department before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Background The WHO recognises patient safety as a serious public health problem. The COVID-19 pandemic affected adult EDs (AEDs) and paediatric EDs (PEDs) differently. We compared the culture of ...
BMJ9d
Not all suffering is pain: sources of patients’ suffering in the emergency department call for improvements in communication from practitioners
Background Provision of prompt, effective analgesia is rightly considered as a standard of care in the emergency department (ED). However, much suffering is not ‘painful’ and may be under-recognised.
BMJ9d
Infective splenic rupture presenting with symptoms of a pulmonary embolism
Splenic rupture following infectious mononucleosis is rare. The case history is presented of a man who presented with sudden onset pleuritic left chest pain. An ultrasound scan of the abdomen showed ...
BMJ9d
Feasibility of prehospital treatment with activated charcoal: Who could we treat, who should we treat?
Correspondence to: Dr G K Isbister, Level 5, Clinical Sciences Building, Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Edith Street, Waratah, NSW 2098, Australia; gsbite{at}bigpond.com Objectives: To ...