BMJ6 年
The association between prehospital care and in-hospital treatment decisions in acute ...
5 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK 6 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK Background Hospital prealerting in acute ...
BMJ3 天
Performance of the MEDS score in predicting mortality among emergency department patients ...
Correspondence to Dr Zhongheng Zhang, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; zh_zhang1984{at}zju.edu.cn ...
BMJ2 天
Focal lingual dystonia, urinary incontinence, and sensory deficits secondary to low voltage ...
Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Temple, Texas, USA and The Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, ...
BMJ6 年
Snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service: 2004–2010
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 ...
BMJ3 个月
Acute occlusion of the retinal arteries: current concepts and recent advances in diagnosis ...
Purpose/Background—Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is usually a blinding event, and is not an infrequent presentation to the accident and emergency (A&E) department. The evidence-base in ...
BMJ2 个月
Injuries associated with airbag deployment
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United Kingdom. Airbags drastically reduce both morbidity and mortality from crashes, but with the increased use of airbags ...
BMJ2 年
Severe vitamin D deficiency in patients admitted to the emergency department with severe ...
Background The role of vitamin D in the response to infection has been increasingly acknowledged. However, the influence of severe vitamin D deficiency on the outcome of patients admitted for severe ...
BMJ3 个月
Understanding pre-hospital blood transfusion decision-making for injured patients: an ...
Background Blood transfusion for bleeding trauma patients is a promising pre-hospital intervention with potential to improve outcomes. However, it is not yet clear which patients may benefit from ...
BMJ7 天
Echoes of things to come. Ultrasound in UK emergency medicine practice
Ultrasound is widely used in the US and continental Europe in the immediate assessment of patients after blunt abdominal trauma. There are also now other recognised “primary” indications for ...
BMJ4 年
qSOFA as a new community-acquired pneumonia severity score in the emergency setting
Correspondence to Dr Ornella Spagnolello, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rome La Sapienza, Roma, Lazio, Italy; spagnolello.ornella{at}gmail.com Background Quick Sequential Organ ...
BMJ1 个月
Public perception towards bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Objective Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) improves survival and neurological outcomes. Nonetheless, many OHCA patients do not receive ...
BMJ5 个月
Perspectives of emergency department attendees on outcomes of resuscitation efforts ...
Correspondence to Dr Norkamari Shakira Bandolin, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; sbandolin{at}ucdavis.edu Background Previous studies have ...