1 Accident and Emergency Department, Dewsbury and District Hospital, Dewsbury, UK 2 Accident and Emergency Department, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds, UK Objectives—To determine whether the ...

Following resuscitation from cardiorespiratory arrest 80% of patients are comatose. Of these patients, 20% will survive and regain consciousness. Is it possible to predict an individual’s long term ...

Multiplex lateral flow test sensitivity and specificity in detecting influenza A, B and SARS-CoV-2 in adult patients in a UK emergency department ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Center for Medical Decision Making, Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department ...

1 Emergency Center, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, P.R. China 2 Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, P.R. China 3 Medical College of Wuhan University, P.R. China 4 Public Health School ...

National Poisons Information Service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr P Dargan, National Poisons Information Service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, Avonley Road, ...

Background In the UK, epilepsy is the neurological condition with the highest rate of accident and emergency department re-attendance, with most arriving by ambulance. Ambulance clinicians triage ...

4 Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland Correspondence to Dr Vilhjalmur Rafnsson, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Iceland, Stapi, Reykjavik ...

1 Department of Cardiology, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire and Imperial College, London, UK 2 Departments of Cardiology and Emergency Medicine, Wexham Park Hospital 3 Department of Cardiology ...