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 ...

2 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham City Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Hulme, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham City ...

Background In 2017, general practitioners in or alongside the emergency department (GPED), an approach that employs GPs in or alongside the ED to address increasing ED demand, was advocated by the ...

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A short cut review was carried out to establish whether fizzy drinks alone are effective at resolving food bolus impaction. Altogether 46 papers were found using the reported search, of which six ...

Psychometric validation of a patient-reported experience measure for older adults attending the emergency department: the PREM-ED 65 study ...

The importance of the electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of ST segment depression in patients presenting with acute chest pain is discussed.

Introduction Venous sampling for blood gas analysis has been suggested as an alternative to arterial sampling in order to reduce pain. The main objective was to compare pain induced by venous and ...

Objectives—The aim of this study was to compare morphine and pethidine in patients with clinically suspected renal colic with regard to analgesic efficacy, patient satisfaction and side effects.

Aim Junior doctors joining EDs are required to rapidly acquire new knowledge and skills, but there is little research describing how this process can be facilitated. We aimed to understand what would ...

Correspondence to Dr Lane M. Smith, Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; lane_smith{at}bellsouth.net Conclusion These data suggest that patients with HEAR ...

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 ...