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May 2000, Volume 17, Issue 3

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  1. Reviews
  2. Original Articles
  3. An introduction to statistics
  4. Best evidence topic report
  5. Journal scan
  6. Case reports
  7. Emergency casebooks
  8. Letters to the Editor
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Reviews

  • A review of telemedicine in accident and emergency: the story so far

    • Jonathan Benger
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 157-164 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.157

  • Current opinions and practices in the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax

    • Stewart S W Chan
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 165-169 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.165

  • Echoes of things to come. Ultrasound in UK emergency medicine practice

    • Jane Brenchley,
    • John P Sloan,
    • Peter K Thompson
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 170-175 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.170

Original Articles

  • Brain attack!—How good is the early management of subarachnoid haemorrhage in accident and emergency departments?

    • Simon Thomson,
    • John M Ryan,
    • Julia Lyndon
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 176-179 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.176

  • The effect of a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) on diagnostic performance in the accident and emergency department

    • Gwyn Weatherburn,
    • Stirling Bryan,
    • Anne Nicholas,
    • Robert Cocks
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 180-184 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.180

  • A process approach to improving pain management in the emergency department: development and evaluation

    • Anne-Maree Kelly
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 185-187 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.185

  • The management of hyperkalaemia in the emergency department

    • Peter Ahee,
    • Alexander V Crowe
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 188-191 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.188

  • Emergency department discharge instructions: a wide variation in practice across Australasia

    • David McD Taylor,
    • Peter A Cameron
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 192-195 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.192

  • The development of an assault patient questionnaire to allow accident and emergency departments to contribute to Crime and Disorder Act local crime audits

    • V Goodwin,
    • J P Shepherd
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 196-198 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.196

  • The domestic iron. A danger to young children

    • Paul Gaffney
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 199-200 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.199

  • Physiological variables during open chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation: results from a small series

    • J Calinas-Correia,
    • I Phair
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 201-204 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.201

An introduction to statistics

  • An introduction to statistics

    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 205 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.205

  • An introduction to everyday statistics—1

    • P Driscoll,
    • F Lecky,
    • M Crosby
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 205-211 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.205-a

Best evidence topic report

  • Towards evidence based emergency medicine: Best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary

    • K Mackway-Jones
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 212 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.212

  • Antibiotics and compound finger fracture

    • Martin Thomas,
    • Steve Jones
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 212-213 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.212-a

  • Troponin T to rule out myocardial damage in chest pain

    • Katrina Richell-Herren,
    • Sue Maurice
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 213-214 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.213

  • Flumazenil and suspected benzodiazepine overdose

    • Pranay Kumar Singh,
    • Katrina Richell-Herren
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 214 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.214

  • Corticosteroids in acute spinal cord injury

    • Paul Wallman,
    • Kevin Mackway-Jones
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 215 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.215

Journal scan

  • Journal scan

    • Jim Wardrope,
    • Thomas Carrigan
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 216-219 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.216

Case reports

  • Fracture of the occipital condyle: the forgotten part of the neck

    • Andrew Kelly,
    • Richard Parrish
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 220-221 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.220

  • Spontaneous pneumothorax: Is it under tension?

    • V J Holloway,
    • J K Harris
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 222-223 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.222

  • Aorto caval fistula—the “bursting heart syndrome”

    • S Leigh-Smith,
    • R C Smith
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 223-225 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.223

  • Screwdriver assaults and intracranial injuries

    • Matthew G Tutton,
    • Bhupal Chitnavis,
    • Ian M Stell
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 225-226 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.225

  • Volar metacarpophalangeal joint dislocation

    • W L Lam,
    • A M Fitzgerald,
    • G Hooper
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 226-228 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.226

Emergency casebooks

  • Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma: an unusual cause of neck pain

    • Paul Gaffney,
    • J A Guthrie
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 229-230 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.229

  • Late presentation of diaphragmatic hernia and gastric volvulus

    • L Somers,
    • I Szeki,
    • D Hulbert
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 230 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.230

  • Self insertion of urethral foreign bodies

    • Gareth Quin,
    • Gerard McCarthy
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 231 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.231

  • An unusual cause of pilonidal sinus

    • J P Sloan,
    • J Brenchley
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 232 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.232

Letters to the Editor

  • Myocardial infarction and left bundle branch block

    • Amjid Mohammed,
    • Taj Hassan,
    • Wayne Hamer
    1. Commentator:
      • June Edhouse and
      • F P Morris
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 233 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.233

  • Pedestrian injuries sustained in negotiating traffic calming measures

    • K Rajesh,
    • M E Lovell
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 233-234 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.233-a

  • Shock and ipsilateral pulmonary oedema

    • J G B Thurston
    J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:3 234 doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.234

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