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Editorial

  • Emergency care—in and out of hospital

    • Matthew W Cooke
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 235 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.235

Review

  • Tricyclic antidepressant overdose: a review

    • G W Kerr,
    • A C McGuffie,
    • S Wilkie
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 236-241 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.236

Original Articles

  • Post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection after sexual assault: When is it indicated?

    • C Fong
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 242-245 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.242

  • Presentation of severe haemophilia—A role for accident and emergency doctors?

    • H L Minhas,
    • P L F Giangrande
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 246-249 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.246

  • Saliva alcohol concentrations in accident and emergency attendances

    • T Simpson,
    • N Murphy,
    • D F Peck
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 250-254 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.250

  • A new system for digital image acquisition, storage and presentation in an accident and emergency department

    • G R Clegg,
    • S Roebuck,
    • D J Steedman
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 255-258 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.255

  • Mentoring senior house officers. Is there a role for middle grade doctors?

    • C D Okereke,
    • M Naim
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 259-262 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.259

  • Diagnostic errors in an accident and emergency department

    • H R Guly
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 263-269 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.263

Best evidence topic report

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

    • Edited by K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 270 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.270

  • Oral or intravenous β blockers in acute myocardial infarction

    • Steve Jones,
    • Ian Crawford
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 270-271 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.270-a

  • Nasal diamorphine for acute pain relief in children

    • Mark Davies,
    • Ian Crawford
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 271 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.271

  • Does a normal CT scan rule out a subarachnoid haemorrhage?

    • Simon Carley,
    • Paul Wallmann
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 271-273 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.271-a

  • Mydriatics in corneal abrasion

    • Fiona Carley,
    • Simon Carley
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 273 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.273

  • Midazolam and emergence phenomena in children undergoing ketamine sedation

    • Simon Carley,
    • Bruce Martin
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 273-274 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.273-a

  • The prehospital use of pneumatic anti-shock garments

    • Ian Crawford,
    • Angaj Ghosh
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 274-275 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.274

  • Cervical collars in patients requiring spinal immobilisation

    • John Butler,
    • Damien Bates
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 275 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.275

An introduction to statistics

  • Article 8. An introduction to hypothesis testing. Non-parametric comparison of two groups—1

    • P Driscoll,
    • F Lecky
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 276-282 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.276

Simulated interactive management

  • Article 3. Complaint management, project management and broken ECG machines: all in a day's work

    • J Wardrope,
    • S McCormick
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 283-284 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.283

Journal scan

  • Journal scan

    • Jonathan Wyatt,
    • Paul Gaffney,
    • Kieran Cunningham
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 285-288 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.285

Pre-hospital care

  • Blue calls—time for a change?

    • R Brown,
    • J Warwick
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 289-292 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.289

  • A survey of the perceived quality of patient handover by ambulance staff in the resuscitation room

    • S Thakore,
    • W Morrison
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 293-296 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.293

  • The pattern of ambulance arrivals in the emergency department of an acute care hospital in Singapore

    • E Seow,
    • H P Wong,
    • A Phe
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 297-299 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.297

  • The effect of the introduction of NHS Direct on requests for telephone advice from an accident and emergency department

    • J Jones,
    • M J Playforth
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 300-301 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.300

  • An analysis of calls referred to the emergency 999 service by NHS Direct

    • P Gaffney,
    • S Crane,
    • G Johnson,
    • M Playforth
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 302-304 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.302

  • Dealing with emergencies in rural areas of Europe: proceedings from WONCA Europe 2000

    • J Gillies,
    • C Lionis,
    • J MacDonald,
    • C Laird,
    • J Szabo,
    • B Nunes,
    • L Burriel,
    • H Lund,
    • C Made
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 305-307 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.305

Case reports

  • An unusual case of subdural haematoma presenting to the accident and emergency department

    • S Chillala,
    • C Read,
    • P A Evans
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 308-309 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.308

  • Mild head injury with isolated third nerve palsy

    • P Muthu,
    • P Pritty
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 310-311 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.310

  • Extraluminal migration of a coin in the oesophagus of a child misdiagnosed as asthma

    • R A P Persaud,
    • N Sudhakaran,
    • C C Ong,
    • D A Bowdler,
    • E Dykes
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 312-313 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.312

  • An unusual cause of a limp in a child: developmental coxa vara

    • F Lam,
    • S Hussain,
    • J Sinha
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 314 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.314

  • Isolated fracture of the first rib without associated injuries: a case report

    • S Sinha,
    • S K Mummidi,
    • S Londhe,
    • A C Campbell
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 315 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.315

  • An avoidable complication of digital nerve block

    • J O'Donnell,
    • K Wilson,
    • P A Leonard
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 316 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.316

Emergency casebooks

  • Tension pneumocephalus attributable to an ethmoid osteoma presenting as a stroke in evolution: an unusual presentation

    • D C Bramley,
    • S Ghosh
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 317-318 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.317

  • Hallucal sesamoid bone stress fracture; 21st century “club foot”

    • R Singh,
    • N Slater
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 318 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.318

  • Tension pneumothorax: a difficult diagnosis

    • B L Watts,
    • M A Howell
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 319-320 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.319

  • An unusual cause of hip pain in a child

    • M Hynes,
    • F Lam
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 320 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.320

Letters to the Editor

  • The immediate impact of the availability of general practitioner services on emergency department presentations

    • Patrick Bolton
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 321 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.321

  • Pain management

    • Peter Leman
    1. Commentator:
      • Anne-Maree Kelly
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 321-322 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.321-a

  • Open chest cardiac compression

    • Julian Kennedy
    1. Commentator:
      • J Calinas-Correia and
      • I Phair
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 322 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.322

Book reviews

  • Textbook of adult emergency medicine.: Edited by P Cameron, G Jelinek, A-M Kelly, L Murray, J Heyworth. (Pp 757; £39.95). Churchill Livingstone, 2000. ISBN 0-443-06280-3.

    • Peter Freeman
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 322 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.322-a

  • Neurologic catastrophes in the emergency department.: By E F M Wijdicks (Pp 266; £42.50). Butterworths Heinemann, 2000. ISBN 0-7506-7055-X.

    • Susan M Robinson
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 322-323 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.322-b

  • A-Z of medical writing.: By T Albert. (Pp 145; £14.95). BMJ Books. ISBN 0-727-91487-1.

    • John Heyworth
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 323 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.323

  • The management of head injuries—a practical guide for the emergency room. 2nd edition.: By D Currie, E Ritchie, S Scott. (Pp 196; £26.95). Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-192-63078-4.

    • Ian Swann
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 323 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.323-a

Abstract

  • Minor injury services—the present state

    • M W Cooke,
    • J Higgins,
    • P Bridge
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:4 323 doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.323-b

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