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November 2001, Volume 18, Issue 6

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  1. Editorials
  2. Reviews
  3. Original Articles
  4. Best evidence topic report
  5. Simulated interactive management series
  6. Journal Scan
  7. Pre-hospital care
  8. Case reports
  9. Emergency casebooks
  10. Letters to the Editor
  11. Book review
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Editorials

  • A new way of demonstrating how close the evidence is to the question you asked

    • M J Clancy
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 419 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.419

  • The e-future of the EMJ

    • J P Wyatt
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 420 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.420

Reviews

  • Emergency oxygen therapy for the breathless patient. Guidelines prepared by North West Oxygen Group

    • R Murphy,
    • K Mackway-Jones,
    • I Sammy,
    • P Driscoll,
    • A Gray,
    • R O'Driscoll,
    • J O'Reilly,
    • R Niven,
    • A Bentley,
    • G Brear,
    • R Kishen
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 421-423 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.421

  • The use of nuclear medicine techniques in the emergency department

    • B S McGlone,
    • K K Balan
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 424-429 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.424

Original Articles

  • Repeated use of the emergency department: qualitative study of the patient's perspective

    • M Olsson,
    • H Hansagi
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 430-434 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.430

  • Admission avoidance and early discharge of acute hospital admissions: an accident and emergency based scheme

    • C Hardy,
    • D Whitwell,
    • B Sarsfield,
    • C Maimaris
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 435-440 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.435

  • Should ambulant patients be directed to reception or triage first?

    • S Goodacre,
    • F Morris,
    • B Tesfayohannes,
    • G Sutton
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 441-443 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.441

  • Use of anti-D immunoglobulin in the treatment of threatened miscarriage in the accident and emergency department

    • L Weinberg
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 444-447 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.444

  • The psychosocial assessment of deliberate self harm: using clinical audit to improve the quality of the service

    • M Dennis,
    • A Evans,
    • P Wakefield,
    • S Chakrabarti
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 448-450 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.448

  • Teaching and learning

    • A S Lockey
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 451-452 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.451

  • In patients with head injury undergoing rapid sequence intubation, does pretreatment with intravenous lignocaine/lidocaine lead to an improved neurological outcome? A review of the literature

    • N Robinson,
    • M Clancy
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 453-457 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.453

  • Traumatic brain injury after a motor vehicle accident: Fact or “fantasy”?

    • D G E Caldicott,
    • N Edwards
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 458-459 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.458

  • Alcohol and radiographs in the accident and emergency department

    • P A Rust,
    • I J Hunt,
    • D N Wallis,
    • A Jowett,
    • G Rottenberg
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 460-461 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.460

Best evidence topic report

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

    • K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 462 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.462

  • Negative urine analysis to exclude urinary tract infection

    • Bruce Martin,
    • Angaj Ghosh
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 462-463 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.462-a

  • Intramuscular piroxicam or intramuscular diclofenac for renal colic

    • Russell Boyd,
    • Polly Terry
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 463 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.463

  • Oral (fast dissolving) piroxicam or intramuscular diclofenac for renal colic

    • Russell Boyd,
    • Polly Terry
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 463-464 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.463-a

  • NIPPV for acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema

    • Rupert Jackson,
    • Steve Jones
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 464-465 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.464

  • Corticosteroids in the management of near-drowning

    • Bernard A Foex,
    • Russell Boyd
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 465-466 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.465

  • The Ottawa ankle rules in children

    • Man-Cheuk Yuen,
    • Fiona Saunders
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 466-467 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.466

  • Belching as a symptom of myocardial ischaemia

    • Jason Smith,
    • Simon Carley
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 467 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.467

  • Skull fracture and intracranial injury in children

    • Andrew Munro,
    • Ian Maconochie
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 467-468 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.467-a

  • Indication for head CT in children with mild head injury

    • Andrew Munro,
    • Ian Maconochie
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 469-470 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.469

Simulated interactive management series

  • Article 5. Strategic decision making, motivation theory, and junior doctor interviews

    • J Wardrope,
    • S McCormick
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 471-474 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.471

Journal Scan

  • Journal scan

    • Jonathan Wyatt,
    • Kash Aujla
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 475-477 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.475

Pre-hospital care

  • Pre-hospital aspirin for suspected myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndromes: A headache for paramedics?

    • M Woollard,
    • A Smith,
    • P Elwood
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 478-481 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.478

  • Will alternative immediate care services reduce demands for non-urgent treatment at accident and emergency?

    • P Coleman,
    • R Irons,
    • J Nicholl
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 482-487 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.482

Case reports

  • Manubriosternal joint dislocation in contact sport

    • M Smith,
    • B Lenehan,
    • D O'Keefe,
    • A Martin
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 488-489 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.488

  • TB or not TB: an unusual sore finger

    • D Sunderamoorthy,
    • V Gupta,
    • A Bleetman
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 490-491 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.490

  • Status epilepticus in accident and emergency: a difficult case

    • C A Graham,
    • M W G Gordon
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 492-493 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.492

  • Unintentional rapid opioid detoxification

    • M A Quigley,
    • S H Boyce
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 494-495 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.494

  • Posterior cranial fossa venous extradural haematoma: an uncommon form of intracranial injury

    • H A Khwaja,
    • P J Hormbrey
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 496-497 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.496

  • Two cases of isolated first rib fracture

    • Vikramaditya,
    • P Pritty
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 498-499 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.498

  • Right ventricular needle embolus in an injecting drug user: the need for early removal

    • D L Ngaage,
    • M E Cowen
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 500-501 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.500

  • Dissection or embolism

    • ÍO'Sullivan
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 502-503 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.502

  • Occult splenic injury: delayed presentation manifesting as jaundice

    • R A Simpson,
    • R Ajuwon
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 504-505 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.504

  • Traumatic asymmetrical bilateral hip dislocation in an adult

    • F Lam,
    • J Walczak,
    • A Franklin
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 506-507 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.506

  • Collapse, hoarseness of the voice and swelling and bruising of the neck: an unusual presentation of thoracic aortic dissection

    • W Al-Hity,
    • M J Playforth
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 508-509 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.508

  • Popped eye (blunt trauma leading to penetrating eye injury and lens displacement in the pseudophakic eye)

    • P Gilligan,
    • M J Gallagher,
    • M Dudley,
    • P Cryer
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 510-511 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.510

  • A case of Brown-Sequard syndrome with associated Horner's syndrome after blunt injury to the cervical spine

    • A Edwards,
    • R Andrews
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 512-513 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.512

  • Toluene induced hypokalaemia: case report and literature review

    • J R Baskerville,
    • G A Tichenor,
    • P B Rosen
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 514-516 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.514

Emergency casebooks

  • Pneumomediastinum secondary to dental extraction

    • T Sood,
    • R Pullinger
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 517 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.517

  • Controlling epistaxis with an improvised device

    • V Moxham,
    • C Reid
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 518 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.518

  • Cardiac air gun pellet injury

    • A J Hudson,
    • J P Wyatt
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 519 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.519

  • Rhabdomyolysis and polydipsic hyponatraemia

    • J Y S Ting
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 520 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.520

  • The Ottawa Ankle Rules and missed fractures of the talus

    • N P Warren,
    • J D Knottenbelt
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 521 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.521

  • Subcutaneous emphysema of upper limb

    • M De,
    • J Stevenson
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 522 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.522

Letters to the Editor

  • The economics of appliance—a study of appliance loan in accident and emergency departments

    • Chikezie Dean Okereke,
    • Melanie Kavanagh,
    • John Sloan
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 523 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.523

  • Foreign bodies in the nose and ear

    • I S Reddy
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 523 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.523-a

  • Can nurse practitioners offer a quality service?

    • A F Mabrook,
    • Barbara Dale
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 523 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.523-b

Book review

  • Gastrointestinal emergencies.: By T C K Tham, J S A Collins. (£27.50.) London: BMJ Books, 2000. ISBN 0-727-91485-5.

    • T Wardle
    Emerg Med J 2001;18:6 523 doi:10.1136/emj.18.6.523-c

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