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  • A reversible cause of refractory hypoxaemia

    • O Hugli,
    • S Cook
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 e5 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.e5

  • Transient lupus anticoagulant: an unusual cause of bruising in children

    • A-K Anderson,
    • U Mohan,
    • R Liesner
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 e6 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.e6

  • Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis: an unusual presentation of weakness

    • B Paul,
    • P Hirudayaraj,
    • M W Baig
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 e7 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.e7

Primary Survey

  • Primary Survey

    • Pete Driscoll,
    • Jim Wardope
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 397 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.397

Editorials

  • Working together, sharing the burden

    • J Perrin
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 398 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.398

  • Health care policy makers, we have a problem

    • J Wardrope,
    • P Driscoll
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 399 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.399

Commentary

  • Sex, SARS, and the Holy Grail

    • M J Schull
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 400-401 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.400

Review

  • Emergency department overcrowding in the United States: an emerging threat to patient safety and public health

    • S Trzeciak,
    • E P Rivers
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 402-405 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.402

Original Articles

  • Entry overload, emergency department overcrowding, and ambulance bypass

    • D M Fatovich,
    • R L Hirsch
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 406-409 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.406

  • Nurse administered relative analgesia using high concentration nitrous oxide to facilitate minor procedures in children in an emergency department

    • A Frampton,
    • G J Browne,
    • L T Lam,
    • M G Cooper,
    • L G Lane
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 410-413 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.410

  • Mapping the range and scope of emergency nurse practitioner services in the Northern and Yorkshire Region: a telephone survey

    • S Marr,
    • K Steele,
    • V Swallow,
    • S Craggs,
    • S Procter,
    • J Newton,
    • B Sen,
    • A McNabb
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 414-417 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.414

  • Nurse initiated thrombolysis in the accident and emergency department: safe, accurate, and faster than fast track

    • S M Heath,
    • R J I Bain,
    • A Andrews,
    • S Chida,
    • S I Kitchen,
    • M I Walters
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 418-420 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.418

  • Predictors of falls in a high risk population: results from the prevention of falls in the elderly trial (PROFET)

    • J C T Close,
    • R Hooper,
    • E Glucksman,
    • S H D Jackson,
    • C G Swift
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 421-425 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.421

  • How well does decision support software perform in the emergency department?

    • M A Graber,
    • D VanScoy
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 426-428 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.426

  • Cost effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for patients with acute, undifferentiated chest pain

    • S Goodacre,
    • N Calvert
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 429-433 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.429

  • The epidemiology of assault across the West Midlands

    • A Downing,
    • S Cotterill,
    • R Wilson
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 434-437 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.434

  • Incidence and prevalence of domestic violence in a UK emergency department

    • A Boyle,
    • C Todd
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 438-442 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.438

  • A pragmatic approach to timely disease surveillance in the emergency department

    • J T K Chan,
    • P A Cameron
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 443-446 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.443

Clinical audit

  • How evidence based are therapeutic decisions taken on a medical admissions unit?

    • R D Hardern,
    • F T Leong,
    • A-V Page,
    • M Shepherd,
    • R C M Teoh
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 447-448 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.447

Short reports

  • Improving the effectiveness of the emergency management of renal colic in a district general hospital: a completed audit cycle

    • C Kastner,
    • A Tagg
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 449-450 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.449

  • Impact of health consequences feedback on patients acceptance of advice about alcohol consumption

    • R Patton,
    • M J Crawford,
    • R Touquet
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 451-452 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.451

Statistics

  • An introduction to power and sample size estimation

    • S R Jones,
    • S Carley,
    • M Harrison
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 453-458 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.453

Research series

  • Data collection in the emergency setting

    • M O Columb,
    • P Haji-Michael,
    • P Nightingale
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 459-463 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.459

Best evidence topic reports

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

    • K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 464 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.464

  • Biphasic or monophasic defibrillation for adult ventricular fibrillation

    • Rob Torok,
    • Jeremy Till
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 464-465 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.464-a

  • Ascorbate for alkali burns to the eye

    • Kevin Mackway-Jones,
    • Janet Marsden
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 465-466 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.465

  • Leucovorin (calcium folinate) in “antifreeze” poisoning

    • Angaj Ghosh,
    • Russell Boyd
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 466 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.466

  • Vasopressin or adrenaline in cardiac resuscitation

    • Kerstin Hogg,
    • Reddy Mahu
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 467 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.467

  • Is the central venous pressure reading equally reliable if the central line is inserted via the femoral vein

    • Joel Desmond,
    • Mahmoud Megahed
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 467-469 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.467-a

  • Oucher or CHEOPS for pain assessment in children

    • Fiona Lyon,
    • Debbie Dawson
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 470 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.470

Journal scan

  • JournalScan

    • J P Wyatt,
    • L Jones
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 471-472 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.471

Prehospital care

  • Paramedic accuracy in using a decision support algorithm when recognising adult death: a prospective cohort study

    • T Jones,
    • M Woollard
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 473-475 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.473

  • Comparison of a long spinal board and vacuum mattress for spinal immobilisation

    • M D Luscombe,
    • J L Williams
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 476-478 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.476

  • A preliminary investigation into bacterial contamination of Welsh emergency ambulances

    • Y Nigam,
    • J Cutter
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 479-482 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.479

  • Review of prehospital sodium bicarbonate use for cyclic antidepressant overdose

    • T Calkins,
    • T C Chan,
    • R F Clark,
    • B Stepanski,
    • G M Vilke
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 483-486 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.483

Case reports

  • Use of the infant transwarmer mattress as an external warming modality in resuscitation from hypothermia

    • M Ryan,
    • T F Beattie,
    • K Husselbee,
    • J Freeman
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 487-488 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.487

  • An unusual cause of cholecystitis: a worm in the bag

    • N Elaldi,
    • M Turan,
    • M Arslan,
    • I Dokmetas,
    • M Bakir
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 489-490 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.489

  • Occular trauma related to airbag deployment

    • F Wrigley,
    • K Hashemi,
    • C J Blakeley
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 490 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.490

  • Electrocardiographic features of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

    • L Keating,
    • F P Morris,
    • W J Brady
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 491-493 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.491

  • Death from petrol inhalation after an armoured vehicle rollover

    • M L Davies,
    • T K Rowlands
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 494-495 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.494

  • Tension pneumothorax: eyes may be more diagnostic than ears

    • S Leigh-Smith,
    • G Davies
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 495-496 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.495

Letters

  • Lack of change in trauma care in England and Wales since 1994

    • L A Wallis,
    • H Guly
    1. Commentator:
      • F E Lecky
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 497 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.497

  • Use of anti-D immunoglobulin in maternal trauma

    • R Eager,
    • J Sutton,
    • R Spedding,
    • R Wallis
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 498 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.498

  • Tissue adhesive with adhesive strips for wound closure

    • P Atkinson
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 498 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.498-a

Book review

  • Outdoor emergency care: comprehensive pre-hospital care for non urban settings, 4th edn: US National Ski Patrol and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. (Pp 938; price not stated). Jones and Bartlett, 2003. ISBN 0-7637-1715-0

    • C Laird
    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 498 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.498-b

Correction

  • Correction

    Emerg Med J 2003;20:5 498 doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.498-c

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