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March 2004, Volume 21, Issue 2

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  1. Electronic pages
  2. Primary Survey
  3. Editorial
  4. Commentary
  5. Reviews
  6. Original Articles
  7. Short report
  8. Best evidence topic reports
  9. JournalScan
  10. Prehospital care
  11. Case reports
  12. Letter
  13. Book reviews
  14. Correction
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Electronic pages

  • Value of serum prolactin in the management of syncope

    • S Ahmad,
    • M W Beckett
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 e3 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.008870

  • The Faculty of Accident & Emergency Medicine Tenth Anniversary Meeting, 13–15 November 2003, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, WC2A 3PE

    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 e4

Primary Survey

  • Primary Survey

    • Pete Driscoll
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 127

Editorial

  • Anaphylaxis gets the adrenaline going

    • A F T Brown
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 128-129 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.010652

Commentary

  • Personal view: a day in the life of an emergency physician at war

    • T J Hodgetts
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 129-130 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.009639

Reviews

  • Heliox for asthma in the emergency department: a review of the literature

    • A D Reuben,
    • A R Harris
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 131-135 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.003483

  • Introduction of the Taser into British policing. Implications for UK emergency departments: an overview of electronic weaponry

    • A Bleetman,
    • R Steyn,
    • C Lee
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 136-140 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.008581

  • Cerebral oedema in childhood diabetic ketoacidosis: Is treatment a factor?

    • T B Brown
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 141-144 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.001578

  • Emergency physicians in critical care: a consultant’s experience

    • T Brown
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 145-148 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012401

Original Articles

  • Insect sting anaphylaxis; prospective evaluation of treatment with intravenous adrenaline and volume resuscitation

    • S G A Brown,
    • K E Blackman,
    • V Stenlake,
    • R J Heddle
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 149-154 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.009449

  • Randomised controlled comparison of continuous positive airways pressure, bilevel non-invasive ventilation, and standard treatment in emergency department patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema

    • S D Crane,
    • M W Elliott,
    • P Gilligan,
    • K Richards,
    • A J Gray
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 155-161 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005413

  • Does a single bolus thrombolytic reduce door to needle time in a district general hospital?

    • V Leah,
    • C Clark,
    • K Doyle,
    • T J Coats
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 162-164 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.003244

  • Developing a rapid diagnosis and treatment centre: estimating impact on hospital resources

    • R Hardern,
    • A Taylor,
    • R Shelton,
    • A Russell
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 165-169 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012831

  • Febrile adults presenting to the emergency department: outcomes and markers of serious illness

    • J C Knott,
    • S-L Tan,
    • A C Street,
    • M Bailey,
    • P Cameron
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 170-174 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.001933

  • Anxiety and depressive disorders in an emergency department ward of a general hospital: a control study

    • C Marchesi,
    • E Brusamonti,
    • C Borghi,
    • A Giannini,
    • R Di Ruvo,
    • F Minneo,
    • C Quarantelli,
    • C Maggini
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 175-179 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.006957

  • Experience of domestic violence by women attending an inner city accident and emergency department

    • D Sethi,
    • S Watts,
    • A Zwi,
    • J Watson,
    • C McCarthy
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 180-184 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012419

  • Alcohol related falls: an interesting pattern of injuries

    • J J E Johnston,
    • S J McGovern
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 185-188 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.006130

  • Clearing the cervical spine of paediatric trauma patients

    • S E Slack,
    • M J Clancy
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 189-193 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012310

  • Topical adrenaline and cocaine gel for anaesthetising children’s lacerations. An audit of acceptability and safety

    • D W G Kennedy,
    • Z Shaikh,
    • M J Fardy,
    • R J Evans,
    • StJ V Crean
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 194-196 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.010108

Short report

  • Difference in injury pattern between drivers and front seat passengers involved in road traffic accidents in Scotland

    • D K Pedley,
    • S Thakore
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 197-198 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012369

Best evidence topic reports

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

    • K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 199 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.013748

  • Amiodarone or flecainide for cardioversion in acute onset atrial fibrillation

    • Jon Argall,
    • Ian Crawford
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 199

  • The sensitivity of a normal chest radiograph in ruling out aortic dissection

    • Kerstin Hogg,
    • Stewart Teece
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 199-200

  • Antibiotics in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • Ross Murphy,
    • Martin McKechnie,
    • Joel Dunning
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 200-203

  • Intravenous magnesium in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • Rachel Jenner,
    • Richard Body
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 203

  • Intra-articular corticosteroid injections in acute rheumatoid monoarthritides

    • Jane Sholsberg,
    • Rupert Jackson
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 204

JournalScan

  • JournalScan

    • J P Wyatt,
    • M Campbell
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 205-206

Prehospital care

  • “Reforming Emergency Care”: the ambulance impact. A personal view

    • I Robertson-Steel
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 207-211 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.001669

  • On-scene alternatives for emergency ambulance crews attending patients who do not need to travel to the accident and emergency department: a review of the literature

    • H A Snooks,
    • J Dale,
    • C Hartley-Sharpe,
    • M Halter
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 212-215 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005199

  • The ABC of community emergency care: 2 The system of assessment and care of the primary survey positive patient

    • J Wardrope,
    • R Mackenzie
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 216-225 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.013524

  • The ABC of community emergency care: 3 Chest pain

    • C Laird,
    • P Driscoll,
    • J Wardrope
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 226-232 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.013938

  • Retrospective study into the delivery of telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation to “999” callers

    • A Heward,
    • R T Donohoe,
    • M Whitbread
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 233-234 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.006965

  • Levels of mental health problems among UK emergency ambulance workers

    • P Bennett,
    • Y Williams,
    • N Page,
    • K Hood,
    • M Woollard
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 235-236 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005645

  • A model of prehospital trauma training for lay persons devised in Africa

    • M A Tiska,
    • M Adu-Ampofo,
    • G Boakye,
    • L Tuuli,
    • C N Mock
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 237-239 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.002097

Case reports

  • Periorbital swelling: the important distinction between allergy and infection

    • P W A Goodyear,
    • A L Firth,
    • D R Strachan,
    • M Dudley
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 240-242 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.004051

  • Ludwig’s angina

    • K Saifeldeen,
    • R Evans
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 242-243 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012336

  • Endocarditis diagnosed as multilobar, community acquired pneumonia

    • C D Muntan,
    • M Haydel
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 244-245 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.004721

  • Distinguishing dural sinus thrombosis from benign intracranial hypertension

    • S Khandelwal,
    • C D Miller
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 245-247 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.006734

  • Meningococcal septicaemia: do not be reassured by normal investigations

    • P R E Jarvis,
    • K N Wilkinson
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 248-249 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007955

  • Lignocaine toxicity; a complication of local anaesthesia administered in the community

    • M J Donald,
    • S Derbyshire
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 249-250 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.008730

  • Delayed postanoxic encephalopathy after carbon monoxide poisoning

    • O Y Kwon,
    • S P Chung,
    • Y R Ha,
    • I S Yoo,
    • S W Kim
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 250-251 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.002014

  • Cocaine induced prolongation of the QT interval

    • D Taylor,
    • D Parish,
    • L Thompson,
    • M Cavaliere
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 252-253 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.003251

  • Herbal mind altering substances: an unknown quantity?

    • C Doughty,
    • A Walker,
    • J Brenchley
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 253-255 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005751

  • Gamma hydroxybutirate use for sexual assault

    • M Varela,
    • S Nogué,
    • M Orós,
    • Ò Miró
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 255-256 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.002402

  • Ultrasound by emergency physicians to detect abdominal aortic aneurysms: a UK case series

    • A Walker,
    • J Brenchley,
    • J P Sloan,
    • M Lalanda,
    • H Venables
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 257-259 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.002121

  • Bone marrow toxicity after yellow phosphorus ingestion

    • A J Tafur,
    • J A Zapatier,
    • L A Idrovo,
    • J W Oliveros,
    • J C Garces
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 259-260 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007880

  • Late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia

    • A V Sridhar,
    • S Nichani
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 261-262 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007435

  • “Minding the ends”: a simple technique for repair of lower eyelid lacerations

    • S N Ali,
    • P G Budny
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 263 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007401

  • Hidden shrapnel injury

    • J McKenzie,
    • E Tiernan
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 264-265 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007104

  • Priapism as the presenting symptom of an aortocaval fistula

    • S Gordon,
    • P Marsh,
    • A Day,
    • B Chappell
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 265 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007302

Letter

  • An unusual cause of massive fatal epistaxis

    • F Urso-Baiarda,
    • N Saravanappa,
    • R Courteney-Harris
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 266 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.008235

Book reviews

  • Current management of scaphoid fractures. Twenty questions answered

    • N Jenkins
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 266

  • Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain and Ireland—interactive identification systems on CD-ROM

    • A S Gloster
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 266-267

  • Medication errors. Lessons for education and healthcare

    • C E Brookes
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 267

  • Emergency nursing care: principles and practice

    • J Perrin
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 267

  • Recent advances in anaesthesia and intensive care

    • A Gray
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 267

  • ABC of spinal cord injury, 4th edn

    • P J Hormbrey
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 267-268

  • Fundamentals of anaesthesia, 2nd edn

    • A Fletcher
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 268

  • Clinical research

    • A Good
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 268

  • ABC of clinical electrocardiography

    • T J Coats
    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 268

Correction

  • Correction

    Emerg Med J 2004;21:2 268 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.000935corr1

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