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April 2005, Volume 22, Issue 4

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  1. Primary Survey
  2. Editorials
  3. Review
  4. Short report
  5. Original Articles
  6. Best evidence topic reports
  7. Socrates
  8. Prehospital care
  9. Case reports
  10. Letters
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Primary Survey

  • Primary survey

    • Colville Laird
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 235

Editorials

  • Prehospital care section meeting the readers needs

    • C Laird
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 236 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.023655

  • Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine

    • C Laird
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 236 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.023663

Review

  • Early management of adults with an uncomplicated first generalised seizure

    • M J G Dunn,
    • D P Breen,
    • R J Davenport,
    • A J Gray
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 237-242 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.015651

Short report

  • Emergency physicians’ practices and attitudes regarding procedural anaesthesia for nasogastric tube insertion

    • G A Juhl,
    • G P Conners
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 243-245 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.015602

Original Articles

  • Attendance at a hospital emergency department by drivers involved in automobile accidents in Italy

    • C Pileggi,
    • G Nicotera,
    • I F Angelillo
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 246-250 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.018390

  • The Barrow-in-Furness legionnaires’ outbreak: qualitative study of the hospital response and the role of the major incident plan

    • A F Smith,
    • C Wild,
    • J Law
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 251-255 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.014316

  • Does leucocytosis identify bacterial infections in febrile neonates presenting to the emergency department?

    • L Brown,
    • T Shaw,
    • W A Wittlake
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 256-259 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.010850

  • Incidence of injuries caused by dogs and cats treated in emergency departments in a major Italian city

    • F Ostanello,
    • A Gherardi,
    • A Caprioli,
    • L La Placa,
    • A Passini,
    • S Prosperi
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 260-262 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.014886

  • FAST on operational military deployment

    • A J Brooks,
    • V Price,
    • M Simms
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 263-265 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.014308

  • Foreign bodies in the ear: a simple technique for removal analysed in vitro

    • S Kumar,
    • M Kumar,
    • T Lesser,
    • G Banhegyi
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 266-268 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.015016

  • Agreement between an arterial blood gas analyser and a venous blood analyser in the measurement of potassium in patients in cardiac arrest

    • H L M Johnston,
    • R Murphy
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 269-271 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.013599

Best evidence topic reports

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

    • K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 272 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.023499

  • Glucagon infusion in refractory anaphylactic shock in patients on beta-blockers

    • Martin Thomas,
    • Ian Crawford
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 272-273 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.023507

  • Topical analgesia for pain reduction in arterial puncture

    • Debbie Dawson,
    • Kerstin Hogg
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 273-274 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.023515

  • Antifibrinolytics for the initial management of sub arachnoid haemorrhage

    • Simon Carley,
    • Ayan Sen
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 274-275 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.023523

  • Anticoagulation before cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation in the emergency department

    • Katherine Potier,
    • Richard Parris
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 275 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.023531

  • Anticoagulation post-cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation in the emergency department

    • Katherine Potier,
    • Richard Parris
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 275-276 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.023549

Socrates

  • SOCRATES 6 (Synopsis of Cochrane Reviews applicable to emergency services)

    • P Gilligan,
    • A Taylor,
    • A Khan,
    • J Jones,
    • H Law,
    • J Brenchley,
    • D Hegarty,
    • M Shepherd,
    • G Lumsden,
    • G Kitching
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 277-278 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019778

Prehospital care

  • Mental Health- Consent, the law and depression- management in emergency settings

    • Rosie Doy,
    • Derek Burroughs,
    • John Scott
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 279-285 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.023044

  • For Debate…: A license to practise pre-hospital and retrieval medicine

    • R Mackenzie,
    • D Bevan
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 286-293 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.020636

  • Commentary from RCGP

    • T Ambury
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 293 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.022756

  • Commentary from the RCA

    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 294 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.023135

  • Commentary from BASMeD

    • J Scott
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 295 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.022749

  • Commentary from BASICS Scotland

    • B Carlin
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 296 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.022871

  • Commentary from BAIC

    • D Zideman
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 296-297 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.022780

  • Commentary from FAEM

    • A McGowan
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 297-298 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.022731

  • Commentary from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

    • B Steggles,
    • K Porter,
    • R Fairhurst
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 298 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.023689

Case reports

  • Transorbital brain injuries

    • P Cackett,
    • J Stebbing
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 299 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007427

  • Intermittent left bundle branch block (LBBB) as a clinical manifestation of myocardial contusion after blunt chest trauma

    • V R P Pizzo,
    • I Beer,
    • R de Cleva,
    • B Zilberstein
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 300-301 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012518

  • Hepatic artery aneurysm: an unusual cause for gastrointestinal haemorrhage

    • H S Narula,
    • A Kotru,
    • A Nejim
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 302 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.010405

  • An unusual case of a compound depressed skull fracture after an assault with a stiletto heel

    • G Stables,
    • G Quigley,
    • S Basu,
    • R Pillay
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 303-304

  • An aortic dissection in a young weightlifter with non-Marfan fibrillinopathy

    • C J Hogan
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 304-305 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011080

  • Acute glaucoma presentations in the elderly

    • R R Gandhewar,
    • G G Kamath
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 306-307 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012781

  • Fatal acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following treated snake bite in India

    • P Malhotra,
    • N Sharma,
    • A Awasthi,
    • R K Vasishta
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 308-309 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.014431

  • Mydriasis due to Datura inoxia

    • S V Raman,
    • J Jacob
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 310-311 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.013060

Letters

  • Dizziness and yield of emergency head CT scan: Is it cost effective?

    • M Wasay,
    • N Dubey,
    • R Bakshi
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 312 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012765

  • Difficult adherent nail bed dressings: An escape route

    • M S Ul Hassan,
    • R Y Kannan,
    • N Rehman,
    • A J Platt
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:4 312 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012914

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