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August 2005, Volume 22, Issue 8

[Author index]

  1. Primary Survey
  2. Review
  3. Original Articles
  4. Short report
  5. Best evidence topic reports
  6. Socrates
  7. ABC
  8. Prehospital care
  9. Emergency casebooks
  10. Case reports
  11. Letters
  12. Book reviews
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Primary Survey

  • Primary Survey

    • Geoff Hughes
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:533

Review

  • Incidental radiological diagnosis of rickets

    • L M Rennie,
    • T F Beattie,
    • A G Wilkinson,
    • P Crofton,
    • L E Bath
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:534-537 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011668

Original Articles

  • Cranial computed tomography in trauma: the accuracy of interpretation by staff in the emergency department

    • B Mucci,
    • C Brett,
    • L S Huntley,
    • M K Greene
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:538-540 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.013755

  • CT or not CT—that is the question. Whether ‘tis better to evaluate clinically and x ray than to undertake a CT head scan!

    • D M Macgregor,
    • L McKie
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:541-543 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.017160

  • The use of a template to improve the management of distal radial fractures

    • R Kotnis,
    • M D Waites,
    • O Fayomi,
    • R Dega
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:544-547 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.016360

  • "See and Treat": spreading like wildfire? A qualitative study into factors affecting its introduction and spread

    • S Saint Lamont
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:548-552 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.016303

  • Survey of attitudes of senior emergency physicians towards the introduction of emergency department ultrasound

    • R E McLaughlin,
    • A Lee,
    • S Clenaghan,
    • S McGovern,
    • C Martyn,
    • J Bowra
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:553-555 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.018713

Short report

  • New insights into the glucose oxidase stick test for cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea

    • E H Baker,
    • D M Wood,
    • A L Brennan,
    • D L Baines,
    • B J Philips
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:556-557 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.022111

Best evidence topic reports

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

    • K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:558 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027474

  • Fasting before prilocaine Biers’ block

    • Muhammad Ahmad,
    • Gary Saynor
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:558-559 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027482

  • Ultrasound in the diagnosis of testicular torsion

    • Zain Kapasi,
    • Steve Halliday
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:559-560 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027490

  • Primary split skin grafts for pretibial lacerations

    • Sunil Dasan,
    • Kambiz Hashemi
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:560-561 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027508

  • Serial x rays in battery ingestion

    • Stewart Teece,
    • Kevin Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:561 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027516

Socrates

  • SOCRATES 10 (synopsis of Cochrane reviews applicable to emergency services)

    • P Gilligan,
    • J Jones,
    • A Khan,
    • D Hegarty,
    • M Shepherd,
    • G Lumsden,
    • G Kitching,
    • A Taylor,
    • H Law,
    • J Brenchley
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:562-563 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019968

ABC

  • 15 Assessment and management of neurological problems (2)

    • C M Gavin,
    • J T Gray
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:564-571 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027722

Prehospital care

  • A review of emergency equipment carried and procedures performed by UK front line paramedics on paediatric patients

    • K Roberts,
    • F Jewkes,
    • H Whalley,
    • D Hopkins,
    • K Porter
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:572-576 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.022533

  • Case based learning—a review of the literature: is there scope for this educational paradigm in prehospital education?

    • B Williams
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:577-581 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.022707

  • Retrospective observational case-control study comparing prehospital thrombolytic therapy for ST-elevation myocardial infarction with in-hospital thrombolytic therapy for patients from same area

    • M S V M Chittari,
    • I Ahmad,
    • B Chambers,
    • F Knight,
    • A Scriven,
    • D Pitcher
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:582-585 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.020271

Emergency casebooks

  • Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis, an unusual presentation of acute myeloid leukaemia: a case report

    • S Navaratne,
    • C J Blakeley,
    • K Hashemi
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:586-589 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.010223

  • A young man with a headache

    • E Redfern,
    • O Warren
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:587-588 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.010769

  • An unusual cause of an acutely locked knee

    • S Blake,
    • C Wright,
    • C Edwards
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:588-589 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012567

Case reports

  • Myocardial hamartoma as a cause of VF cardiac arrest in an infant

    • A Frampton,
    • L Gray,
    • S Bell
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:590-591 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.009951

  • A case report of an unusual sternal fracture

    • C Ayrik,
    • H Cakmakci,
    • S Yanturali,
    • M Ozsarac,
    • D N Ozucelik
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:591-593 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.009993

  • Eureka! A surprising appearance after aspiration of a haemopneumothorax: treat the patient not the radiograph

    • J J E Johnston,
    • H D Dowd
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:593-594 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.010561

  • Renal infarction mimicking renal colic in patient with a prosthetic aortic valve

    • V Davutoglu,
    • C Yildirim,
    • N Gunay,
    • S Turkmen
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:595-596 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011692

  • The problem with nose bleeds

    • A Dai,
    • E Jurges
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:596-597

  • Tension pneumothorax and the “forbidden CXR”

    • R McRoberts,
    • M McKechnie,
    • S Leigh-Smith
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:597-598 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.018598

  • Troponin for prediction of cardiovascular collapse in acute colchicine overdose

    • C van Heyningen,
    • I D Watson
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:599-600 doi:10.1136/emj.2002.004036

  • Long QT syndrome presenting as epileptic seizures in an adult

    • D P J Hunt,
    • K Tang
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:600-601 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007997

  • C-reactive protein: a valuable acute investigation. A case of pneumococcal meningitis presenting as ankle pain

    • J S Huntley,
    • M B Kelly
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:602-603 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012146

  • Misdiagnosis of myocardial infarction by troponin I following minor blunt chest trauma

    • A Khavandi,
    • N P Jenkins,
    • H S Lee,
    • M Gavalas
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:603-604 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012930

  • Brugada syndrome: syncope in the younger patient and the risk of sudden cardiac death

    • A T D Mills,
    • S Dasan,
    • A Wan
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:604-606 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.009845

  • Spinal epidural haematoma mimicking spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage

    • O A Labeodan
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:606-607 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007153

Letters

  • Anaesthetic eye drops for children in casualty departments across south east England

    • M R Vishwanath
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:608 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.010645

  • Training in anaesthesia is also an issue for nurses

    • R Price,
    • A Inglis
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:608 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.016154

  • Ultrasound Guidance for Central Venous Catheter Insertion

    • M Chikungwa,
    • M Lim
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:608-609 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.015156

  • Patients’ attitudes toward medical photography in the emergency department

    • A Cheung,
    • M Al-Ausi,
    • I Hathorn,
    • J Hyam,
    • P Jaye
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:609 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019893

  • Unnecessary Tetanus boosters in the ED

    • T Burton,
    • S Crane
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:609-610 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.021121

Book reviews

  • Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disasters: A Practical Guide

    • J Ryan
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:610 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011981

  • Neurological Emergencies: A Symptom Orientated Approach

    • P Driscoll
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:610 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.014050

  • Emergency medicine procedures

    • J Lee
    Emerg Med J 2005;22:610 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.013391

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