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June 2006, Volume 23, Issue 6

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  1. Emergency casebooks
  2. Primary Survey
  3. Editorial
  4. Reviews
  5. Original Articles
  6. Short reports
  7. Best evidence topic reports
  8. Prehospital care
  9. Letters
  10. Book reviews
  11. Sophia
  12. Abstracts
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Emergency casebooks

  • "Punk" rock can be bad for you: a case of surgical emphysema from a "punk" rocker’s leather jacket

    • N Lane,
    • A Graudins
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 e35 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033100

  • An unusual presentation of sphenoid sinusitis with septicaemia in a healthy young adult

    • D Rimal,
    • S M Hashmi,
    • P R Prinsley
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 e36 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033340

  • Anterior dislocation of the ulnar-humeral joint in a so-called ‘pulled elbow’

    • N Venkatram,
    • V Wurm,
    • S Houshian
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 e37 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033878

  • Atypical presentation of aortic dissection secondary to a gunshot wound

    • E Domingo,
    • D Levy,
    • S Iosovich
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 e38 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.034173

  • Atypical manifestation of Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia

    • L-W Lin,
    • S-W Hung,
    • C-S Lin,
    • C-L Liu,
    • C-F Chong
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 e39 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.032573

  • An unusual rugby injury

    • S J Croft,
    • J Brenchley,
    • S P Badhe,
    • T R Cresswell
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 e40 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.031013

  • Case of the month: Buffalo chest: a case of bilateral pneumothoraces due to pleuropleural communication

    • D J Hartin,
    • R Kendall,
    • A A Boyle,
    • P R T Atkinson
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 483-486 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.030981

  • Emergency casebook

    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 485-486

  • Unusual way of purging

    • R Slim,
    • A Geagea,
    • C Yaghi,
    • K Honein,
    • R Sayegh,
    • A Zoghbi
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 486 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033308

Primary Survey

  • Primary Survey

    • Colville Laird
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 415

Editorial

  • Rapid assessment teams and early discharge of the elderly from ED; vunerable in the current financial climate?

    • G Hughes
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 416 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037622

Reviews

  • Alcoholic ketoacidosis

    • L C McGuire,
    • A M Cruickshank,
    • P T Munro
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 417-420 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.017590

  • Clinical management of casualties exposed to lung damaging agents: a critical review

    • D Russell,
    • P G Blain,
    • P Rice
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 421-424 doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011775

Original Articles

  • Confidential registration in health services: randomised controlled trial

    • J P Shepherd,
    • M Ho,
    • H R Shepherd,
    • V Sivarajasingam
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 425-427 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.021030

  • Alcohol related conditions represent a major psychiatric problem in emergency departments

    • B T te Wildt,
    • C Andreis,
    • I Auffahrt,
    • C Tettenborn,
    • S Kropp,
    • M Ohlmeier
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 428-430 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.028415

  • Violence and aggression in the emergency department

    • A James,
    • R Madeley,
    • A Dove
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 431-434 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.028621

  • The evolution of the emergency care practitioner role in England: experiences and impact

    • S Mason,
    • P Coleman,
    • C O’Keeffe,
    • J Ratcliffe,
    • J Nicholl
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 435-439 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027300

  • Variability in pupil size estimation

    • A Clark,
    • T N S Clarke,
    • B Gregson,
    • P N A Hooker,
    • I R Chambers
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 440-441 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.030247

  • When is a door not a door? The difference between documented and actual arrival times in the emergency department

    • C Taylor,
    • D Williamson,
    • A Sanghvi
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 442-443 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029868

  • What percentages of patients are suitable for prehospital thrombolysis?

    • N Castle,
    • R Owen,
    • R Vincent,
    • N Ineson
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 444-445 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.026450

  • Evaluation of focussed assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) by UK emergency physicians

    • J Brenchley,
    • A Walker,
    • J P Sloan,
    • T B Hassan,
    • H Venables
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 446-448 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.026864

  • Evaluation of a diabetes referral pathway for the management of hypoglycaemia following emergency contact with the ambulance service to a diabetes specialist nurse team

    • A Walker,
    • C James,
    • M Bannister,
    • E Jobes
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 449-451 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.028548

  • Preventable deaths in patients admitted from emergency department

    • T-C Lu,
    • C-L Tsai,
    • C-C Lee,
    • P C-I Ko,
    • Z-S Yen,
    • A Yuan,
    • S-C Chen,
    • W-J Chen
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 452-455 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.022319

  • Things that go beep: experience with an ED guideline for use of a handheld metal detector in the management of ingested non-hazardous metallic foreign bodies

    • S L Ramlakhan,
    • D P Burke,
    • J Gilchrist
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 456-460 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029553

  • The new consultant survey 2005

    • M Beckett,
    • D Hulbert,
    • R Brown
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 461-463 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.030726

Short reports

  • Retroperitoneal haemorrhage caused by a renal angiomyolipoma

    • C Ünlü,
    • B Lamme,
    • P Nass,
    • H W Bolhuis
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 464-465 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033191

  • Spontaneous pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema: unusual complications of asthma in a 2-year-old boy

    • V Ameh,
    • R Jenner,
    • N Jilani,
    • A Bradbury
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 466-467 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.028829

  • Mental health service requirements in a Japanese medical centre emergency department

    • D Nishi,
    • Y Matsuoka,
    • E Kawase,
    • S Nakajima,
    • Y Kim
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 468-469 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029769

Best evidence topic reports

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

    • K Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 470 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037572

  • Beta-agonists with or without anti-cholinergics in the treatment of acute childhood asthma?

    • Andrew Munro,
    • Ian Maconochie
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 470 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037580

  • Delivery of bronchodilators in acute asthma in children

    • Craig Ferguson,
    • Shweta Gidwani
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 471-472 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037598

  • Lorazepam or diazepam in paediatric status epilepticus

    • Vince Choudhery,
    • Will Townend
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 472-473 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037606

  • Tibial fractures in very young children and child abuse

    • Rob Williams,
    • N Hardcastle
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 473-474 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037614

Prehospital care

  • Comparison of paediatric major incident primary triage tools

    • L A Wallis,
    • S Carley
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 475-478 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.032672

  • The costs of falls in the community to the North East Ambulance Service

    • J L Newton,
    • P Kyle,
    • P Liversidge,
    • G Robinson,
    • K Wilton,
    • P Reeve
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 479-481 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.028803

  • From the prehospital literature
 Edited by Malcolm Woollard, from the British Paramedic Association Research and Audit Committee and the Faculty of Prehospital Care Research Unit

    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 482 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.036277

Letters

  • Placement confirmation of Sengstaken–Blakemore tube by ultrasound

    • A C-M Lin,
    • Y-H Hsu,
    • T-L Wang,
    • C-F Chong
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 487 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.031922

  • Are chest pain observation units essential for rapid and effective emergency care in the UK?

    • F Dunn,
    • D Hughes,
    • L G R Rocke,
    • B P McNicholl
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 487-488 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.023671

  • Injury to supraorbital area—should this be referred to as a head injury or facial injury?

    • B P Shravat,
    • T S Huseyin,
    • K A Hynes
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 488 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029306

  • Intranasal alfentanil for acute pain in children

    • J Brenchley,
    • S Ramlakhan
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 488 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029165

  • “Street” supplies of the anticoagulant drug warfarin: a worrying new trend

    • D J Dawson,
    • L Peters
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 488-489 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.030346

  • Prevalence of psychological distress assessed in emergency departments

    • R Forero,
    • L Young,
    • K M Hillman,
    • A E Bauman,
    • S Ieraci
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 489 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.029090

  • Consent in emergency research

    • T J Coats,
    • G Ng,
    • H Shakur
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 489-490 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.031005

  • Best Bets: A call for scrutiny

    • J French,
    • A Steel,
    • R Clements,
    • S Lewis,
    • M Wilson,
    • B Teasdale,
    • R Mackenzie,
    • J Black
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 490

  • Association does not prove causality

    • B C Doyle
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 490

  • Prehospital Intubation – Delving deeper into the evidence

    • R J Dawes
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 490-491

  • Please don’t shoot the messengers!

    • A M Mason
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 491

  • Two wrongs don’t make a right

    • R Mackenzie
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 491

Book reviews

  • Introduction to emergency medicine

    • Lee Gray
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 491-492 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027821

  • Gray’s Anatomy, 39th Edition

    • Peter Driscoll
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 492 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027847

  • Rosen and Barkin’s 5-minute emergency medicine consult. Second edition

    • S Carley
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 493 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027839

  • Spotting the sick child

    • G Hughes
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 493 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.027797

Sophia

  • Sophia

    • Ryan Hobbs,
    • Jonathan Wyatt
    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 494

Abstracts

  • The Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Conference 2005

    Emerg Med J 2006;23:6 495-500 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037002

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