January 2008, Volume 25, Issue 1

Defining what we do

Primary survey

• Kevin Mackway-Jones

The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) and the emergency department

• J Butler

Consultations in the emergency department: a systematic review of the literature

• Rene S Lee,
• Rob Woods,
• Michael Bullard,
• Brian R Holroyd,
• Brian H Rowe

Emergency Medicine Questions (EMQ)58

Determination of the size of the different sepsis categories presenting to a UK teaching hospital emergency department

• M Majuran,
• M Clancy

Intravenous amiodarone for the pharmacological termination of haemodynamically-tolerated sustained ventricular tachycardia: is bolus dose amiodarone an appropriate first-line treatment?

• D R Tomlinson,
• P Cherian,
• T R Betts,
• Y Bashir

Abnormal response of the extremities to pain stimulation immediately after the return of spontaneous circulation from cardiopulmonary arrest

• Y Yanagawa,
• T Sakamoto,
• Y Okada

A novel method to assist nasogastric tube insertion

• C-W Hung,
• W-H Lee

Impact of oral dexamethasone versus placebo after ED treatment of migraine with phenothiazines on the rate of recurrent headache: a randomised controlled trial

• A-M Kelly,
• D Kerr,
• M Clooney

A persistently painful hand

• A C Durran

“Reflections” on an interesting case: an oropharyngeal foreign body presenting as cleft palate

• L Fraser,
• H Kubba

Lateral skull radiograph in a patient with post-traumatic tension pneumocephalus complicated by late epilepsy

• O T Odebode,
• A D Dunmade,
• O A Afolabi,
• O A Suleiman

Primary aortoenteric fistula

• M Rochford,
• M Duffy

Gas-forming Ludwig’s angina

• S-H Tsai,
• S-C Chen,
• S-J Chu

An unusual presentation of diaphragmatic hernia

• A Gunduz,
• S Turedi,
• S Turkmen

Forgotten needles

• D Montaigne,
• P-V Ennezat,
• P Asseman

2,4-D (Ethyl ester) poisoning: experience at a tertiary care centre in Northern India

• A Bhalla,
• V Suri,
• N Sharma,
• S Mahi,
• S Singh

Soft tissue injuries: introduction and basic principles

• J Sloan

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

• Kevin Mackway-Jones

BET1. TOPICAL OR ORAL NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES IN SOFT TISSUE INJURY

BET 2. DEXAMETHASONE IN MENINGITIS

BET 3. STETHOSCOPE CONTAMINATION WITH MRSA

Retention of mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask and mouth-to-face shield ventilation

• P Paal,
• M Falk,
• E Gruber,
• W Beikircher,
• G Sumann,
• F Demetz,
• J Ellerton,
• V Wenzel,
• H Brugger

Pre-excited atrial fibrillation triggered by intravenous adenosine: a commonly used drug with potentially life-threatening adverse effects

• A J Turley,
• S Murray,
• J Thambyrajah

Central venous thrombosis misdiagnosed as eclampsia in an emergency department

• H Savage,
• M Harrison

Leptospirosis pulmonary haemorrhage: a diagnostic challenge

• M Dall’Antonia,
• G Sluga,
• S Whitfield,
• A Teall,
• P Wilson,
• D Krahé

Spontaneous intercostal artery bleeding

• J M Moon,
• S C Lee,
• B J Chun

Botulism: a rare complication of injecting drug use

• T N Wenham

An unusual cause of abdominal distension

• D Rimal,
• S I H Tou,
• S R Thapa,
• N Munasingha,
• V Chitre

EMQ answers10

Calls to NHS Direct

• M Sadler,
• J Challiner

Suspension trauma

• G Roggla,
• B Moser,
• M Roggla

Are European EDs unenthusiastic about chest pain units?

• Ò Miró,
• E Bragulat,
• M Sánchez

Increasing number of patients who leave the ED without being seen

• E Bragulat,
• M Ortega,
• Ò Miró

Administering a glyceryl trinitrate infusion: faster is better than slower

• Alistair Steel,
• James Varley

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