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Original Articles

• Recording of vital signs in a district general hospital emergency department (25 November, 2008)

  B Armstrong, H Walthall, M Clancy, M Mullee, H Simpson
• Use of an admission early warning score to predict patient morbidity and mortality and treatment success (25 November, 2008)

  J D Groarke, J Gallagher, J Stack, A Aftab, C Dwyer, R McGovern, G Courtney
• Routine chest radiography in uncomplicated suspected acute coronary syndrome rarely yields significant pathology (25 November, 2008)

  J J L Ng, D McD Taylor
• Effect of deep vein thrombosis on ischaemia-modified albumin levels (25 November, 2008)

  A Mentese, U Mentese, S Turedi, A Gunduz, S C Karahan, M Topbas, A Turan, T Patan, S Turkmen, G Okur, M S Eminagaoglu
• Effect of emergency department fast track on emergency department length of stay: a case–control study (25 November, 2008) Free

  J Considine, M Kropman, E Kelly, C Winter
• Doctors’ knowledge of the appropriate use and route of administration of antidotes in the management of recreational drug toxicity (25 November, 2008)

  S Lidder, H Ovaska, J R H Archer, S L Greene, A L Jones, P I Dargan, D M Wood
• The Derriford twelve commandments of emergency medicine: a model for good practice in a changing world, or a survival guide for new medical staff (25 November, 2008)

  J E Smith, I Higginson, H R Guly, I C Grant, P Belsham, A Hicks, D Alao, D Boon