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Special Data Supplement for this Issue:

Primary survey

  • Primary survey

    • Geoff Hughes
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 187

Editorial

  • A potpourri of news

    • Geoffrey Hughes
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 188 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.057851

Commentary

  • Critical appraisal series introduction

    • Mike Clancy,
    • Peter Driscoll
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 189 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.057299

Review

  • Non-invasive ventilation and continuous positive pressure ventilation in emergency departments: where are we now?

    • R Bolton,
    • A Bleetman
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 190-194 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049072

Emergency Medicine Questions (EMQ)

  • Emergency Medicine Questions (EMQ)245

    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 195

Original Articles

  • Screening for hypertension in the emergency department

    • K Collins,
    • S Gough,
    • M Clancy
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 196-199 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050112

  • Snakebite envenoming in Kerala, South India: clinical profile and factors involved in adverse outcomes

    • N Suchithra,
    • J M Pappachan,
    • P Sujathan
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 200-204 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051136

  • Morphine and outcomes in acute decompensated heart failure: an ADHERE analysis

    • W F Peacock,
    • J E Hollander,
    • D B Diercks,
    • M Lopatin,
    • G Fonarow,
    • C L Emerman
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 205-209 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050419

  • Non-operative management in blunt splenic trauma

    • A Yaghoubi Notash,
    • H Ahmadi Amoli,
    • A Nikandish,
    • A Yazdankhah Kenari,
    • F Jahangiri,
    • P Khashayar
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 210-212 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054684

  • Emergency department patient knowledge concerning acetaminophen (paracetamol) in over-the-counter and prescription analgesics

    • D Fosnocht,
    • J R Taylor,
    • E M Caravati
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 213-216 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.053850

Images in emergency medicine

  • Life-saving thrombus

    • A N Keeling,
    • N G McElvaney,
    • M J Lee,
    • F P McGrath
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 199 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049841

  • Pedunculated left ventricular thrombus presenting with acute ischaemic limb

    • Z Chen,
    • N Robinson,
    • A Harkness
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 216 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049585

  • An unusual tracheobronchial foreign body

    • M M Erol,
    • C Tekinbas,
    • S Ozsu,
    • S Turedi,
    • A Gunduz
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 236 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051599

  • Knee pain in a middle aged man

    • K Sanyal,
    • K Sabanathan
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 238 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050690

  • Fatal arteriovenous graft infection in a diabetic haemodialysis patient

    • D A Moutzouris,
    • T I Kassimatis,
    • V Margellos,
    • V Hadjiconstantinou
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 240 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050724

  • Spontaneous rupture of malignant adrenal phaeochromocytoma

    • Karsten Müssig,
    • Marius Horger,
    • Hans-Ulrich Häring,
    • Manfred Wehrmann
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 242 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052076

Short report

  • Potter’s potions

    • A C McGregor,
    • M H MacMillian,
    • J Ferguson
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 217-218 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052084

Critical appraisal for emergency medicine

Short report

  • Critical appraisal for emergency medicine: 1. Concepts and definitions

    • S Goodacre
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 219-221 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.057307

Best Evidence Topic reports

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

    • Edited by Kevin Mackway-Jones
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 222

  • BET1. U-SLAB, HANGING CAST OR COLLAR AND CUFF IN UNCOMPLICATED SHAFT OF HUMERUS FRACTURES IN THE ELDERLY

    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 222 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.058164

  • BET2. SPLINTING OF BUCKLE FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL RADIUS IN CHILDREN

    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 222-223 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.058172

  • BET3. EARLY OR LATE MOBILISATION IN UNCOMPLICATED NECK OF HUMERUS FRACTURES

    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 223-224 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.058180

  • BET4. RADIAL OR DORSAL BACKSLAB IN COLLES’ FRACTURES

    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 224 doi:10.1136/emj.2008.058198

Prehospital care

  • Mass casualty incident management, triage, injury distribution of casualties and rate of arrival of casualties at the hospitals: lessons from a suicide bomber attack in downtown Tel Aviv

    • Y Raiter,
    • A Farfel,
    • O Lehavi,
    • O B Goren,
    • A Shamiss,
    • Z Priel,
    • I Koren,
    • B Davidson,
    • D Schwartz,
    • A Goldberg,
    • Y Bar-Dayan
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 225-229 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052399

  • The reality of multiple casualty triage: putting triage theory into practice at the scene of multiple casualty vehicular accidents

    • P Arbon,
    • K Zeitz,
    • J Ranse,
    • H Wren,
    • R Elliott,
    • K Driscoll
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 230-234 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047761

Emergency casebooks

  • Fire and ice: diagnosis of carbon monoxide poisoning in a remote environment

    • D M Crawford,
    • N B Hampson
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 235-236 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051516

  • Hepatic haemorrhage after thrombolytic administration in a patient with myocardial infarction who had a trauma: are we missing something?

    • S Akay,
    • O Dikme
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 237-238 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050559

  • Traumatic aneurysm (pseudoaneurysm) of the superficial temporal artery

    • I Levisianos,
    • V Sood
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 239-240 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.055418

  • Nephrotic syndrome presenting as deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism

    • Bill Ambler,
    • Sharon Irvine,
    • Vik Selvarajah,
    • Chris Isles
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 241-242 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047068

  • Severe high altitude pulmonary oedema: a patient managed successfully with non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in the Emergency Department

    • David D Gregorius,
    • Ronnie Dawood,
    • Katja Ruh,
    • H Bryant Nguyen
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 243-244 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.055822

EMQ answers

  • EMQ EMQ answers 195

    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 245

Letters

  • Cut-off values for B-type natriuretic peptides in the Korean population

    • J Woods,
    • S Gordon,
    • P Anderson
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 246 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054460

  • Cut-off values for B-type natriuretic peptides in Korean patients visiting emergency departments

    • Sunghyuk Choi
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 246 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.056168

  • They’re all superglues

    • Dilip J DaCruz
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 246 doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054510

  • Authors’ response

    • L Cascarini,
    • A Kumar
    Emerg Med J 2008;25:4 246-247

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