Table of contents

Original articles

• Systematic review: is real-time ultrasonic-guided central line placement by ED physicians more successful than the traditional landmark approach? (26 June, 2012)

  Ninfa Mehta, Walter Wallace Valesky, Allysia Guy, Richard Sinert
• The impact of 24 h consultant shop floor presence on emergency department performance: a natural experiment (1 June, 2012) Free

  Emma Christmas, Ian Johnson, Thomas Locker
• Implementation of a novel communication tool and its effect on patient comprehension of care and satisfaction (25 May, 2012)

  Stefanie Anne Simmons, Brian Sharp, Jennifer Fowler, Bonita Singal
• Analysis of emergency physicians' Twitter accounts (25 May, 2012)

  Ileana Lulic, Ivor Kovic
• Managing patient deterioration: assessing teamwork and individual performance (19 May, 2012)

  Simon Cooper, Robyn Cant, Jo Porter, Karen Missen, Louise Sparkes, Tracy McConnell-Henry, Ruth Endacott
• Reduction of gastric inflation by use of a pressure relief valve connected to an acoustic expiration control device during mouth-to-mask ventilation of a manikin model of an unprotected airway (1 June, 2012)

  Elke Elisabeth Mutzbauer, Manfred Weiss, Till Sebastian Mutzbauer
• A review of Ghana's 2009–2013 integrated strategic response plan for pandemic influenza: illustrative study of the perceived adequacy of preparedness for the pandemic influenza of sub-Sahara Africa (26 July, 2012)

  Ishmael D Norman, Moses K S Aikins, Fred N Binka, Anthony Hanebe Godi
• National audit of antidote stocking in acute hospitals in the UK (8 August, 2012)

  Ruben H K Thanacoody, Gloria Aldridge, Willie Laing, Paul I Dargan, Stephen Nash, John P Thompson, Allister Vale, Nick Bateman, Simon Thomas
• The epidemiology of adults with severe sepsis and septic shock in Scottish emergency departments (29 June, 2012)

  Alasdair Gray, Kirsty Ward, Fiona Lees, Colin Dewar, Sarah Dickie, Crawford McGuffie, On behalf of the STAG steering committee
• Improving the diagnosis of central nervous system infections in adults through introduction of a simple lumbar puncture pack (15 June, 2012)

  Benedict Daniel Michael, Graham Powell, Sarah Curtis, Lisa Bailey, Solomon Almond, Fiona McGill, David Cousins, Ian J Hart, Michael Griffiths, Rachel Kneen, Tom Solomon
• Diagnostic performance of procalcitonin for hospitalised children with acute pyelonephritis presenting to the paediatric emergency department (29 May, 2012)

  Shan-Ming Chen, Hung-Ming Chang, Tung-Wei Hung, Yu-Hua Chao, Jeng-Dau Tsai, Ko-Huang Lue, Ji-Nan Sheu