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Contents: May 1 2000, Volume 17, Issue 3 [Index by Author] Other Issues:

	Reviews
	Original articles
	An introduction to statistics
	Best evidence topic reports
	Journal scan
	Case reports
	Emergency casebooks
	Letters to the Editor

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Reviews:

Jonathan Benger: A review of telemedicine in accident and emergency: the story so far
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 157. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stewart S W Chan: Current opinions and practices in the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 165. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jane Brenchley, John P Sloan, and Peter K Thompson: Echoes of things to come. Ultrasound in UK emergency medicine practice
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 170. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles:

Simon Thomson, John M Ryan, and Julia Lyndon: Brain attack!—How good is the early management of subarachnoid haemorrhage in accident and emergency departments?
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 176. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.176 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gwyn Weatherburn, Stirling Bryan, Anne Nicholas, and Robert Cocks: The effect of a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) on diagnostic performance in the accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 180. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anne-Maree Kelly: A process approach to improving pain management in the emergency department: development and evaluation
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 185. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Peter Ahee and Alexander V Crowe: The management of hyperkalaemia in the emergency department
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 188. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.188 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David McD Taylor and Peter A Cameron: Emergency department discharge instructions: a wide variation in practice across Australasia
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 192. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

V Goodwin and J P Shepherd: The development of an assault patient questionnaire to allow accident and emergency departments to contribute to Crime and Disorder Act local crime audits
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 196. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Paul Gaffney: The domestic iron. A danger to young children
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 199. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.199 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Calinas-Correia and I Phair: Physiological variables during open chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation: results from a small series
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 201. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An introduction to statistics:

: An introduction to statistics
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 205. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.205 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P Driscoll, F Lecky, and M Crosby: An introduction to everyday statistics—1
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 205. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.205-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Best evidence topic reports:

K Mackway-Jones: Towards evidence based emergency medicine: Best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 212. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.212 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martin Thomas and Steve Jones: Antibiotics and compound finger fracture
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 212. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.212-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Katrina Richell-Herren and Sue Maurice: Troponin T to rule out myocardial damage in chest pain
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 213. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.213 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pranay Kumar Singh and Katrina Richell-Herren: Flumazenil and suspected benzodiazepine overdose
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 214. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.214 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Paul Wallman and Kevin Mackway-Jones: Corticosteroids in acute spinal cord injury
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 215. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.215 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Journal scan:

Jim Wardrope and Thomas Carrigan: Journal scan
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 216. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.216 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports:

Andrew Kelly and Richard Parrish: Fracture of the occipital condyle: the forgotten part of the neck
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 220. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.220 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

V J Holloway and J K Harris: Spontaneous pneumothorax: Is it under tension?
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 222. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.222 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Leigh-Smith and R C Smith: Aorto caval fistula—the "bursting heart syndrome"
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 223. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.223 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Matthew G Tutton, Bhupal Chitnavis, and Ian M Stell: Screwdriver assaults and intracranial injuries
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 225. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.225 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

W L Lam, A M Fitzgerald, and G Hooper: Volar metacarpophalangeal joint dislocation
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 226. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.226 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Emergency casebooks:

Paul Gaffney and J A Guthrie: Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma: an unusual cause of neck pain
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 229. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.229 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

L Somers, I Szeki, and D Hulbert: Late presentation of diaphragmatic hernia and gastric volvulus
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 230. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.230 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gareth Quin and Gerard McCarthy: Self insertion of urethral foreign bodies
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 231. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.231 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J P Sloan and J Brenchley: An unusual cause of pilonidal sinus
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 232. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.232 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Amjid Mohammed, Taj Hassan, Wayne Hamer, June Edhouse, and F P Morris: Myocardial infarction and left bundle branch block
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 233. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.233 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K Rajesh and M E Lovell: Pedestrian injuries sustained in negotiating traffic calming measures
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 233. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.233-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J G B Thurston: Shock and ipsilateral pulmonary oedema
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 234. doi:10.1136/emj.17.3.234 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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