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Contents: July 1 2000, Volume 17, Issue 4 [Index by Author] Other Issues:

	Editorials
	Reviews
	Original articles
	An introduction to statistics
	Best evidence topic reports
	Journal scan
	Abstracts
	Letters to the Editor

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Editorials:

John Heyworth: Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 235. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.235 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kevin Mackway-Jones and Simon Carley: bestbets.org: Odds on favourite for evidence in emergency medicine reaches the world wide web
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 235. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.235-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews:

Gareth Quin: Chest pain evaluation units
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 237. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.237 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anne-Maree Kelly: Migraine: pharmacotherapy in the emergency department
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 241. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles:

Gavin Lloyd, Dave Skarratts, Neil Robinson, and Cliff Reid: Communication skills training for emergency department senior house officers—a qualitative study
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 246. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fei Lung Lau: Can communication skills workshops for emergency department doctors improve patient satisfaction?
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 251. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.251 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H D M Poncia, G D R Bryant, and J Ryan: Evaluating the use of computerised clinical guidelines in the accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 254. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.254 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Keaney, M O Fitzpatrick, D Beard, D A W Ritchie, and L T Dunn: A standardised neurosurgical referral letter for the inter-hospital transfer of head injured patients
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 257. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.257 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Alan O'Connor, Stephan A Schug, and Hester Cardwell: A comparison of the efficacy and safety of morphine and pethidine as analgesia for suspected renal colic in the emergency setting
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 261. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.261 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clare McCarthy, Susie Hewitt, and Imti Choonara: Pain in young children attending an accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 265. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.265 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F D Brown, J Brown, and T F Beattie: Why do children vomit after minor head injury?
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 268. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.268 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John M Ryan and Isabelle Spronken: Drug related deaths in the community: A preventive role for accident and emergency departments?
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 272. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.272 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An introduction to statistics:

P Driscoll, F Lecky, and M Crosby: An introduction to everyday statistics—2
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 274. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.274 [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: 282. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.282 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sue Maurice and Kevin Mackway-Jones: Ingested coins and metal detection
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 282. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.282-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rob Williams and Paul Wallman: Regional anaesthesia for femoral shaft fractures in children
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 283. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.283 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Katrina Richell-Herren and Magnus Harrison: Activated charcoal in paracetamol overdose
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 284. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.284 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kevin Mackway-Jones and Magnus Harrison: Management of uncomplicated soft tissue gunshot wounds
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 284. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.284-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martin Smith and Bruce Martin: Repair of partial lacerations of the extensor tendons of the hand
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 285. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.285 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Terry Gilpin and Simon Carley: Early management of displaced nasal fractures
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 286. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.286 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Butler and Simon Carley: Antibiotics in base of skull fractures
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 286. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.286-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Russell Boyd and Bernard Foëx: Glucose or glucagon for hypoglycaemia
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 287. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.287 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Muhammad Ahmad and Bruce Martin: Closure of pretibial lacerations
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 287. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.287-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stuart McKirdy and Simon Carley: Digital or metacarpal block for finger injuries
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 288. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.288 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Journal scan:

Jim Wardrope and Sean Rothwell: Journal scan
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 289. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.289 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Abstracts:

: Eighth International Conference on Emergency Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 4–7 May 2000
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 293. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.293 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine Conference, Cambridge, 4–6 April 2000
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 300. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.300 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

John J O'Donnell: Anaesthetic training in accident and emergency
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 309. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.309 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stephen Bush, Alasdair Gray, Alistair Mcgowan, and Neil Nichol: Rapid sequence intubation
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 309. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.309-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gavin Lloyd: High level simulator
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 309. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.309-b [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kate Lambert, Mike Rickards, Neil Halford, Helen Draper, and Anita Rhodes: Emergency cranial computed tomography
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 309. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.309-c [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sarah J Bridges, Lisa L Goldsworthy, Jason L Louis, Anthony Mattick, Tom Beattie, and James Ferguson: The irritable hip
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 310. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.310 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stephen Bush: Topical anaesthesia use in the management of children's lacerations, a postal survey
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 310. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.310-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B Dooris and C Reid: Feigning dystonia to feed an unusual drug addiction
Emerg Med J 2000; 17: 311. doi:10.1136/emj.17.4.311 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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