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Contents: May 1 2001, Volume 18, Issue 3 [Index by Author] Other Issues:

ISSUE SUPPLEMENT

	Editorials
	Original articles
	Best evidence topic reports
	An introduction to statistics
	Simulated interactive management series
	Journal scan
	Emergency casebooks
	Letters to the Editor

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Editorials:

Ffion Davies: Paediatric emergency medicine: Do we need George Clooney?
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 157. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.157 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles:

L J Somers, M W Beckett, P M Sedgwick, and D C Hulbert: Improving the delivery of analgesia to children in pain
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 159. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.159 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F A I Riordan: Improving promptness of antibiotic treatment in meningococcal disease
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 162. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.162 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Playfor: Accident and emergency services for children within Trent region
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 164. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.164 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I Hassan and B J Dorani: Sports related fractures in children in north east England
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 167. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J R Benger and S E McCabe: Burns and scalds in pre-school children attending accident and emergency: accident or abuse?
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 172. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.172 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T Harris, P A Cameron, and A Ugoni: The use of pre-cannulation local anaesthetic and factors affecting pain perception in the emergency department setting
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 175. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.175 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P I Dargan, S Ladhani, and A L Jones: Measuring plasma paracetamol concentrations in all patients with drug overdose or altered consciousness: Does it change outcome?
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 178. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C E Gleeson, R L Spedding, L A Harding, and M Caplan: The mediastinum—Is it wide?
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 183. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Bache: Establishing an emergency nurse practitioner service
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 186. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.186 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T J Coats and S Michalis: Mathematical modelling of patient flow through an accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 190. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A N Simpson, J Wardrope, and D Burke: The Sheffield experiment: the effects of centralising accident and emergency services in a large urban setting
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 193. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B A Foëx: The problem of informed consent in emergency medicine research
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 198. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.198 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A-M Kelly: The minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale pain score does not differ with severity of pain
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 205. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.205 [Abstract] [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 2001; 18: 208. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.208 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ross Murphy and Angaj Ghosh: The accuracy of abdominal ultrasound in paediatric trauma
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 208. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.208-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Russell Boyd and Michelle Jacobs: EMLA or amethocaine (tetracaine) for topical analgesia in children
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 209. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.209 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Angaj Ghosh and Rupert Jackson: Cautery or cream for epistaxis in children
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 210. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.210 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simon Carley and Russel Boyd: Standard bone marrow needles or special needles for intraosseous access
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 211. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.211 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rob Williams and Kevin Mackway-Jones: Abdominal ultrasound in the diagnosis of childhood appendicitis
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 211. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.211-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Russell Boyd and Bruce Martin: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and septic arthritis in children
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 212. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.212 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An introduction to statistics:

P Driscoll and F Lecky: Article 7. An introduction to hypothesis testing. Parametric comparison of two groups—2
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 214. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.214 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simulated interactive management series:

J Wardrope and S McCormick: Article 2. Strategy to every day operational management
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 222. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.222 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [SIMS Article 2]

Journal scan:

Jonathan Wyatt and Andres Izquierdo-Martin: Journal scan
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 225. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.225 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Emergency casebooks:

N Makwana, H M Evans, D Moore, and K Berry: Two cases of near asphyxiation in children, using non-releasing plastic garden ties
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 229. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.229 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F Lam and M Hynes: Epidural abscess misdiagnosed as cholecystitis
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 230. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.230 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B J Burgess: Epidural abscess after dental extraction
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 231. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.231 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

J J Johnston, M Jenkins, and L A McKinney: Fireworks related injuries: does changing legislation make a difference? A thought for next Hallowe'en
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 232. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.232 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kelvin D Wright, Andrew J Cadamy, Michelle White, A Walker, and J Brenchley: Survey of the use of rapid sequence induction in the accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 232. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.232-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stewart McMorran: Treatment of hyperkalaemia in the emergency department
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 233. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.233 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J J M Black, R A Brooks, K Willett, and Mike Clancy: Clearing the cervical spine in the unconscious trauma patient
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 233. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.233-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ray McGlone and M Smith: Intranasal midazolam. An alternative in childhood seizures
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 234. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.234 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simon Leigh-Smith: Communication skills training for emergency department doctors
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 234. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.234-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Patrick A Nee: Why do children vomit after head injury?
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 234. doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.234-b [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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