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Contents: July 1 2001, Volume 18, Issue 4 [Index by Author] Other Issues:

ISSUE SUPPLEMENT

	Editorials
	Reviews
	Original articles
	Best evidence topic reports
	An introduction to statistics
	Simulated interactive management
	Journal scan
	Pre-hospital care
	Case reports
	Emergency casebooks
	Letters to the Editor
	Book review
	Abstracts

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Editorials:

Matthew W Cooke: Emergency care—in and out of hospital
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 235. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.235 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews:

G W Kerr, A C McGuffie, and S Wilkie: Tricyclic antidepressant overdose: a review
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 236. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.236 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles:

C Fong: Post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection after sexual assault: When is it indicated?
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 242. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.242 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H L Minhas and P L F Giangrande: Presentation of severe haemophilia—A role for accident and emergency doctors?
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 246. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T Simpson, N Murphy, and D F Peck: Saliva alcohol concentrations in accident and emergency attendances
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 250. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.250 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G R Clegg, S Roebuck, and D J Steedman: A new system for digital image acquisition, storage and presentation in an accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 255. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C D Okereke and M Naim: Mentoring senior house officers. Is there a role for middle grade doctors?
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 259. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.259 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H R Guly: Diagnostic errors in an accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 263. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.263 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Best evidence topic reports:

Edited by K Mackway-Jones: Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 270. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.270 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Steve Jones and Ian Crawford: Oral or intravenous ß blockers in acute myocardial infarction
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 270. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.270-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mark Davies and Ian Crawford: Nasal diamorphine for acute pain relief in children
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 271. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.271 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simon Carley and Paul Wallmann: Does a normal CT scan rule out a subarachnoid haemorrhage?
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 271. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.271-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fiona Carley and Simon Carley: Mydriatics in corneal abrasion
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 273. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.273 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simon Carley and Bruce Martin: Midazolam and emergence phenomena in children undergoing ketamine sedation
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 273. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.273-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ian Crawford and Angaj Ghosh: The prehospital use of pneumatic anti-shock garments
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 274. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.274 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Butler and Damien Bates: Cervical collars in patients requiring spinal immobilisation
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 275. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.275 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An introduction to statistics:

P Driscoll and F Lecky: Article 8. An introduction to hypothesis testing. Non-parametric comparison of two groups—1
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 276. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.276 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simulated interactive management:

J Wardrope and S McCormick: Article 3. Complaint management, project management and broken ECG machines: all in a day's work
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 283. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.283 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Internet In Tray]

Journal scan:

Jonathan Wyatt, Paul Gaffney, and Kieran Cunningham: Journal scan
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 285. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.285 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pre-hospital care:

R Brown and J Warwick: Blue calls—time for a change?
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 289. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.289 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Thakore and W Morrison: A survey of the perceived quality of patient handover by ambulance staff in the resuscitation room
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 293. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.293 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E Seow, H P Wong, and A Phe: The pattern of ambulance arrivals in the emergency department of an acute care hospital in Singapore
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 297. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.297 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Jones and M J Playforth: The effect of the introduction of NHS Direct on requests for telephone advice from an accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 300. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P Gaffney, S Crane, G Johnson, and M Playforth: An analysis of calls referred to the emergency 999 service by NHS Direct
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 302. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.302 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Gillies, C Lionis, J MacDonald, C Laird, J Szabo, B Nunes, L Burriel, H Lund, and C Made: Dealing with emergencies in rural areas of Europe: proceedings from WONCA Europe 2000
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 305. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.305 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports:

S Chillala, C Read, and P A Evans: An unusual case of subdural haematoma presenting to the accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 308. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.308 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P Muthu and P Pritty: Mild head injury with isolated third nerve palsy
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 310. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.310 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R A P Persaud, N Sudhakaran, C C Ong, D A Bowdler, and E Dykes: Extraluminal migration of a coin in the oesophagus of a child misdiagnosed as asthma
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 312. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.312 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F Lam, S Hussain, and J Sinha: An unusual cause of a limp in a child: developmental coxa vara
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 314. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.314 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Sinha, S K Mummidi, S Londhe, and A C Campbell: Isolated fracture of the first rib without associated injuries: a case report
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 315. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.315 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J O'Donnell, K Wilson, and P A Leonard: An avoidable complication of digital nerve block
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 316. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.316 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Emergency casebooks:

D C Bramley and S Ghosh: Tension pneumocephalus attributable to an ethmoid osteoma presenting as a stroke in evolution: an unusual presentation
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 317. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.317 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R Singh and N Slater: Hallucal sesamoid bone stress fracture; 21st century "club foot"
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 318. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.318 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B L Watts and M A Howell: Tension pneumothorax: a difficult diagnosis
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 319. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.319 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M Hynes and F Lam: An unusual cause of hip pain in a child
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 320. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.320 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Patrick Bolton: The immediate impact of the availability of general practitioner services on emergency department presentations
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 321. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.321 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Peter Leman and Anne-Maree Kelly: Pain management
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 321. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.321-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Julian Kennedy, J Calinas-Correia, and I Phair: Open chest cardiac compression
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 322. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.322 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book review:

Peter Freeman: Textbook of adult emergency medicine.: Edited by P Cameron, G Jelinek, A-M Kelly, L Murray, J Heyworth. (Pp 757; £39.95). Churchill Livingstone, 2000. ISBN 0-443-06280-3.
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 322. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.322-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Susan M Robinson: Neurologic catastrophes in the emergency department.: By E F M Wijdicks (Pp 266; £42.50). Butterworths Heinemann, 2000. ISBN 0-7506-7055-X.
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 322. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.322-b [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Heyworth: A-Z of medical writing.: By T Albert. (Pp 145; £14.95). BMJ Books. ISBN 0-727-91487-1.
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 323. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.323 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ian Swann: The management of head injuries—a practical guide for the emergency room. 2nd edition.: By D Currie, E Ritchie, S Scott. (Pp 196; £26.95). Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-192-63078-4.
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 323. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.323-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Abstracts:

M W Cooke, J Higgins, and P Bridge: Minor injury services—the present state
Emerg Med J 2001; 18: 323. doi:10.1136/emj.18.4.323-b [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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