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Contents: September 1 2002, Volume 19, Issue 5 [Index by Author] Other Issues:

	Primary Survey
	Editorials
	Reviews
	Original articles
	Clinical topic review
	Research series
	Best evidence topic reports
	JournalScan
	Simulated interactive management series
	Prehospital care
	Case reports

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Primary Survey:

Jim Wardrope and Pete Driscoll: Primary Survey
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 378. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.378-a [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials:

E Molyneux and A Robertson: Emergency medicine in differently resourced settings: what can we offer each other?
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 378. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.378 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H Zia, J A Razzak, and H Zafar: Information exchange is two way
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 380. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.380 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Wardrope and P Driscoll: Challenges and changes
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 381. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.381 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews:

A Mattick: Use of tissue adhesives in the management of paediatric lacerations
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 382. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.382 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Wright: Chronic and occult carbon monoxide poisoning: we don’t know what we’re missing
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 386. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.386 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles:

H Zafar, R Rehmani, A J Raja, A Ali, and M Ahmed: Registry based trauma outcome: perspective of a developing country
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 391. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.391 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Taylor, A Forrest-Hay, and S Meek: ROMEO: a rapid rule out strategy for low risk chest pain. Does it work in a UK emergency department?
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 395. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.395 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Mason, J Wardrope, G Turpin, and A Rowlands: The psychological burden of injury: an 18 month prospective cohort study
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 400. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.400 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only Table]

A Mattick, G Clegg, T Beattie, and T Ahmad: A randomised, controlled trial comparing a tissue adhesive (2-octylcyanoacrylate) with adhesive strips (Steristrips) for paediatric laceration repair
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 405. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.405 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K Hartington, J Hartley, and M Clancy: Measuring plasma paracetamol concentrations in all patients with drug overdoses; development of a clinical decision rule and clinicians willingness to use it
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 408. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.408 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P S Moss, A Wan, and M R Whitlock: A changing pattern of injuries to horse riders
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 412. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.412 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Rainbow and G J Browne: Fatal asthma or anaphylaxis?
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 415. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.415 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical topic review:

S Bush: Is cocaine needed in topical anaesthesia?
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 418. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.418 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research series:

P A Nee and R D Griffiths: Ethical considerations in accident and emergency research
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 423. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.423 [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 2002; 19: 428. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.428 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Susan Buttress and Katrina Herren: Electrical stimulation and Bell’s palsy
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 428. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.428-a [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Robert Williams and Kevin Mackway-Jones: White cell count and diagnosing appendicitis in children
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 428. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.428-b [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Robert Williams and Kevin Mackway-Jones: White cell count and diagnosing appendicitis in adults
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 429. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.429 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Butler and Kevin Mackway-Jones: Serum amylase or lipase to diagnose pancreatitis in patients presenting with abdominal pain
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 430. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.430 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Paul Wallman and Kerstin Hogg: Management of acute ethylene glycol poisoning
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 431. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.431 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stewart Teece and Ian Crawford: Bed rest after lumbar puncture
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 432. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.432 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ian Jones and Katherine Roberts: Difficult intubation, the bougie and the stylet
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 433. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.433 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ian Jones and Katherine Roberts: To stab or slash: the percutaneous dilatation or standard surgical approach to cricothyroidotomy in prehospital care
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 434. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.434 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JournalScan:

Jonathan Wyatt and Fionn Bellis: JournalScan
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 435. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.435 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simulated interactive management series:

J Wardrope and S McCormick: Article 10 Media handling, consent in children, and some one wants you to spend £2 million
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 437. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.437 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [SIMS 10 - Internet Pages]

Prehospital care:

J R Benger: The case for urban prehospital thrombolysis
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 441. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.441 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D T Stephenson, J W Wardrope, and S W Goodacre: Is prehospital thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction warranted in the urban setting? The case against
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 444. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.444 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J R Benger: Commentary
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 447. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.447 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P J Marks, T D Daniel, O Afolabi, G Spiers, and J S Nguyen-Van-Tam: Emergency (999) calls to the ambulance service that do not result in the patient being transported to hospital: an epidemiological study
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 449. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.449 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G George, K Ramsay, M Rochester, R Seah, H Spencer, D Vijayasankar, and L Vasicuro: Facilities for chemical decontamination in accident and emergency departments in the United Kingdom
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 453. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.453 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Questionnaire]

Case reports:

S Sami Karti, H Ulusoy, M Yandi, A Gündüz, M Kosucu, K Erol, and S Ratip: Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema in the course of verapamil intoxication
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 458. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.458 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Hindmarsh, S Mehta, and D A Mariathas: An unusual presentation of a lumbar hernia
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 460. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.460 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F Dunn: Two cases of biceps injury in bodybuilders with initially misleading presentation
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 461. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.461 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Akhtar, C Bhattacharjee, S Khan, P A Bradley, and A F Shenton: Flagellation: a rare cause of pneumothorax
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 463. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.463 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F Lam and S Hussain: The externally rotated leg: a trap for the unwary
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 464. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.464 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I Hunt, F Van Gelderen, and R Irwin: Subcutaneous emphysema of the neck and colonic perforation
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 465. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.465 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Walker, C D Deakin, and G Smith: Traumatic pneumomammothorax
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 466. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.466 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T P C Kane, M C Nuttall, R C Bowyer, and V Patel: Failure of detection of pneumothorax on initial chest radiograph
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 468. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.468 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Boon, T Llewellyn, and P Rushton: A strange case of a tension pneumothorax
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 470. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.470 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Downs, J Phillips, A Ranger, and L Farrell: A hemlock water dropwort curry: a case of multiple poisoning
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 472. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.472 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R R Attaran and F Probst: Histamine fish poisoning: a common but frequently misdiagnosed condition
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 474. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.474 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Brady: Sudden visual loss after closed head injury
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 475. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.475 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C A Eynon, L Howe, and S Firoozan: Fascicular tachycardia: uncommon or just unrecognised?
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 477. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.477 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C S Ko, J Alex, S Jeffries, and J M Parmar: Dead? Or just cold: profoundly hypothermic patient with no signs of life
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 478. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.478 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

L R Gellett, S R Harries, and C A Roobottom: Urgent contrast enhanced computed tomography in the diagnosis of acute bowel infarction
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 480. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.480 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Dewar, A Siddiqi, and J Kayani: Pseudomyocardial infarction associated with a retrocaecal gangrenous appendix
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 481. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.481 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J F Paul, S Verma, and K Berry: Urinary schistosomiasis
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 483. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.483 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P T Munro and C A Graham: Torsade de pointes
Emerg Med J 2002; 19: 485. doi:10.1136/emj.19.5.485 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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