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Contents: November 1 2004, Volume 21, Issue 6 [Index by Author] Other Issues:

November 2004 Supplement

	Primary Survey
	Editorials
	Review
	Original articles
	Continuing medical education
	Short reports
	JournalScan
	Best evidence topic reports
	Reviewers
	Socrates
	Prehospital care
	Case reports
	Letters
	Book reviews

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Primary Survey:

Jim Wardrope: Primary survey
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 651. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials:

J R Dowdle: Acute medicine: past, present, and future
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 652-653. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.012211 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jim Wardrope and Pete Driscoll: Changes and thanks
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 653-654. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.020081 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review:

A J Oglesby: Should etomidate be the induction agent of choice for rapid sequence intubation in the emergency department?
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 655-659. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.009043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only Appendix]

Original articles:

T-A Chen, K-H Lai, and H-T Chang: Impact of a severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in the emergency department: an experience in Taiwan
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 660-662. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.010678 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Neale, C Tovey, A Vali, S Davies, K Myers, M Obiako, V Ramkumar, and A Hafiz: Evaluation of the Simplify D-dimer assay as a screening test for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis in an emergency department
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 663-666. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Colour Figure 1]

S G Campbell, W Patrick, D G Urquhart, D M Maxwell, S A Ackroyd-Stolarz, D D Murray, and A Hawass: Patients with community acquired pneumonia discharged from the emergency department according to a clinical practice guideline
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 667-669. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011833 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only Appendices]

R Andrews and M Lynch: Heliox in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 670-675. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.011486 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only Appendix]

A R Corfield, C A Graham, J N Adams, I Booth, and A C McGuffie: Emergency department thrombolysis improves door to needle times
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 676-680. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.014449 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D McD Taylor, D M Bennett, and P A Cameron: A paradigm shift in the nature of care provision in emergency departments
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 681-684. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.017640 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

V Lattimer, S Brailsford, J Turnbull, P Tarnaras, H Smith, S George, K Gerard, and S Maslin-Prothero: Reviewing emergency care systems I: insights from system dynamics modelling
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 685-691. doi:10.1136/emj.2002.003673 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K Gerard, V Lattimer, J Turnbull, H Smith, S George, S Brailsford, and S Maslin-Prothero: Reviewing emergency care systems 2: measuring patient preferences using a discrete choice experiment
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 692-697. doi:10.1136/emj.2002.003707 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J E Rees and C Mann: Use of the patient at risk scores in the emergency department: a preliminary study
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 698-699. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.006197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Y F Choi, T W Wong, and C C Lau: Midazolam is more likely to cause hypotension than etomidate in emergency department rapid sequence intubation
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 700-702. doi:10.1136/emj.2002.004143 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Continuing medical education:

J Wardlaw: ACCESS: the acute cerebral CT evaluation stroke study
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 666. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short reports:

The CRASH Trial Management Group: Research in emergency situations: with or without relatives consent
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 703. doi:10.1136/emj.2002.004788 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S H Boyce and M A Quigley: Review of sports injuries presenting to an accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 704-706. doi:10.1136/emj.2002.002873 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JournalScan:

J P Wyatt and A Newton: JournalScan
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 707-708. [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 2004; 21: 709. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019638 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kerstin Hogg and Margaret Maloba: Which facial views for facial trauma?
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 709-710. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019646 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Michael Russell and Deborah Dawson: Low molecular weight heparin for intravenous drug users with deep vein thrombosis
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 711. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019653 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bruce Martin and John Butler: Two thumb compared with two finger cardiopulmonary resuscitation in infants
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 711-713. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019679 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard Body and Katherine Potier: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and exacerbations of asthma in children
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 713-714. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019687 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Joel Desmond and Stewart Teece: Thrombotic complications of a femoral central venous catheter
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 714-715. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019695 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simon Carley and Mark Hamilton: Suicide at Christmas
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 716-717. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019703 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviewers:

: VOLUME 21 REVIEWERS
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 717. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Socrates:

P Gilligan, D Hegarty, A Khan, M Shepherd, G Lumsden, G Kitching, A Taylor, H Law, J Brenchley, and J Jones: SOCRATES 2 (synopsis of Cochrane reviews applicable to emergency services)
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 718-719. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019596 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Prehospital care:

J Rawles and A Marsden: Impact of "dual response" on prehospital thrombolysis in remote and rural areas of Scotland: prospective observational study
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 720-721. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.014506 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C J T van Uden and H F J M Crebolder: Does setting up out of hours primary care cooperatives outside a hospital reduce demand for emergency care?
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 722-723. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.016071 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J P Squires and S Mason: Developing alternative ambulance response schemes: analysis of attitudes, barriers, and change
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 724-727. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.016923 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only Appendices]

M Langran and C Laird: 8 Management of allergy, rashes, and itching
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 728-741. doi:10.1136/emj.2004.019927 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only Appendices]

Case reports:

H Özhan, R Akdemir, M Yazici, H Gündüz, S Duran, and C Uyan: Cardiac emergencies caused by honey ingestion: a single centre experience
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 742-744. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.009324 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R Akdemir, H Gunduz, E Erbilen, I Ozer, S Albayrak, H Unlu, and C Uyan: Atrial fibrillation after electrical shock: a case report and review
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 744-746. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005496 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B Quinn, B Doyle, and J McInerney: Postnatal pre-cordial pain. Pulmonary embolism or peripartum cardiomyopathy
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 746-747. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005132 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G C Price, A P Kulkarni, M Saxena, and M O’Leary: Hard to swallow: an unusual complication of thrombolysis
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 747-749. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.009621 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J E Rees, S Robertson, and A W McNinch: Congenital para-oesophageal hiatus hernia: an interesting family history
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 749-750. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.007310 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Aslan, S Yilmaz, and O Karcioglu: Lightning: an unusual cause of cerebellar infarction
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 750-751. doi:10.1136/emj.2002.003731 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Acheson and D Mudd: Acute urinary retention attributable to sacral herpes zoster
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 752-753. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.009928 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters:

J Probert, W Sargeant, I Higginson, and N Rawlinson: What to do about psychological distress in emergency department senior house officers?
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 754. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S J Stafford and M G Jenkins: The hidden dangers of dietary supplements
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 754. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005173 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A F T Brown: Aetiology of cerebral oedema in diabetic ketoacidosis
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 754-755. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Lee: Glucagon use in symptomatic ß blocker overdose
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 755. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S M Quinn and J Kwartz: Emergency management of contact lens associated corneal abrasions
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 755. doi:10.1136/emj.2003.004945 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [NEW Author Contact Details]

Book reviews:

J R Benger: Radiology for anaesthesia and intensive care
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 755-756. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J E France: Sudden death and the myth of CPR
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 756. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T Beattie: Handbook of paediatric emergency medicine
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 756. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P Nee: Core cases in critical care
Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 756. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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