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Contents: February 1 2007, Volume 24, Issue 2 [Index by Author] Other Issues:

February 2007 Supplement

	Primary Survey
	Emergency casebook
	Editorial
	Commentary
	Original articles
	Short reports
	Socrates
	An educational series
	Maxillofacial injury
	Best evidence topic reports
	Prehospital care
	Letters
	Sophia

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Primary Survey:

Jonathan Wyatt: Primary Survey
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 71. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Emergency casebook:

E Wilson and W S Waring: Severe hypotension and hypothermia caused by acute ethanol toxicity
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: e7. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041590 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G H Smith, J S Huntley, and G F Keenan: Necrotising myositis: a surgical emergency that may have minimal changes in the skin
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: e8. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041723 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dan Strong, Adnan Tahir, and Sapna Verma: Not fun in the sun: playground safety in a heatwave
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: e9. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041657 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Saeda Verghese, Sabarinath B Nair, and Jeff Keep: An unusual case of stroke in a young patient
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: e10. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041772 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Askari Pembe Townshend, William Speake, and Adam Brooks: Chylothorax
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: e11. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.042028 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sandeep Rondla and Steven Crane: A case of clozapine-induced paralytic ileus
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: e12. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.042630 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sudesh Dixit, Jayanand Mekwan, and Nigel F Brayley: Case of the month: Accidental mobile phone card ingestion
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 142. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041251 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J S Chatterjee and P G Russell: "A case of spanner in the works, removed from a finger, using a dental bur"—an "image" to be submitted to the Emergency Medical Journal
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 143. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.034801 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: Emergency casebook
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 143-144. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G A E Burke and O Chawla: Suspension airbags: a potential danger
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 144. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.036798 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

X Balkamou, P G Ntagiopoulos, D-A D Moutzouris, and E Pepas: Foreign body in the upper gastrointestinal tract: report of an unusual case of injury
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 145. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.036665 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorial:

G Hughes: Once again we are in the news
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 72-73. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045187 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Commentary:

H Snooks and J Nicholl: Sorting patients: the weakest link in the emergency care system
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 74. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.038596 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles:

S F Li, C Cassidy, C Chang, S Gharib, and J Torres: Diagnostic utility of laboratory tests in septic arthritis
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 75-77. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037929 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Melinda Lyons, Ruth Brown, and Robert Wears: Factors that affect the flow of patients through triage
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 78-85. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.036764 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only figure]

Robert I Lennon, Manjeet S Riyat, Rachel Hilliam, G Anathkrishnan, and Gerry Alderson: Can a normal range of elbow movement predict a normal elbow x ray?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 86-88. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.039792 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hywel Hughes, Rachael Peters, Gareth Davies, and Keith Griffiths: A study of patients presenting to an emergency department having had a "spiked drink"
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 89-91. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.040360 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Janet E Bray, Kelly Coughlan, and Christopher Bladin: Can the ABCD Score be dichotomised to identify high-risk patients with transient ischaemic attack in the emergency department?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 92-95. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041624 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Adam Kobayashi, Marta Skowronska, Tomasz Litwin, and Anna Czlonkowska: Lack of experience of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke does not influence the proportion of patients treated
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 96-99. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.040204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Elizabeth Cross, Steven How, and Steve Goodacre: Development of acute chest pain services in the UK
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 100-102. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.043224 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only appendix]

Kevin Maguire, Declan M Hughes, M Sinead Fitzpatrick, Fergal Dunn, Laurence G R Rocke, and Catherine J Baird: Injuries caused by the attenuated energy projectile: the latest less lethal option
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 103-105. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.039503 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chung-Pin Liu, Yi-Lwun Ho, Yen-Hung Lin, Yen-Bin Liu, Wei-Tien Chang, Chien-Hua Huang, and Wen-Jone Chen: Management of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators at emergency departments
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 106-109. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.037788 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short reports:

J S Farmery and M Carter: Use of the Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System in the MD902: a fire safety assessment
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 110-111. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.039768 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C J Lightbody and C MacIver: The baseball bat: a modern day cudgel
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 112. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.042929 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Briar Stewart, Catrin Tudur Smith, Linda Teebay, Mary Cunliffe, and Boon Low: Emergency department use of a continuous femoral nerve block for pain relief for fractured femur in children
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 113-114. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Socrates:

P Gilligan, J Lee, A Khan, P Jennings, J Cooper, D Hegarty, G Lumsden, D Godden, A Pountney, B Wilson, M Shepherd, L Allonby-Neve, C Mehigan, E Kidney, A Broderick, S Carr, S Wilson, and J O’Sullivan: SOCRATES episode II (synopsis of cochrane reviews applicable to emergency services episode II): the return of the series II
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 115-117. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.038018 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An educational series:

A P Newton: The educational needs of staff and associate specialist doctors
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 118-119. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033753 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Maxillofacial injury:

P Ó Ceallaigh, K Ekanaykaee, C J Beirne, and D W Patton: Diagnosis and management of common maxillofacial injuries in the emergency department. Part 3: orbitozygomatic complex and zygomatic arch fractures
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 120-122. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.035972 [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 2007; 24: 123. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045203 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Zia Ud-din and Sobbia Gull: Should minor mucosal tongue lacerations be sutured in children?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 123-124. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045211 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

O Fayomi, I Maconochie, and R Body: Is skin turgor reliable as a means of assessing hydration status in children?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 124-125. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045229 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Maria Ahmed and Kevin Mackway-Jones: Is ED-based brief intervention worthwhile in children and adolescents presenting with alcohol-related events?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 125-128. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045237 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shafic Al-Nammari, Benjamin Roberton, and Craig Ferguson: Should a child with preseptal periorbital cellulitis be treated with intravenous or oral antibiotics?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 128-129. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045245 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Prehospital care:

Caroline Lee and Keith Porter: The prehospital management of pelvic fractures
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 130-133. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041384 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Woodall, Molly McCarthy, Trisha Johnston, Vivienne Tippett, and Richard Bonham: Impact of advanced cardiac life support-skilled paramedics on survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a statewide emergency medical service
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 134-138. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033365 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Daniel Y Ellis, Gareth E Davies, John Pearn, and David Lockey: Prehospital rapid-sequence intubation of patients with trauma with a Glasgow Coma Score of 13 or 14 and the subsequent incidence of intracranial pathology
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 139-141. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.040428 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters:

D Liu: Cervical manipulation leading to dissection was not performed by a chiropractor
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 146. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Nick Jenkins, Rosie Furse, David Potts, and Simon Smith: What’s in a name?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 146. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041699 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Robert Patton, William Smythe, Helen Kelsall, and Francis B Selemo: Substance use among patients attending an accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 146-147. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.042200 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K M Kuczkowski: More on the idiosyncratic effects of cocaine on the human heart
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 147. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.042747 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dietmar H Borchert, Willem Schenk, and Alain Sauvage: Latency of guideline effects: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and other contributors to head injury management
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 147. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.043372 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sophia:

Simon Binks and Jonathan Wyatt: Sophia
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 148. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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