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Contents: September 1 2007, Volume 24, Issue 9 [Index by Author] Other Issues:

September 2007 Supplement

	Primary Survey
	Editorial
	Commentary
	Images in emergency medicine
	Review
	Miscellanea
	Original articles
	Short reports
	An educational series
	Best evidence topic reports
	Prehospital care
	Emergency casebooks
	Letter
	Corrections
	Sophia

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Primary Survey:

Geoff Hughes: Primary Survey
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 609. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorial:

Geoffrey Hughes: Publication dilemmas
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 610. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051987 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Commentary:

Simon Carley: Are you an evidence based emergency physician?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 611-613. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048744 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Images in emergency medicine:

Simon D Robinson and Steve Murray: Prolonged sinus arrest in an asymptomatic woman
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 613. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.039156 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Wan-Ju Yang, Yu-Peng Liu, and Fei-Shih Yang: Mesoaortic compression of left renal vein revealed by multidetector computed tomography: nutcracker syndrome
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 636. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.040741 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard Kuo, Chin-Yin Sheu, and Fei-Shih Yang: Typhlitis with clinical presentation mimicking appendicitis
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 670. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041608 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ajit Singh Kashyap, Kuldip Parkash Anand, Surekha Kashyap, and Kulamani Sahoo: How innocuous it is! Or is it?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 673. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.040824 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gururaj Puranik and Nick Gillham: Bilateral fractured clavicles with multiple rib fractures
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 675. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041236 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ravichandra Kelkar: Cutaneous larva migrans in England: a case in a returning traveller
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 678. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.041442 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review:

Dejan Kupnik and Pavel Skok: Capnometry in the prehospital setting: are we using its potential?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 614-617. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.044081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellanea:

: Coordinator: Gavin Lloyd
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 618. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: For questions on page 618
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 684. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles:

Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Natalie Cronje, Ruth Brown, Rupert Negus, Bill Coode, Philip Moss, Taj Hassan, Wayne Hamer, and Joseph Britto: Validation of a diagnostic reminder system in emergency medicine: a multi-centre study
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 619-624. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.044107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simon Cooper, Judith O’Carroll, Annie Jenkin, and Beryl Badger: Collaborative practices in unscheduled emergency care: role and impact of the emergency care practitioner—qualitative and summative findings
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 625-629. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.043943 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simon Cooper, Judith O’Carroll, Annie Jenkin, and Beryl Badger: Collaborative practices in unscheduled emergency care: role and impact of the emergency care practitioner—quantitative findings
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 630-633. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only appendix]

Ian Ramnarine, Maninder Kalkat, John A C Chalmers, Stephen Rooney, and Timothy Graham: Cardiac surgery take-away kit
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 634-636. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045468 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Aoife Byrne, Cathy Daly, Laurence Rocke, and John Gray: Can risk stratification of transient ischaemic attacks improve patient care in the emergency department?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 637-640. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045831 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chia-Chun Tai, Chien-Chang Lee, Chung-Liang Shih, and Shyr-Chyr Chen: Effects of ambient temperature on volume, specialty composition and triage levels of emergency department visits
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 641-644. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045310 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D A Kilroy and J S Mooney: Determination of required pharmacological knowledge for clinical practice in emergency medicine using a modified Delphi technique
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 645-647. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050633 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Muriel Stubbe, Luc J M Mortelmans, Didier Desruelles, Rohnny Swinnen, Marc Vranckx, Edmond Brasseur, and Philippe E Lheureux: Improving tetanus prophylaxis in the emergency department: a prospective, double-blind cost-effectiveness study
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 648-653. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048520 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short reports:

Matthew J Reed: Intubation training in emergency medicine: a review of one trainee’s first 100 procedures
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 654-656. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048678 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Susan J Croft and Suzanne Mason: Are emergency department junior doctors becoming less experienced in performing common practical procedures?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 657-658. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.045302 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An educational series:

S Carley, H Morris, and D Kilroy: Clinical teaching in emergency medicine: the board round at Hope Hospital emergency department
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 659-661. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033811 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Best evidence topic reports:

Bernard A Foëx: Towards evidence based emergency medicine: Best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 662. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052266 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Victor Ameh and Steve Jones: Central venous catheterisation: internal jugular or subclavian approach?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 662-663. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052274 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Daniel E Lumsden and Katherine Potier de la Morandière: Rigors in febrile children may be associated with a higher incidence of serious bacterial infection
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 663. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052282 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Heather Prestwich and Rachel Jenner: Treatment of jellyfish stings in UK coastal waters: vinegar or sodium bicarbonate?
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 664. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052290 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Prehospital care:

Jon Nicholl, James West, Steve Goodacre, and Janette Turner: The relationship between distance to hospital and patient mortality in emergencies: an observational study
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 665-668. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047654 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David Fitzpatrick and Donogh Maguire: Neurological symptoms occurring in the context of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: a paramedic’s perspective
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 669-670. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049817 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

From the British Paramedic Association Research and Audit Committee: From the prehospital literature
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 671. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050716 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Emergency casebooks:

Louisa Mitchell and Fionn Bellis: Phaeochromocytoma—"the great mimic": an unusual presentation
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 672-673. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049569 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P G Ntagiopoulos, D-A Moutzouris, and S Manetas: The "fish-vertebra" sign
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 674-675. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.039131 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Melanie J Maxwell and Andrew D Jardine: Paediatric cervical spine injury but NEXUS negative
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 676. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046912 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H K R Thanacoody: Chronic valproic acid intoxication: reversal by naloxone
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 677-678. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049791 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Yu-Cheng Hong, Yi-Guan Chen, Cheng-Ting Hsiao, Jen-tse Kuan, Te-Fa Chiu, and Jih-Chang Chen: Cardiac tamponade secondary to haemopericardium in a patient on warfarin
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 679-680. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049643 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Z A Ridgway and A J Pountney: Acute respiratory distress syndrome induced by oral methadone managed with non-invasive ventilation
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 681. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048991 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Patrick Dennison and Eleanor Zaremba: Varicella zoster induced cardiac dysfunction: a case report
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 682-683. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.034280 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letter:

Emma Wadsworth and Andy Smith: Substance use among those attending an accident and emergency department
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 685. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048702 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections:

: CORRECTIONS
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 685. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: CORRECTIONS
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 685. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048082corr1 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: CORRECTIONS
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 685. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047878corr1 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sophia:

Robin Roop and Jonathan Wyatt: Sophia
Emerg Med J 2007; 24: 686. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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