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Contents: April 2008, Volume 25, Number 4 [Index by Author]

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Primary survey: Back

Primary survey
Geoff Hughes
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 187.
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Editorial: Back

A potpourri of news
Geoffrey Hughes
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 188. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.057851
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Critical appraisal series introduction
Mike Clancy and Peter Driscoll
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 189. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.057299
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Review: Back

R Bolton and A Bleetman
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 190-194. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049072
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Miscellanea: Back

Emergency Medicine Questions (EMQ)
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 195.
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EMQ EMQ answers
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 245.
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K Collins, S Gough, and M Clancy
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 196-199. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050112
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N Suchithra, J M Pappachan, and P Sujathan
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 200-204. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051136
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W F Peacock, J E Hollander, D B Diercks, M Lopatin, G Fonarow, and C L Emerman
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 205-209. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050419
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A Yaghoubi Notash, H Ahmadi Amoli, A Nikandish, A Yazdankhah Kenari, F Jahangiri, and P Khashayar
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 210-212. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054684
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D Fosnocht, J R Taylor, and E M Caravati
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 213-216. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.053850
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Images in emergency medicine: Back

Life-saving thrombus
A N Keeling, N G McElvaney, M J Lee, and F P McGrath
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 199. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049841
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Pedunculated left ventricular thrombus presenting with acute ischaemic limb
Z Chen, N Robinson, and A Harkness
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 216. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049585
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An unusual tracheobronchial foreign body
M M Erol, C Tekinbas, S Ozsu, S Turedi, and A Gunduz
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 236. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051599
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Knee pain in a middle aged man
K Sanyal and K Sabanathan
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 238. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050690
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Fatal arteriovenous graft infection in a diabetic haemodialysis patient
D A Moutzouris, T I Kassimatis, V Margellos, and V Hadjiconstantinou
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 240. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050724
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Spontaneous rupture of malignant adrenal phaeochromocytoma
Karsten Müssig, Marius Horger, Hans-Ulrich Häring, and Manfred Wehrmann
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 242. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052076
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Short report: Back

Potter’s potions
A C McGregor, M H MacMillian, and J Ferguson
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 217-218. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052084
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Critical appraisal for emergency medicine: 1. Concepts and definitions
S Goodacre
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 219-221. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.057307
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Best Evidence Topic reports: Back

Towards evidence based emergency medicine: Best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary
Kevin Mackway-Jones
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 222.
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BET1. U-SLAB, HANGING CAST OR COLLAR AND CUFF IN UNCOMPLICATED SHAFT OF HUMERUS FRACTURES IN THE ELDERLY
Ashes Mukerjee and Magnus Harrison
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 222. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.058164
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BET2. SPLINTING OF BUCKLE FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL RADIUS IN CHILDREN
Marten C Howes, Peter Cutting, and Martin Thomas
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 222-223. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.058172
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BET3. EARLY OR LATE MOBILISATION IN UNCOMPLICATED NECK OF HUMERUS FRACTURES
Mark Tighe, Jane Miles, and Howard Simpson
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 223-224. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.058180
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BET4. RADIAL OR DORSAL BACKSLAB IN COLLES’ FRACTURES
N Greville Farrar, Shafic Said Al-Nammari, and Craig Ferguson
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 224. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.058198
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Prehospital care: Back

Y Raiter, A Farfel, O Lehavi, O B Goren, A Shamiss, Z Priel, I Koren, B Davidson, D Schwartz, A Goldberg, and Y Bar-Dayan
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 225-229. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052399
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P Arbon, K Zeitz, J Ranse, H Wren, R Elliott, and K Driscoll
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 230-234. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047761
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Emergency casebooks: Back

D M Crawford and N B Hampson
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 235-236. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051516
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S Akay and O Dikme
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 237-238. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050559
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I Levisianos and V Sood
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 239-240. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.055418
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Bill Ambler, Sharon Irvine, Vik Selvarajah, and Chris Isles
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 241-242. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.047068
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David D Gregorius, Ronnie Dawood, Katja Ruh, and H Bryant Nguyen
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 243-244. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.055822
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Cut-off values for B-type natriuretic peptides in the Korean population
J Woods, S Gordon, and P Anderson
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 246. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054460
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Cut-off values for B-type natriuretic peptides in Korean patients visiting emergency departments
Sunghyuk Choi
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 246. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.056168
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They’re all superglues
Dilip J DaCruz
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 246. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054510
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Authors’ response
L Cascarini and A Kumar
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 246-247.
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Correction
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 247.
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Sophia: Back

Sophia
Simon Banks and Jonathan Wyatt
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 248.
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