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Contents: May 2008, Volume 25, Number 5 [Index by Author]

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Primary survey: Back

Primary survey
Colville Laird
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 249.
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Editorial: Back

A new College is born
Geoff Hughes
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 250. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.059089
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Commentary: Back

All that glistens is not gold
Malcolm Woollard and Kevin Mackway-Jones
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 251-252. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.057711
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Review: Back

H L Ng, L M Sin, M F Li, T L Que, and S Anandaciva
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 253-255. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050153
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Miscellanea: Back

Emergency Medicine Questions (EMQ)
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 256.
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EMQ answers
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 316.
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Sophia
Rebecca Whiticar and Jonathan Wyatt
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 318.
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Original articles: Back

B H Hartstein and J D Barry
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 257-261. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.044776
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R Shariat Moharari, P Khademhosseini, R Espandar, H Asl Soleymani, M T Talebian, P Khashayar, and A Nejati
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 262-264. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051060
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P Gilligan, S Winder, I Singh, V Gupta, P O Kelly, and D Hegarty
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 265-269. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.048173
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M O McCarron, M Armstrong, and P McCarron
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 270-273. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051680
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W-T Chia, Y-S Chen, C-F J Lin, H-H Liu, and B-F Lin
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 274-275. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051490
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J France, C Keen, and S Bowyer
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 276-278. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054106
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H J Kim, S P Chung, I C Park, J Cho, H S Lee, and Y S Park
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 279-282. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052803
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Images in emergency medicine: Back

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
A A K Kotis, P Tsikouris, and L Guindaglia
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 261. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051391
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Painful Horner’s syndrome
C Costopoulos, R S Patel, and C D Mistry
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 295. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051953
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Air below the right diaphragm: Chilaiditi sign
K Sanyal and K Sabanathan
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 300. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052027
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Bedside echogram in ischaemic bowel
I-Tsung Lin, Wen-Hsiung Chang, Shou-Chuan Shih, Wen-Han Chang, and Ming-Jong Bair
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 304. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.053462
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An unusual "internal" penetrating liver injury
J Al Abdulla, C S Carr, and A M Alkhulaifi
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 306. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.040139
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Spontaneous globe luxation
Saurabh S Dhawan and Carlos R Shammas
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 309. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.051193
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"All that wheezes is not asthma"
T Broom and C D Okereke
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 311. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050930
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Penetrating cardiac nail gun injury
C S Carr, S Alkhafaji, and A M Alkhulaifi
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 313. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.040121
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Short report: Back

R Whiticar, D Laba, and S Smith
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 283-284. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052472
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Best Evidence Topic reports: Back

Towards evidence based emergency medicine: Best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary
Simon D Carley
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 285.
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BET 1. THE EFFECTS OF GLUCOSAMINE ON OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE JOINT
Michael Callaghan and Stephanie Pye
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 285-287. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.059386
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BET 2. SUBCUTANEOUS HEPARIN IS AS GOOD AS LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT HEPARIN IN THE ACUTE TREATMENT OF THROMBO-EMBOLIC DISEASE
Andrew Munro and Cain English
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 287-289. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.059394
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BET 3. THE USE OF INTRAVENOUS AMINOPHYLLINE IN ADDITION TO BETA-AGONISTS AND STEROIDS IN ACUTE ASTHMA
Steven Cowman and John Butler
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 289-290. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.059402
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BET 4. COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY FOR DETECTION OF SUBARACHNOID HAEMORRHAGE
Ayan Sen, Shweta Gidwani, and Craig Ferguson
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 290-291. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.059410
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Prehospital care: Back

A Porter, H Snooks, A Youren, S Gaze, R Whitfield, F Rapport, and M Woollard
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 292-295. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050443
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M P Müller, M Hänsel, S N Stehr, S Weber, and T Koch
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 296-300. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.052936
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D Lutman, M Montgomery, P Ramnarayan, and A Petros
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 301-302. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.046557
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Prehospital thrombolysis of a massive pulmonary embolus
Z B Perkins, C Mitchell, and O Donald
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 303-304. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.059022
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Emergency casebooks: Back

J L Walker, G H Smith, M S Gaston, and C M Robinson
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 305-306. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.055848
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C A Papadopoulos and H Wilson
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 307-309. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.055681
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A Hovland, H Bjørnstad, R F Hallstensen, K A Hugaas, J A Westlie, T Elden, and K Andersen
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 310-311. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.056390
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K V Numanoglu and D Tatli
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 312-313. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.056812
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S S Nishtar, R Rajendran, A Mathur, and S Khattak
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 314-315. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054643
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Peripheral blood cultures in the emergency department
E Smith and F Khan
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 317. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.054502
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Every second counts: the race to transplant the first human heart
BA Foëx
Emerg Med J 2008; 25: 317. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.057075
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