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Research Article

• Advances in the early diagnosis and management of acute myocardial infarction. (1 March, 1996)

  R Vincent
• Computerised tomography and acute traumatic head injury: time for change? (1 March, 1996)

  J Cranshaw, G Hughes, M Clancy
• Should accident and emergency nurses request radiographs? Results of a multicentre evaluation. (1 March, 1996)

  J Thurston, S Field
• Interhospital transfer of the critically ill trauma patient: the potential role of a specialist transport team in a trauma system. (1 March, 1996)

  G H McGinn, R E MacKenzie, J A Donnelly, E A Smith, C J Runcie
• Effect of a preprinted form on the management of acute asthma in an accident and emergency department. (1 March, 1996)

  S M Robinson, B D Harrison, M A Lambert
• Decision making in resuscitation from out of hospital cardiac arrest. (1 March, 1996)

  R Brown, E Jones, E Glucksman
• Suicide rate following attendance at an accident and emergency department with deliberate self harm. (1 March, 1996)

  J Ryan, A Rushdy, C A Perez-Avila, R Allison
• Is fasting necessary before prilocaine Bier's block? (1 March, 1996)

  I O'Sullivan, S Brooks, J Maryosh
• "Fast tracking" patients with a proximal femoral fracture. (1 March, 1996)

  J Ryan, M Ghani, P Staniforth, G Bryant, S Edwards
• The value of accident and emergency based physiotherapy services. (1 March, 1996)

  C D Morris, S J Hawes
• Patients' knowledge about their drug allergies. (1 March, 1996)

  J P Wyatt
• An accident and emergency based child accident surveillance system: is it possible? (1 March, 1996)

  T F Beattie
• Topical anaesthesia for children's lacerations: an acceptable approach? (1 March, 1996)

  J M Kendall, A Charters, S E McCabe
• Do the national performance tables really indicate the performance of accident and emergency departments? (1 March, 1996)

  J A Edhouse, J Wardrope
• Rules for collection of clinical data: the eight Rs. (1 March, 1996)

  N Zoltie
• A survey of teaching and the use of clinical guidelines in accident and emergency departments. (1 March, 1996)

  P Hormbrey, B S Todd, C D Mansfield, D V Skinner
• Near hanging presenting to an accident and emergency department. (1 March, 1996)

  M A Howell, H R Guly
• Munchausen syndrome presenting as major trauma. (1 March, 1996)

  S J Meek, J Kendall, P Cornelius, P A Younge
• Hair thread tourniquet syndrome. (1 March, 1996)

  R Y Liow, P Budny, P J Regan
• Weever fish stings: a report of two cases presenting to an accident and emergency department. (1 March, 1996)

  R S Davies, R J Evans
• Lumps, bumps and soft tissue sarcomas. (1 March, 1996)

  S J McGovern
• Health care resource groups in accident and emergency medicine. (1 March, 1996)

  N Brayley, J Marrow