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Table of contents

September 2001 - Volume 18 - 5

Emergency Medicine Journal: 18 (5)

Editorials

The interface between anaesthesia and emergency medicine (1 September, 2001)
Carl L Gwinnutt
Improving the care of the seriously ill patient: the interface between the accident and emergency department and critical care areas (1 September, 2001)
Peter Nightingale
Anaphylaxis: quintessence, quarrels, and quandaries (1 September, 2001)
Anthony F T Brown
Position statements (1 September, 2001)
MJ Clancy
Position statement number 1 (1 September, 2001)

Reviews

A&E/ICU interface: training in intensive care medicine (1 September, 2001)
M P Shelly
Emergency oxygen therapy for the COPD patient (1 September, 2001)
R Murphy, P Driscoll, R O'Driscoll

Original Articles

Venous pH can safely replace arterial pH in the initial evaluation of patients in the emergency department (1 September, 2001)
A-M Kelly, R McAlpine, E Kyle
An observational survey of emergency department rapid sequence intubation (1 September, 2001)
J M Butler, M Clancy, N Robinson, P Driscoll
Treatment before transfer: the patient with burns (1 September, 2001)
H L Ashworth, T C S Cubison, P M Gilbert, K M Sim
Who cares for the patient with head injury now? (1 September, 2001)
I J Swann, A Walker
Implementing the Galasko Report on the management of head injuries: the Eastern Region approach (1 September, 2001)
H M Seeley, C Maimaris, G Carroll, J Kellerman, J D Pickard
The clinical evaluation of the Respi-check mask: a new oxygen mask incorporating a breathing indicator (1 September, 2001)
A Breakell, C Townsend-Rose
An easy method to reduce anterior shoulder dislocation: the Spaso technique (1 September, 2001)
M-C Yuen, P-G Yap, Y-T Chan, W-K Tung
In patients with head injuries who undergo rapid sequence intubation using succinylcholine, does pretreatment with a competitive neuromuscular blocking agent improve outcome? A literature review (1 September, 2001)
M Clancy, S Halford, R Walls, M Murphy

Best evidence topic report

Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary (1 September, 2001)
K Mackway-Jones
Gum elastic bougies in difficult intubation (1 September, 2001)
Simon Carley, John Butler
BURP and laryngoscopy (1 September, 2001)
Simon Carley, Rupert Jackson
Local anaesthetic and arterial puncture (1 September, 2001)
Damian Bates, Peter Cutting
Use of propofol for sedation in the emergency department (1 September, 2001)
Rupert Jackson, Simon Carley
Spinal boards or vacuum mattresses for immobilisation (1 September, 2001)
Muhammad Ahmad, John Butler
Cervical collars and intracranial pressure (1 September, 2001)
Muhammad Ahmad, John Butler

Simulated interactive management series

Article 4. Team structure, waiting time and a psychotic patient is banging on your door (1 September, 2001)
J Wardrope, S McCormick

Journal scan

Journal scan (1 September, 2001)
Jonathan Wyatt, Lee Wallis

Pre-hospital care

How feasible is it to conform to the European guidelines on administration of activated charcoal within one hour of an overdose? (1 September, 2001)
A Karim, S Ivatts, P Dargan, A Jones
Update on the emergency medical treatment of anaphylactic reactions for first medical responders and for community nurses (1 September, 2001)
Project Team of The Resuscitation Council (UK)

Case reports

Hypopharyngeal perforation: an uncommon cause of pneumoperitoneum (1 September, 2001)
S A A Woodcock, H Bird, A K Siriwardena, S Ellenbogen
Acute carbon monoxide intoxication during pregnancy. One case report and review of the literature (1 September, 2001)
J L Greingor, J M Tosi, S Ruhlmann, M Aussedat
Blunt trauma to the parotid gland (1 September, 2001)
O D Smith, D J McFerran, N Antoun
Hands up: a case of bilateral inferior shoulder dislocation (1 September, 2001)
K S Kumar, S O'Rourke, J G Pillay
Spontaneous supraglottic haemorrhage in a patient receiving warfarin sodium treatment (1 September, 2001)
H S Uppal, C A Ayshford, M A Syed
Emergency airway management in a case of lingual haematoma (1 September, 2001)
R J Shaw, G W McNaughton
Laryngotracheal separation with pneumopericardium after a blunt trauma to the neck (1 September, 2001)
A M Shweikh, A B Nadkarni

Letters to the Editor

Physostigmine as treatment for severe CNS anticholinergic toxicity (1 September, 2001)
R Teoh, A-V Page, R Hardern
Pain in young children attending the accident and emergency department (1 September, 2001)
Briar Stewart
Emergency medicine or accident and emergency? (1 September, 2001)
Ian K Dukes
Intranasal diamorphine in adults (1 September, 2001)
B Dooris, Cilla Reid, D Gaunt
The role of non-invasive ventilation in the emergency department (1 September, 2001)
John Wright
The role of non-invasive ventilation in the emergency department (1 September, 2001)
Jason Louis, Paul Younge
The role of non-invasive ventilation in the emergency department (1 September, 2001)
S D Crane, A J Gray, M W Elliott
You can't anaesthetise patients—you are not employed as an anaesthetist (1 September, 2001)
Mark F Nicol

Book reviews

Self-assessment colour review of general critical care. (1 September, 2001)
Patrick A Nee
Trauma care. A team approach. (1 September, 2001)
Caroline Williams

Books received

Books received (1 September, 2001)

Correction

Correction (1 September, 2001) Free

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