Table of contents
September 2003 - Volume 20 - 5
Electronic pages
- A reversible cause of refractory hypoxaemia (3 September, 2003)
- Transient lupus anticoagulant: an unusual cause of bruising in children (3 September, 2003)
- Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis: an unusual presentation of weakness (3 September, 2003)
Primary Survey
- Primary Survey (3 September, 2003)
Editorials
- Working together, sharing the burden (3 September, 2003)
- Health care policy makers, we have a problem (3 September, 2003)
Review
Original Articles
- Entry overload, emergency department overcrowding, and ambulance bypass (3 September, 2003)
- How well does decision support software perform in the emergency department? (3 September, 2003)
- The epidemiology of assault across the West Midlands (3 September, 2003)
- Incidence and prevalence of domestic violence in a UK emergency department (3 September, 2003)
- A pragmatic approach to timely disease surveillance in the emergency department (3 September, 2003)
Clinical audit
- How evidence based are therapeutic decisions taken on a medical admissions unit? (3 September, 2003)
Short reports
Statistics
- An introduction to power and sample size estimation (3 September, 2003)
Research series
- Data collection in the emergency setting (3 September, 2003)
Best evidence topic reports
- Biphasic or monophasic defibrillation for adult ventricular fibrillation (3 September, 2003)
- Ascorbate for alkali burns to the eye (3 September, 2003)
- Leucovorin (calcium folinate) in “antifreeze” poisoning (3 September, 2003)
- Vasopressin or adrenaline in cardiac resuscitation (3 September, 2003)
- Oucher or CHEOPS for pain assessment in children (3 September, 2003)
Journal scan
- JournalScan (3 September, 2003)
Prehospital care
- Comparison of a long spinal board and vacuum mattress for spinal immobilisation (3 September, 2003)
- Review of prehospital sodium bicarbonate use for cyclic antidepressant overdose (3 September, 2003)
Case reports
- An unusual cause of cholecystitis: a worm in the bag (3 September, 2003)
- Occular trauma related to airbag deployment (3 September, 2003)
- Electrocardiographic features of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (3 September, 2003)
- Death from petrol inhalation after an armoured vehicle rollover (3 September, 2003)
- Tension pneumothorax: eyes may be more diagnostic than ears (3 September, 2003)
Letters
- Lack of change in trauma care in England and Wales since 1994 (3 September, 2003)
- Use of anti-D immunoglobulin in maternal trauma (3 September, 2003)
- Tissue adhesive with adhesive strips for wound closure (3 September, 2003)
Book review
Correction
- Correction (3 September, 2003)
Commentary