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Original Articles

• A comparative study of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) in patients with flail chest (20 April, 2005)

  M Gunduz, H Unlugenc, M Ozalevli, K Inanoglu, H Akman
• Pitfalls in the clinical diagnosis of vertebral fractures: a case series in which posterior midline tenderness was absent (20 April, 2005)

  H D’Costa, G George, M Parry, R Pullinger, D Skinner, S Thomas, B Todd, M Wilson
• Emergency department ultrasound (EDU): clinical adjunct or plaything? (20 April, 2005)

  R McLaughlin, N Collum, S McGovern, C Martyn, J Bowra
• Scapular manipulation technique for reduction of traumatic anterior shoulder dislocations: experiences of an academic emergency department (20 April, 2005)

  B Baykal, S Sener, H Turkan
• Trauma calls: role of the general surgeon and CT scanning (20 April, 2005)

  R G Dattani, T Richards, C D Smith, T R Magee
• Flucloxacillin alone or combined with benzylpenicillin to treat lower limb cellulitis: a randomised controlled trial (20 April, 2005)

  P Leman, D Mukherjee
• Impact of the Department of Health initiative to equip and train acute trusts to manage chemically contaminated casualties (20 April, 2005)

  M Al-Damouk, A Bleetman
• Access block causes emergency department overcrowding and ambulance diversion in Perth, Western Australia (20 April, 2005)

  D M Fatovich, Y Nagree, P Sprivulis
• Referral patterns: an audit into referral practice among doctors in emergency medicine (20 April, 2005)

  C Reid, C Moorthy, K Forshaw
• Respiratory and gastrointestinal complications of caustic ingestion in children (20 April, 2005)

  A Turner, P Robinson