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Original Articles

• Measuring plasma salicylate concentrations in all patients with drug overdose or altered consciousness: is it necessary? (23 May, 2005)

  D M Wood, P I Dargan, A L Jones
• Elevated plasma lactate level associated with high dose inhaled albuterol therapy in acute severe asthma (23 May, 2005)

  G J Rodrigo, C Rodrigo
• Comparison of clinical outcomes between anteroposterior and lateral penetrating craniocerebral gunshot wounds (23 May, 2005)

  Y Izci, H Kayali, M Daneyemez, T Koksel
• Comparison of the effectiveness of intravenous diltiazem and metoprolol in the management of rapid ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation (23 May, 2005)

  C Demircan, H I Cikriklar, Z Engindeniz, H Cebicci, N Atar, V Guler, E O Unlu, B Ozdemir
• Indicators of haemothorax in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax (23 May, 2005)

  C-C Hsu, Y-L Wu, H-J Lin, M-P Lin, H-R Guo
• Is a chest pain observation unit likely to be cost effective at my hospital? Extrapolation of data from a randomised controlled trial (23 May, 2005)

  S Goodacre, S Dixon
• Admissions to intensive care units from emergency departments: a descriptive study (23 May, 2005)

  H K Simpson, M Clancy, C Goldfrad, K Rowan
• Comparison of lidocaine and bronchodilator inhalation treatments for cough suppression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (23 May, 2005)

  C-F Chong, C-C Chen, H-P Ma, Y-C Wu, Y-C Chen, T-L Wang