Table of contents

Original articles

• The Sonographic Ottawa Foot and Ankle Rules Study (the SOFAR Study) (13 October, 2010)

  Marieta D Canagasabey, Michael J Callaghan, Simon Carley
• Validation of a triage flowchart to rule out acute coronary syndrome (20 October, 2010)

  Beatriz López, Miquel Sánchez, Ernest Bragulat, Sònia Jiménez, Blanca Coll-Vinent, Mar Ortega, Elisenda Gómez-Angelats, Òscar Miró
• Usefulness of pain presentation characteristics for predicting outcome in patients presenting to the hospital with chest pain of uncertain origin (15 September, 2010)

  Juan Sanchis, Vicent Bodí, Julio Núñez, Xavier Bosch, Magda Heras, Clara Bonanad, Mauricio Pellicer, Pilar Merlos, Gema Miñana, Angel Llácer
• Modelling the effects of the weather on admissions to UK trauma units: a cross-sectional study (22 November, 2010)

  Nick Parsons, Michelle Odumenya, Antoinette Edwards, Fiona Lecky, Giles Pattison
• Validation of weight estimation by age and length based methods in the Western Cape, South Africa population (13 October, 2010)

  Heike Geduld, Peter W Hodkinson, Lee A Wallis
• The use of propofol for procedural sedation and analgesia in the emergency department: a comparison with midazolam (23 November, 2010)

  Nik H N A Rahman, Ahmad Hashim
• Knowledge of autonomic dysreflexia in the emergency department (14 October, 2010)

  Caroline R Jackson, Rick Acland
• Emergency department staff knowledge of massive transfusion for trauma: the need for an evidence based protocol (28 October, 2010)

  C Milligan, I Higginson, J E Smith
• Validation of the Canadian c-spine rule in the UK emergency department setting (10 November, 2010)

  Frank Coffey, Susanne Hewitt, Ian Stiell, Nick Howarth, Phil Miller, Cathy Clement, Paul Emberton, Abdul Jabbar
• Ambulatory intravenous ceftriaxone in paediatric A&E: a useful alternative to hospital admission? (15 February, 2011)

  Jennifer K Smith, Saji Alexander, Ed Abrahamson