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Original articles

• Emergency department abdominal x-rays have a poor diagnostic yield and their usefulness is questionable (15 August, 2010)

  Kirsty Jackson, David Taylor, Simon Judkins
• Evaluation of ThoraQuik: a new device for the treatment of pneumothorax and pleural effusion (19 August, 2010)

  Sridhar Rathinam, David W Quinn, Antony Bleetman, Pete Wall, Richard S Steyn
• Impact of implementing an exclusively dedicated respiratory isolation room in a Brazilian tertiary emergency department (15 August, 2010)

  Rômulo Rebouças Lobo, Marcos Carvalho Borges, Fábio Fernandes Neves, Bento Vidal de Moura Negrini, Francisco Antonio Colleto, José Luiz Romeo Boullosa, Maria Camila de Miranda Cardoso, Antonio Pazin-Filho
• Learner's evaluation in paediatric intensive care unit (25 August, 2010)

  Javed I Akhtar, Jose Irazuzta, Aimin Chen
• An evaluation of the UK National Pandemic Flu Service swine flu algorithm in hospitalised children, and comparison with the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence fever guideline (3 September, 2010)

  Chantelle Mann, Damian Wood, Patrick Davies
• Variability in the 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine content of ‘ecstasy’ tablets in the UK (19 August, 2010)

  David Michael Wood, Vasoulla Stribley, Paul Ivor Dargan, Susannah Davies, David W Holt, John Ramsey
• Features of odontogenic infections in hospitalised and non-hospitalised settings (2 November, 2010)

  Teresa Hwang, Joseph S Antoun, Kai H Lee
• Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess satisfaction with hospital emergency care (23 September, 2010)

  Susana Granado de la Orden, Ana Chacón García, Lorena Flavia Rodríguez Gijón, Cristina Rodríguez Rieiro, Concepción Sanchidrian de Blas, Paz Rodríguez Pérez
• Training and competency in rapid sequence intubation: the perspective from a Scottish teaching hospital emergency department (15 September, 2010)

  C B Donald
• Emergency head injury imaging: implementing NICE 2007 in a tertiary neurosciences centre and a busy district general hospital (28 October, 2010)

  J S Mooney, A Yates, L Sellar, T Shipway, C Roberts, R Parris, Z Hassan, M Thomas, M Smith, F Lecky
• Effect of nail polish and henna on oxygen saturation determined by pulse oximetry in healthy young adult females (5 October, 2010)

  Hatice Sütçü Çiçek, Seyfettin Gümüş, Ömer Deniz, Şafak Yildiz, Cengiz Han Açikel, Erdinç Çakir, Ergun Tozkoparan, Ergün Uçar, Hayati Bilgiç