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Original articles

• Addition of B-type natriuretic peptide to the GRACE score to predict outcome in acute coronary syndrome: a retrospective (development) and prospective (validation) cohort-based study (26 April, 2011)

  Thomas Guidez, Sylvestre Maréchaux, Claire Pinçon, Hélène Lamour, Stéphanie Barrailler, Vincent Decourcelle, Sophie Braun, Nadia Bouabdallaoui, Jean-Jacques Bauchart, Jean Luc Auffray, Bernadette Hennache, Francis Juthier, André Vincentelli, Philippe Asseman, Eric Van Belle, Pierre Vladimir Ennezat
• Limited bedside echocardiography by emergency physicians for diagnosis of diastolic heart failure (25 March, 2011)

  Erol Erden Ünlüer, Serdar Bayata, Nursen Postaci, Murat Yeşil, Özcan Yavaşi, Pınar Hanife Kara, Nergis Vandenberk, Serhat Akay
• Atrial fibrillation in emergency department: prevalence of sinus rhythm 1 week after discharge (25 March, 2011)

  Camilla Fundarò, Andrea Galli, Stefano Paglia, Silvia Colombo, Angelo Rovellini, Livio Colombo, Valter Monzani, Daniele Coen, Stefano Guzzetti
• Accuracy of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation registry in an emergency department (5 July, 2011)

  Hyun Soo Park, Sung Koo Jung, Hee Chan Kim
• Achy breaky makey wakey heart? A randomised crossover trial of musical prompts (2 November, 2011)

  Malcolm Woollard, Jason Poposki, Brae McWhinnie, Lettie Rawlins, Graham Munro, Peter O'Meara
• The value of the Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score, C reactive protein and lactate in predicting 28-day mortality of sepsis in a Dutch emergency department (21 April, 2011)

  M A W Hermans, P Leffers, L M Jansen, Y C Keulemans, P M Stassen
• The utility of EEG in the emergency department (21 April, 2011)

  Ozlem Yigit, Oktay Eray, Ebru Mihci, Derya Yilmaz, Savas Arslan, Burcu Eray
• Knowledge of radiation exposure in common radiological investigations: a comparison between radiologists and non-radiologists (25 August, 2011) Free

  Ryan K L Lee, Winnie C W Chu, Colin A Graham, Timothy H Rainer, Anil T Ahuja
• Hospital facilities for head injured children: UK national survey (23 May, 2011)

  Rosie Houston, Gale A Pearson
• How accurate are predicted waiting times, determined upon a patient's arrival in the Emergency Department? (22 March, 2011)

  Sherif A K Hemaya, Thomas E Locker
• Does the death rate of Hong Kong Chinese change during the lunar ghost month? (28 December, 2011)

  Nirmal S Panesar, Colin A Graham