Table of contents

Original articles

• The Acute Asthma Severity Assessment Protocol (AASAP) study: objectives and methods of a study to develop an acute asthma clinical prediction rule (17 May, 2011)

  Donald H Arnold, Tebeb Gebretsadik, Thomas J Abramo, James R Sheller, Donald J Resha, Tina V Hartert
• A cohort study of outcomes following head injury among children and young adults in full-time education (26 May, 2011)

  Alastair Pickering, Kathryn Grundy, Andrea Clarke, Will Townend
• Is ischaemia-modified albumin a test for venous thromboembolism? (5 June, 2011)

  Kerstin Hogg, Edward Hinchliffe, Shonagh Halsam, Alex Valkov, Fiona Lecky
• Emergency department crowding: towards an agenda for evidence-based intervention (7 June, 2011)

  Zoë Slote Morris, Adrian Boyle, Kathleen Beniuk, Susan Robinson
• Acute intoxication patients presenting to an emergency department in the Netherlands: admit or not? Prospective testing of two algorithms (5 May, 2011)

  R G A Ambrosius, M P Vroegop, F G A Jansman, C W Hoedemaekers, R E Aarnoutse, G J van der Wilt, C Kramers
• An analysis of the clinical practice of emergency medicine in public emergency departments in Kenya (8 April, 2011)

  Benjamin W Wachira, Lee A Wallis, Heike Geduld
• Sonographic assessment of jugular venous distension and B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with dyspnoea (22 April, 2011)

  Timothy Jang, Chandra Aubin, Rosanne Naunheim, Lawrence M Lewis, Amy H Kaji
• An integrated care pathway improves the management of paracetamol poisoning (11 May, 2011)

  Janice M Pettie, Margaret A Dow, Euan A Sandilands, H K Ruben Thanacoody, D Nicholas Bateman
• Why do patients with minor or moderate conditions that could be managed in other settings attend the emergency department? (11 May, 2011)

  Robert Penson, Patricia Coleman, Suzanne Mason, Jon Nicholl