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Original articles

• What factors affect the success rate of the first attempt at endotracheal intubation in emergency departments? (14 December, 2012)

  Changsun Kim, Hyung Goo Kang, Tae Ho Lim, Bo Youl Choi, Young-jeon Shin, Hyuk Joong Choi
• Effect of paralytic type on time to post-intubation sedative use in the emergency department (8 November, 2012)

  John M Watt, Albert Amini, Brittany R Traylor, Richard Amini, John C Sakles, Asad E Patanwala
• Success rates and procedure times of oesophageal temperature probe insertion for therapeutic hypothermia treatment of cardiac arrest according to insertion methods in the emergency department (17 November, 2012)

  Uh-Hyun Paik, Tae Rim Lee, Mun Ju Kang, Tae Gun Shin, Min Seob Sim, Ik Joon Jo, Keun Jeong Song, Yeon Kwon Jeong
• Heart rate and systolic blood pressure in patients with minor to moderate, non-haemorrhagic injury versus normal controls (26 November, 2012)

  Stevan Raynier Bruijns, Henry R Guly, Omar Bouamra, Fiona Lecky, Lee A Wallis
• Comparison of clinical outcomes between intermittent and continuous monitoring of central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO₂) in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: a pilot study

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  Jin Won Huh, Bum Jin Oh, Chae-Man Lim, Sang-Bum Hong, Younsuck Koh
• Copeptin in acute chest pain: identification of acute coronary syndrome and obstructive coronary artery disease on coronary CT angiography (8 November, 2012)

  Admir Dedic, Gert-Jan ten Kate, Pleunie P M Rood, Tjebbe W Galema, Mohamed Ouhlous, Adriaan Moelker, Pim J de Feyter, Yolanda B de Rijke, Koen Nieman
• Development of information systems and clinical decision support systems for emergency departments: a long road ahead for Japan (8 January, 2013)

  Ryota Inokuchi, Hajime Sato, Susumu Nakajima, Kazuaki Shinohara, Kensuke Nakamura, Masataka Gunshin, Takahiro Hiruma, Takeshi Ishii, Takehiro Matsubara, Yoichi Kitsuta, Naoki Yahagi
• Identifying older people at high risk of future falls: development and validation of a screening tool for use in emergency departments (8 November, 2012)

  Anne Tiedemann, Catherine Sherrington, Teresa Orr, Jamie Hallen, Donna Lewis, Ann Kelly, Constance Vogler, Stephen R Lord, Jacqueline C T Close
• The accuracy of the olfactory sense in detecting alcohol intoxication in trauma patients (14 December, 2012)

  Shweta Malhotra, Kannan Kasturi, Nachama Abdelhak, Lorenzo Paladino, Richard Sinert
• ‘I'm going to learn how to run quick’: exploring violence directed towards staff in the Emergency Department (25 October, 2012)

  Emma Knowles, Suzanne M Mason, Faye Moriarty
• Snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service: 2004–2010 (12 December, 2012) Free

  James Michael Coulson, Gillian Cooper, Channarayapatna Krishna, John Paul Thompson