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CEM abstracts

• 001: THE AHEAD STUDY: MANAGING ANTICOAGULATED PATIENTS WHO SUFFER HEAD INJURY (14 August, 2014)

  Suzanne Mason, Maxine Kuczawski, Marion D Teare, Matthew Stevenson, Michael Holmes, Shammi Ramlakhan, Steve Goodacre, Francis Morris, Rosemary Harper
• 002: ADHERENCE TO THE NICE HEAD INJURY GUIDELINES 2007 AND 2014 IN ANTICOAGULATED PATIENTS (14 August, 2014)

  Maxine Kuczawski, Suzanne Mason, Matt Stevenson, Michael Holmes, Marion D Teare, Shammi Ramlakhan, Steve Goodacre, Francis Morris, Rosemary Harper
• 003: PRESENTING GCS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH ISOLATED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IS HIGHER THAN IN YOUNGER ADULTS (14 August, 2014)

  Anthony D Kehoe, Jason E Smith, Fiona Lecky, David Yates
• 004: THE MEDICAL BOOMERANG—WILL IT COME BACK? (14 August, 2014)

  Cian McDermott, Michael Sheridan, Katie Moore
• 005: PRE-HOSPITAL NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION FOR ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND NETWORK META ANALYSIS (14 August, 2014)

  Steve Goodacre
• 006: HIP 7: USING A BUNDLE OF CARE TO STREAMLINE THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH A FRACTURED NECK OF FEMUR (14 August, 2014)

  Jacques Kerr, Mary Bishop, Alastair Meikle, Kirk Lakie, Jane Davidson
• 007: CAN A RAPID ACCESS NEUROLOGY CLINIC REDUCE A&E ADMISSIONS? (14 August, 2014)

  Thomas Peukert, Gavin McDonnell, John Craig, Peter Shortt
• 008: RESTRICTIVE VERSUS LIBERAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION FOR ACUTE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING (TRIGGER): PRAGMATIC, CLUSTER RANDOMISED, FEASIBILITY TRIAL (14 August, 2014)

  A Gray, V Jairath, B Kahan, C Dore, K Palmer, S Travis, R Logan, T Walsh, M Murphy
• 009: PRE-HOSPITAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIREWAY PRESSURE (CPAP) FOR ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (14 August, 2014)

  Steve Goodacre, Praveen Thokala
• 010: ORAL PREDNISOLONE IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE GOUT: A PRAGMATIC, MULTI-CENTRE, DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED, EQUIVALENCE TRIAL (14 August, 2014)

  Timothy H Rainer, Chi H Cheng, Colin A Graham, Hein J Janssens, Chi Y Man, Lai S Tam, Yu F Choi, Wah H Yau, Ka H Lee
• 011: THE SHOCKING TRUTH—TIME BETWEEN DEFIBRILLATION ATTEMPTS DURING PRE-HOSPITAL RESUSCITATION OF VF CARDIAC ARREST (14 August, 2014)

  Kirsty Mitchell, Steven Short, Gareth Clegg
• 012: IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED CORD COMPRESSION, CAN DIRECT REQUEST FOR MRI IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY? (14 August, 2014)

  Emma Padfield, Sharon J Hall, Jeff Keep, Graham Fleming
• 013: IMAGING PAEDIATRIC FACIAL INJURIES IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (14 August, 2014)

  Linzie Long, Chet Trivedy, Richard J Crossman, Ms Joanne Flowers, Matthew W Cooke
• 014: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF ADVANCED NURSE PRACTITIONERS (ANPs) IN A MAJOR TRAUMA TEAM (MTT)? (14 August, 2014)

  Charlotte V Adkins, Chetan Trivedy, Benjamin Stanhope
• 015: THE DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF D-DIMER, AND OTHER CLINICAL VARIABLES IN PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM (14 August, 2014)

  Hyun Choi, Dinesh Krishnamoorthy
• 016: SAVING THE CRITICALLY INJURED TRAUMA PATIENT: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 1000 USES OF INTRAOSSEOUS ACCESS (14 August, 2014)

  Pip Lewis, Chris Wright
• 017: WHAT IS THE RETURN ON YOUR UNPLANNED RETURNS? (14 August, 2014)

  Greg Burch, Steven Walters, Vanessa Jessop, Lisa Somers
• 018: ONE YEAR MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIMPLIFIED MISSED SCORE (14 August, 2014)

  Narani Sivayoham, Paul Holmes, Sophie Mitchinson, Maurizio Cecconi, Andrew Rhodes
• 019: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD: DO PATIENTS DETERIORATE DURING LONG AMBULANCE JOURNEYS TO HOSPITAL (14 August, 2014)

  Victoria Thorp, Sujin Kang, Linda Dykes
• 020: PAIN SOLUTION IN THE EMERGENCY SETTING (PASTIES); AN OPEN-LABEL RANDOMISED TRIAL OF PATIENT-CONTROLLED ANALGESIA (PCA) VERSUS ROUTINE CARE IN PATIENTS ATTENDING THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH TRAUMATIC INJURIES (14 August, 2014)

  Jason E Smith, Mark Rockett, Rosalyn Squire, Chris Hayward, Siobhan Creanor, Paul Ewings, Andy Barton, Colin Pritchard, Jonathan Benger
• 021: EMERGENCIES BY APPOINTMENT: WOULD PATIENTS WITH MINOR INJURIES PREFER A BOOKED APPOINTMENT AT THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO THE CURRENT WALK-IN SERVICE PROVISION (14 August, 2014)

  Lynn Roberts, Linda Dykes
• 022: DO GP USER-FEES AFFECT A&E USAGE? GP CHARGES DRIVE A&E DEMAND, FOR RICHER, FOR POORER (14 August, 2014)

  Sriskantharajah Arun-Castro
• 023:

  CIRCULATING LEUCINE-RICH α-2-GLYCOPROTEIN glycoprotein 1 TO DETECT ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN

  (14 August, 2014)

  Timothy H Rainer, Ling Yan Leung, Pui Yee Cangel Chan, Yuk Ki Leung, Bo San Paul Lai, Yue Sun Cheung, Colin A Graham
• 024: RESPONSES TO DISCLOSURE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE ED (14 August, 2014)

  Julie McGarry, Kathryn Hinsliff-Smiith, Selecia Kench, Philip Miller
• 025: DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS IN PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE (14 August, 2014)

  Damian Roland, Creana Charadva, Tim Coats, David Matheson
• 026: FIX FREDDIE! – PULLING STRINGS TO REDUCE PRESSURE ON MINORS (14 August, 2014)

  Francesca Cleugh, Annette Langseth, Charlotte Clements, Menai Salam, Lucia Manfredi
• 027: STAFF PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPACT OF OVERNIGHT RESIDENT PED CONSULTANTS ON PATIENT CARE AND TRAINING (14 August, 2014)

  Kim Doubal, Carolyn Hore, James Ross
• 028: INTRANASAL KETAMINE FOR PROCEDURAL SEDATION (14 August, 2014)

  Dani Hall, Alison Robinson
• 029: PAEDIATRIC TRAUMATIC CARDIAC ARREST: DATA FROM THE JOINT THEATRE TRAUMA REGISTRY (14 August, 2014)

  Christopher M Hillman, Annette Rickard, Matthew Rawlins, Jason Smith
• 030: WHAT'S COMING THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR? PAEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT GYNAECOLOGY IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (14 August, 2014)

  Kirsty Westwood, Shirin Irani
• 031: THE TRANSITION TO EXPERT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY EXPLORING CLINICAL DECISION MAKING FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE ATTENDING THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH MINOR RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (14 August, 2014)

  Leah Bowen, Sarah Purdy, Mark D Lyttle, Alison Heawood
• 032: COAGULATION SCREENS REQUESTED IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: CLINICALLY INDICATED OR NOT? (9 February, 2016)

  K Park, N Ahmed, F Probst, A Mitra, A Ajayi, K Zafar