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Original articles

• Arterial lactate levels in an emergency department are associated with mortality: a prospective observational cohort study (19 January, 2015)

  Deepankar Datta, Craig Walker, Alasdair James Gray, Catriona Graham
• Lactate level, aetiology and mortality of adult patients in an emergency department: a cohort study (9 March, 2015)

  Mathilde Pedersen, Vibeke Schnack Brandt, Jon Gitz Holler, Annmarie Touborg Lassen
• Randomised trial of the fascia iliaca block versus the ‘3-in-1’ block for femoral neck fractures in the emergency department (27 November, 2014) Free

  Paul Reavley, Alan A Montgomery, Jason E Smith, Simon Binks, Judith Edwards, Georgina Elder, Jonathan Benger
• Identification of the severe sepsis patient at triage: a prospective analysis of the Australasian Triage Scale (11 December, 2014)

  Diane J Chamberlain, Eileen Willis, Robyn Clark, Genevieve Brideson
• Diagnostic accuracy of hyperbilirubinaemia in anticipating appendicitis and its severity (4 December, 2014)

  Sven Muller, Claudius Falch, Steffen Axt, Peter Wilhelm, Dirk Hein, Alfred Königsrainer, Andreas Kirschniak
• Over-the-head two-thumb encircling technique as an alternative to the two-finger technique in the in-hospital infant cardiac arrest setting: a randomised crossover simulation study (28 November, 2014)

  Choong Hyun Jo, Hwan Suk Jung, Gyu Chong Cho, You Jang Oh
• Age before acuity: the drivers of demand for emergency department services in the Greater Sydney Area (18 December, 2014)

  Michael M Dinh, Kendall J Bein, Mark Latt, Dane Chalkley, David Muscatello
• Children who leave the emergency department without being seen: a retrospective case note review (2 December, 2014)

  Nicola Sparrow, Trudie Pestell, Mike Clancy
• Establishing a standard for assessing the appropriateness of trauma team activation: a retrospective evaluation of two outcome measures (18 December, 2014)

  Silvia Bressan, Katherine L Franklin, Helen E Jowett, Sebastian K King, Ed Oakley, Cameron S Palmer
• Burnout in emergency department healthcare professionals is associated with coping style: a cross-sectional survey (20 January, 2015)

  M Howlett, K Doody, J Murray, D LeBlanc-Duchin, J Fraser, PR Atkinson
• Publication rate of abstracts presented at the emergency medicine congresses held by the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) in 2011 and 2012 (30 December, 2014)

  Asim Kalkan, Ozkan Kose, Ozlem Bilir, Gokhan Ersunan, Deniz Ozel, Ferhat Guler