Emergency Medicine Journal: 38 (7)

Primary survey

Highlights from this issue (22 June, 2021) Free
Richard Body

Trauma

Injured adolescents—should they be treated as big kids or little adults? (30 March, 2021) Free
Caroline Leech, Rachel Jenner
Mortality in adolescent trauma: a comparison of children’s, mixed and adult major trauma centres (30 March, 2021) Free
Jordan Evans, Hannah Murch, Roisin Begley, Damian Roland, Mark D Lyttle, Omar Bouamra, Stephen Mullen
Multiple rib fractures: does flail chest matter? (13 May, 2021)
Yaakov Daskal, Maya Paran, Alexander Korin, Vladislav Soukhovolsky, Boris Kessel
EarLy Exercise in blunt Chest wall Trauma: a feasibility trial (ELECT Trial) (2 September, 2020)
Ceri Battle, Claire O'Neill, Hannah Toghill, Luke Newey, Hayley Hutchings

Toxicology

Controlled observational study and economic evaluation of the effect of city-centre night-time alcohol intoxication management services on the emergency care system compared with usual care (4 November, 2020)
Simon Moore, Tracey Young, Andy Irving, Steve Goodacre, Alan Brennan, Yvette Amos
Hospital referrals of patients with acute poisoning by the Belgian Poison Centre: analysis of characteristics, associated factors, compliance and costs (4 August, 2020)
Anne-Marie Katrien Descamps, Dominique Vandijck, Walter Buylaert, Martine Mostin, Peter De Paepe
Can emergency department clinicians diagnose gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) intoxication based on clinical observations alone? (5 March, 2021)
Thomas A Smits, Femke MJ Gresnigt, Milly E Attema-de Jonge, Eric JF Franssen

Imaging

Effect of wrist dorsiflexion on ultrasound-guided radial artery catheterisation using dynamic needle tip positioning technique in adult patients: a randomised controlled clinical trial (26 January, 2021)
Qingyu Xiao, Dejiang Xu, Shaohui Zhuang
Understanding overuse of diagnostic imaging for patients with low back pain in the Emergency Department: a qualitative study (27 May, 2021)
Johan Blokzijl, Rachael H Dodd, Tessa Copp, Sweekriti Sharma, Elise Tcharkhedian, Christiane Klinner, Chris G Maher, Adrian C Traeger
Ultrasound-directed reduction of distal radius fractures in adults: a systematic review (14 April, 2021)
Hamza Malik, Andrew Appelboam, Michael Nunns

COVID-19

Predicting outcomes of COVID-19 from admission biomarkers: a prospective UK cohort study (21 May, 2021)
David T Arnold, Marie Attwood, Shaney Barratt, Anna Morley, Karen T Elvers, Jorgen McKernon, Charmaine Donald, Adrian Oates, Alan Noel, Alasdair MacGowan, Nick A Maskell, Fergus W Hamilton

Quality improvement report

Impact of videolaryngoscopy introduction into prehospital emergency medicine practice: a quality improvement project (15 February, 2021)
Alistair Steel, Charlotte Haldane, Dan Cody

Sono case series

Sono case series: a 65-year-old man with right eye vision loss (22 June, 2021)
William Shyy

Journal update

EMJ COVID-19 monthly top five (8 June, 2021)
Ronan Callanan, Conor Deasy, Joe Slowey, Rory O’ Brien, Mike Dunphy, Kanti Dasari, Tom Brennan, Simon Walsh, Stephen Gilmartin, Iomhar O' Sullivan, Gabrielle Prager

Best Evidence Topic reports

Towards evidence-based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary (22 June, 2021)
Charles Reynard
BET 1: Everything in graduation: arterial/end-tidal CO₂ gradient and the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
(22 June, 2021)
John O'Rourke, Bethany MacDonald
BET 2: Is the use of long-acting neuromuscular blocking agents for intubation associated with reduced provision of postintubation sedation? (22 June, 2021)
Luke Buswell, Alastair Hayes

Global emergency highlights

Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals (22 June, 2021)
EMJ Production

In perspective

Time matters but getting the basics right is key to survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (17 March, 2021)
Jason E Smith, Caroline Leech

Image challenges

Man with swollen eye (22 June, 2021)
Shih-Chia Yang, Chi-Wei Lee
Man with headache and altered mental status (22 June, 2021)
Christiana K Prucnal, Paul S Jansson
A febrile woman with pain in the left lower extremity (22 June, 2021)
Shogo Shirane, Shota Fukai, Hiraku Funakoshi

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July 2021 - Volume 38 - 7

Primary survey

Trauma

Toxicology

Imaging

COVID-19

Quality improvement report

Sono case series

Journal update

Best Evidence Topic reports

Global emergency highlights

In perspective

Image challenges

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Table of contents

July 2021 - Volume 38 - 7

Primary survey

Trauma

Toxicology

Imaging

COVID-19

Quality improvement report

Sono case series

Journal update

Best Evidence Topic reports

Global emergency highlights

In perspective

Image challenges

Issue Information