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Research Article

• Gently adjusting open doors. (1 June, 1990)

  M Carew-McColl
• The development of prehospital emergency medical services (PEMS) in China. (1 June, 1990)

  Z Ding
• Reducing the pain of intradermal lignocaine injection by pH buffering. (1 June, 1990)

  R McGlone, A Bodenham
• Blood alcohol concentration measurement using a salivary reagent stick: a reliable tool for emergency departments? (1 June, 1990)

  I C Phair, S Mardel, G G Bodiwala
• Comparison of intramuscular glucagon and intravenous dextrose in the treatment of hypoglycaemic coma in an accident and emergency department. (1 June, 1990)

  A W Patrick, A Collier, D A Hepburn, D J Steedman, B F Clarke, C Robertson
• Anaesthetic breathing systems in the accident and emergency department. (1 June, 1990)

  M J McNeill, R Patey
• The use and abuse of the emergency ambulance service: some of the factors affecting the decision whether to call an emergency ambulance. (1 June, 1990)

  G J Gardner
• Ultrasonic assessment of injuries to the lateral complex of the ankle. (1 June, 1990)

  A K Singh, T S Malpass, G Walker
• Ice skating injuries: can they be reduced or prevented? (1 June, 1990)

  C D Oakland
• Disintegration of mercury disc cells in simulated gastric juice: implications for management of disc cell ingestion. (1 June, 1990)

  J L Taylor, M S Hockey, A Rhodes, M E Smith, S Hughes, R A Braithwaite
• Electrocardiograph interpretation by junior doctors. (1 June, 1990)

  W G Morrison, I J Swann
• Removal of foreign bodies from the foot, a technique using high elevation and local anaesthesia. (1 June, 1990)

  S N Mardel
• Spontaneous rupture of the triceps in the presence of a patella cubiti. (1 June, 1990)

  A J Ritchie, L G Rocke
• Cutaneous larva migrans. (1 June, 1990)

  M Nicol
• Inter-scalene brachial plexus blocks. (1 June, 1990)

  P K Plunkett
• Accidents in the accident and emergency department. (1 June, 1990)

  I K Dukes, M K Grant, G S Pathakji
• Recurrent herpetic whitlow. (1 June, 1990)

  B McNicholl
• The hanging head method for the treatment of acute wry neck. (1 June, 1990)

  A Banerjee
• Transient 'stress lymphocytosis'. (1 June, 1990)

  M R Vas, D Pantalony, K C Carstairs