PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Raman, Rajendra
AU  - Beddis, Tom
AU  - Bonhomme, Paul
AU  - Currer, Maggie
AU  - Day, Daniel
AU  - Haigh, Chloe
AU  - Pitt, Elspeth
AU  - Robertson, Alexander
AU  - Robertson, Heather
AU  - Roy, Bappa
AU  - Wood, Jennifer
TI  - Nettle-induced Urticaria Treatment Study (NUTS): demonstrating the joy of research through a randomised, blinded, placebo-controlled trial
AID  - 10.1136/emermed-2024-213915
DP  - 2024 Jul 10
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - emermed-2024-213915
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2024/07/09/emermed-2024-213915.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2024/07/09/emermed-2024-213915.full
AB  - The use of dock leaves to ease the discomfort of nettle stings is a well-known folk remedy in the British Isles, yet has never been tested in a clinical trial. A group of Emergency Department doctors designed and conducted the Nettle-induced Urticaria Treatment Study (NUTS) as a research training and team-building exercise to address this gap in the Emergency Medicine evidence base.