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The NICE guidelines in the real world: a practical perspective

Correspondence to: Mr J Dunning Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 3BW, UK; joeldunningdoctors.org.uk This review examines the derivation of the ...
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Clinicians taking pictures—a survey of current practice in emergency departments and proposed recommendations of best practice

The primary objective of this survey was to establish current practice in emergency departments in the UK. Variation in obtaining consent, how image collection is achieved, and the images stored were ...
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Critical care in the emergency department: shock and circulatory support

Correspondence to: Dr T R J Parke Accident and Emergency Department, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; tim.parkesgh.scot.nhs.uk Effective resuscitation includes the rapid identification ...
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Self-harm, capacity, and refusal of treatment: implications for emergency medical practice. A prospective observational study

2 Department of Psychiatry (Section of Developmental Psychiatry), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 3 Health Foundation Professor of Learning Disability, Department of Psychiatry (Section of ...
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Presentation of neurogenic shock within the emergency department

Background Injury to the spinal cord can result in loss of sympathetic innervation causing a drop in BP and HR, this condition is known as neurogenic shock. There is debate among the literature on how ...
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Flumazenil use in benzodiazepine overdose in the UK: a retrospective survey of NPIS data

Correspondence to Dr Aravindan Veiraiah, NPIS Edinburgh (Scottish Poisons Information Bureau), The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; drveiraiah{at}doctors.org.uk Objective ...
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The minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale pain score does not differ with severity of pain

Correspondence to: Professor Kelly, Department of Emergency Medicine, Western Hospital, Private Bag, Footscray, Vic 3011, Australia (Anne-Maree.Kelly{at}nwhcn.org.au) Objective—To determine whether ...
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Online First

Application of Step-by-Step and Paediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Clinical Decision Aids in the management of young febrile infants in a UK cohort ...
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The ABC of community emergency care

3 Accident and Emergency Department, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will ...
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BET 2: should ST elevation be measured at the J point or 60 ms later?

A shortcut systematic review was carried out to establish whether in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes presenting to the emergency department, measurement of electrocardiographic ST ...
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PP16 A review of the annual case epidemiology and clinical exposure of 45 paramedics, in a UK ambulance service: a service evaluation

Introduction Ambulance services are facing increased demand to provide both urgent and emergency care. Details of a paramedic’s case load, patient mix and interventions delivered during patient ...
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Analysis of patient flow in the emergency department and the effect of an extensive reorganisation

Correspondence to: Dr Ò Miró, Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; omiro{at}clinic.ub.es Objectives: To evaluate the different internal factors ...