Correspondence to Dr Norkamari Shakira Bandolin, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; sbandolin{at}ucdavis.edu Background Previous studies have ...

Background In 2017, general practitioners in or alongside the emergency department (GPED), an approach that employs GPs in or alongside the ED to address increasing ED demand, was advocated by the ...

2 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham City Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Hulme, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham City ...

The importance of the electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of ST segment depression in patients presenting with acute chest pain is discussed.

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A short cut review was carried out to establish whether fizzy drinks alone are effective at resolving food bolus impaction. Altogether 46 papers were found using the reported search, of which six ...

Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia The incidence of anaphylaxis is under-reported. Children ...

Correspondence to Prof Timothy J Coats, Emergency Medicine Academic Group, College of Medicine Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; tc61{at}le.ac.uk The ...

Aim To assess whether GAPS has the ability to predict hospital length of stay (LOS), six-month mortality and six-month hospital readmission. Methods Sampling was conducted in 2016 at the Sheffield ...

Introduction National practice guidelines recommend early aspirin administration to reduce mortality in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Although timely administration of aspirin has been shown to ...

Monash University, Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Dr Brett Williams, Department of Community Emergency Health & Paramedic ...

Objectives—The aim of this study was to compare morphine and pethidine in patients with clinically suspected renal colic with regard to analgesic efficacy, patient satisfaction and side effects.