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Performance of the MEDS score in predicting mortality among emergency department patients with a suspected infection: a meta-analysis
Correspondence to Dr Zhongheng Zhang, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; zh_zhang1984{at}zju.edu.cn ...
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Focal lingual dystonia, urinary incontinence, and sensory deficits secondary to low voltage electrocution: case report and literature review
Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Temple, Texas, USA and The Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, ...
BMJ6d
Echoes of things to come. Ultrasound in UK emergency medicine practice
Ultrasound is widely used in the US and continental Europe in the immediate assessment of patients after blunt abdominal trauma. There are also now other recognised “primary” indications for ...
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End tidal carbon dioxide monitoring in prehospital and retrieval medicine: a review
Accident and Emergency Department, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, UK Correspondence to: Dr M J Donald Accident and Emergency Department, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD19SY UK ...
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Paramedics and pre-hospital management of acute myocardial infarction: diagnosis and reperfusion
2 School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia Correspondence to: Dr M Ziman School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, ...
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Admissions to intensive care units from emergency departments: a descriptive study
Objectives: To describe the case mix, activity, and outcome for admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) from emergency departments (EDs). Design: An observational study using data from a high ...
BMJ6d
Impact of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign on the recognition and management of severe sepsis in the emergency department: are we failing?
4 Good Hope Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK 5 Heartlands Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to Dr Helen Lindsay Cronshaw, ...
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SONO case series: an 85-year-old woman with left hip pain
An 85-year-old woman presented with left hip pain after an unwitnessed mechanical fall. The patient was standing at home washing her face when her legs gave out and she landed onto her left hip. She ...
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Management of isolated minor head injury in the UK
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Regent Court, UK Correspondence to Professor Steve Goodacre, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of ...