Background Despite pronounced increases in homelessness and mental health problems in the USA over the past decade, further ...

Background Nausea and vomiting is a common ED chief complaint. However, randomised trials comparing antiemetic agents to placebo have not demonstrated superiority. This systematic review investigates ...

Primary care services in or alongside emergency departments look and function differently and are described using inconsistent terminology. Research to determine effectiveness of these models is ...

Correspondence to Dr S Verelst, Emergency Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; sandra.verelst{at}uzleuven.be Study objective The epidemiology, management and ...

Accident and Emergency Department, Birmingham, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to: Dr I Velissariou Accident and Emergency, Department, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Steelhouse, ...

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Objectives Many drug and fluid regimens in emergency medicine are weight dependent in adults, but no standard adult weight estimation tools exist. Paediatric weight is often estimated in emergency ...

Objectives: To describe the injuries misdiagnosed as a sprain of the wrist and to determine the approximate incidence of misdiagnosis in patients diagnosed as having a sprain of the wrist. Methods: ...

Correspondence to Dr Kashif Waqar Faiz, Akershus University Hospital, Department of Neurology, N-1478 Lørenskog, Norway; kashif.faiz{at}medisin.uio.no Background Early management improves outcome in ...

Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United Kingdom. Airbags drastically reduce both morbidity and mortality from crashes, but with the increased use of airbags ...

1 Accident and Emergency Department, Ayr Hospital, Dalmellington Road, Ayr, Scotland 2 Accident and Emergency Department, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock Overdoses of tricyclic antidepressants are ...

2 Department of Emergency Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore Background Previous studies have examined the utility of ultrasonography performed by radiologists for diagnosing ...