BMJ7h
Sports related fractures in children in north east England
Objective—To describe the epidemiology of fractures among children seen with sports injuries in a district general hospital accident and emergency department. Methods—A prospective study of children ...
BMJ17h
A survey of intranasal medication use in the paediatric emergency setting in England and Wales
Paediatric Accident and Emergency Department, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Graeme Hadley, Paediatric Accident and Emergency Department, St Mary's Hospital, Praed ...
BMJ21d
Use of emergency services in response to a flood: an account of the aftermath of the May 2023 flood in Romagna, Italy
Background Extreme weather events due to human activities have significantly increased the frequency and severity of hydrological disasters like floods, impacting human health and healthcare systems ...
BMJ18h
Accuracy of the initial diagnosis among patients with an acutely altered mental status
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, California, ...
BMJ2d
The prehospital management of pelvic fractures: initial consensus statement
Correspondence to Professor Keith Porter, Department of Anaesthesia, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen B15 2WB, UK; keith.porter{at}uhb.nhs.uk If you wish to reuse ...
BMJ12d
The face arm speech test: does it encourage rapid recognition of important stroke warning symptoms?
1 Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK 2 NIHR Biomedical Research Unit for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, UK 3 Department of Vascular ...
BMJ6d
Emergency focussed assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) and haemodynamic stability
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ngwelezana Hospital, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Correspondence to Dr Zoë A Smith, Ngwelezana Hospital Emergency Department, Empangeni, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; ...
BMJ5d
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 ...
BMJ10d
The Manchester triage system: improvements for paediatric emergency care
1 Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Center for Medical Decision Making, Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department ...
BMJ10d
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 ...
BMJ2d
Dog-bite lacerations: a controlled trial of primary wound closure.
Accident and Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, England. Dog-bite wounds are often left open because of their reputation for infection if primarily closed. A prospective randomized trial ...
BMJ11d
Immune checkpoint blockade toxicity among patients with cancer presenting to the emergency department
Objectives We sought to estimate the prevalence of patients with cancer presenting to the emergency department (ED) who are undergoing treatment with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy; report ...