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External validation of the DIVA and DIVA3 clinical predictive rules to identify difficult intravenous access in paediatric patients

Correspondence to Dr Silvia Bressan, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy; silviabress{at}gmail.com Background Intravenous (IV) peripheral access is ...
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Application of the Canadian CT head rules in managing minor head injuries in a UK emergency department: implications for the implementation of the NICE guidelines

Objective:: In 2002 a new protocol was introduced based on the Canadian CT rules. Before this the Royal College of Surgeons “Galasko” report guidelines had been followed. This study evaluates the ...
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Securing the prehospital airway: a comparison of laryngeal mask insertion and endotracheal intubation by UK paramedics

Objectives: The recent introduction of a disposable laryngeal mask airway has provided paramedics with an alternative to endotracheal intubation. Time taken to secure the airway with each device was ...
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Refreshing the emergency medicine research priorities

Background The priorities for UK emergency medicine research were defined in 2017 by a priority setting partnership coordinated by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in collaboration with the ...
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Sudden Onset Unilateral Ptosis

Correspondence to Dr Chien Chieh Hsieh, Emergency, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 220, Taiwan; Hsiehchienchieh{at}gmail.com A 59-year-old woman with poorly controlled hypertension ...
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Predictors of multi-organ dysfunction in heatstroke

Background: Heatstroke is a medical emergency that results from failure of thermoregulatory mechanism coupled with an exaggerated acute phase response, causing an elevation in core body temperature ...
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Pre-hospital spinal immobilisation: an initial consensus statement

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, James Cook Hospital, Middlesborough, Middlesborough, UK This paper reviews the ...
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Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes and Study (PICOS) design as a framework to formulate eligibility criteria in systematic reviews

Dear editor, We read with great interest the review entitled ‘Paracetamol vs other analgesia in adult patients with minor musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review’,1 published in the Emergency ...
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Current Issue

Correspondence on “Removing systolic blood pressure from the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) for mortality prediction: an observational study” by Zaboli et al ...
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How events in emergency medicine impact doctors’ psychological well-being

Background Emergency medicine is a high-pressured specialty with exposure to disturbing events and risk. We conducted a qualitative study to identify which clinical events resulted in emotional ...
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Calcific tendonitis of the medial collateral ligament

The case is presented of a woman with a gradual onset of knee pain due to calcific tendonitis of the medial collateral ligament (MCL). The diagnosis was made based on clinical findings, plain ...
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Response to: Correspondence on ‘Comparison of the effects of vapocoolant spray and topical anaesthetic cream (lidocaine-prilocaine) on pain of intravenous cannulation: a randomised controlled trial’ ...