Background Although pyrethroids are known for low toxicity to humans, clinical systemic characteristics of pyrethroid poisoning remain undefined. We investigated atypical presentations of pyrethroid ...

2 Violence Research Group, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK Correspondence to: Professor J P Shepherd Dental School, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Health ...

Correspondence to Dr Stephen Mullen, Paediatric Emergency Department, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK; stephenm.mullen{at}belfasttrust.hscni.net Objectives The Burns and ...

Objective Early warning scores (EWS) are used to predict patient outcomes. We aimed to determine which of 13 EWS, based largely on emergency department (ED) vital sign data, best predict important ...

2 Conquest Emergency Department, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Hastings, UK 3 The Royal London Hospital Emergency Department, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK 4 St Mary's Emergency ...

2 Violence Research Group, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK Correspondence to: Professor J P Shepherd Department of Oral Surgery, Medicine and Pathology, Dental School, University ...

A 67 year old woman taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) presented to the accident and emergency department with an anaphylactic reaction to flucloxacillin. This case highlights the uncertainty ...

Background Diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) requires chest CT angiography for pulmonary embolism and venous ultrasound for deep vein thrombosis. To reduce imaging, guidelines recommend ...

University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, City General Hospital, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK Correspondence to Dr Ruth Kinston, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, ...

Correspondence to: H R Guly Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK; henry.guly{at}phnt.swest.nhs.uk We describe five cases of scombroid that presented ...

Aims/Objectives/Background In Manchester Royal Infirmary, a major trauma centre, there are many patient presentations which require fast acting analgesia. Often these ...

2 Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK Background A new pre-triage screening tool, Nature of Call (NoC), has been introduced into the ...