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Risk factors for 48-hours mortality after prehospital treatment of opioid overdose
3 Department of Public Health, The Research Unit for General Practice and Section of General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Correspondence to Dr Sine Wichmann, Department of ...
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Pyrethroid poisoning: features and predictors of atypical presentations
Background Although pyrethroids are known for low toxicity to humans, clinical systemic characteristics of pyrethroid poisoning remain undefined. We investigated atypical presentations of pyrethroid ...
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Randomised comparison of intravenous paracetamol and intravenous morphine for acute traumatic limb pain in the emergency department
Objective To compare the clinical effectiveness of intravenous paracetamol with intravenous morphine in patients with moderate to severe traumatic limb pain. Methods This randomised, double-blind ...
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Utility of a single early warning score in patients with sepsis in the emergency department
Correspondence to Dr Alasdair R Corfield, Emergency Department, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley PA2 9PN, UK; a.corfield{at}nhs.net Background An important element in improving the care of patients ...
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Expectations and perceptions of care among victims of sexual assault who first seek care from emergency, primary care and gynaecological doctors
2 Institut de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux sociaux (IRIS), UMR 8156-997, UFR SMBH, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris 13, Paris, France Correspondence to Professor Patrick Chariot, ...
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Tackling alcohol related violence in city centres: effect of emergency medicine and police intervention
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 ...
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Development, utilisation, and importance of accident and emergency department derived assault data in violence management
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 ...
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An early warning? Universal risk scoring in emergency medicine
Correspondence to Dr Damian Roland, Emergency Medicine Academic Group, Room 003A, Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; dr98{at}le.ac.uk If ...
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Burns and Scalds Assessment Template: standardising clinical assessment of childhood burns in the emergency department
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 ...
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A multicentre observational study to evaluate a new tool to assess emergency physicians' non-technical skills
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 ...
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Thoracic electrical bioimpedance: a tool to determine cardiac versus non-cardiac causes of acute dyspnoea in the emergency department
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, ...
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Descriptive epidemiology of adult critical care transfers from the emergency department
Aims: To describe the nature, frequency, and characteristics of adult critical care transfers originating from the emergency department (ED). Methods: A one year prospective regional descriptive study ...