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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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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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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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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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Anaphylaxis and monoamine oxidase inhibitors—the use of adrenaline
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 ...
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Determination of the best early warning scores to predict clinical outcomes of patients in the emergency department
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 ...
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Could a D-dimer/fibrinogen ratio have a role in ruling-out venous thromboembolism?
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 ...
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New insights into the glucose oxidase stick test for cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea
Glucose and Pulmonary Infection Group, St George’s, University of London, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr Emma Baker Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, Physiological ...
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Injuries associated with airbag deployment
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 ...