BMJ2d
How well informed are patients when leaving the emergency department? comparing information provided and information retained
2 Institut de Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Yvonne Bogenstätter, Institut de Psychologie du Travail et des ...
BMJ2d
Comparison of four decision aids for the early diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department
Objectives To directly compare the diagnostic accuracy of four decision aids (Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS), History, ECG, Age, Risk factors and Troponin (HEART), ...
BMJ4d
Incision and drainage preferable to oral antibiotics in acute paronychial nail infection?
A short cut review was carried out to establish whether incision and drainage or antibiotics was best for acute paronychia. No relevant papers were found using the reported search. There is currently ...
BMJ6d
Culture of safety in an adult and paediatric emergency department before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Background The WHO recognises patient safety as a serious public health problem. The COVID-19 pandemic affected adult EDs (AEDs) and paediatric EDs (PEDs) differently. We compared the culture of ...
BMJ2d
A randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of double Tubigrip in grade 1 and 2 (mild to moderate) ankle sprains
Objective—To compare functional outcome in patients with acute grade 1 or 2 (mild to moderate) lateral ankle sprains randomised to treatment with or without a double tubigrip bandage (DTG).
BMJ6d
Is time to closure a factor in the occurrence of infection in traumatic wounds? A prospective cohort study in a Dutch level 1 trauma centre
Background The dogma that traumatic wounds should not be sutured after 6 h is based on an animal experiment by P L Friedrich in 1898. There is no adequately powered prospective study on this cut-off ...
BMJ5d
Polymethylmethacrylate cement pulmonary embolism and infarct
Correspondence to Dr Andrew Christian Stevens, Department of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1050 Wishard Blvd Rm RG2200, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; ...
BMJ4d
Impact of introducing a major trauma network on a regional helicopter emergency medicine service in the UK
Introduction In the West Midlands region of the UK, the delivery of prehospital trauma care has recently been remodelled through the introduction of a regionalised major trauma network (MTN).
BMJ6d
Gaza: providing emergency care under fire
Correspondence to Dr Mohammed Qandil, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Gaza, Palestine; mohpalga88{at}gmail.com Dr Mohammed Qandil, an Emergency Medicine and Critical Care consultant and member of the ...