BMJ2d
Beyond triage: the diagnostic accuracy of emergency department nursing staff risk assessment in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes
Objectives To establish the accuracy of emergency department (ED) nursing staff risk assessment using an established chest pain risk score alone and when incorporated with presentation ...
BMJ3d
Sprain or fracture? An analysis of 2000 ankle injuries.
A retrospective survey of over 2000 patients with inversion injuries of the ankle joint was undertaken to examine the validity of criteria commonly used in an accident and emergency department to ...
BMJ3d
Procedural sedation with propofol for emergency DC cardioversion
Correspondence to Dr Philip Kaye, Emergency Department, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath BA1 3NG, UK; philip_bath{at}hotmail.com Many emergency patients present with cardiac arrhythmias ...
BMJ4d
TB or not TB: an unusual sore finger
A 25 year old Afro-Carribean presented to the accident and emergency department with a painful swelling of the little finger. Radiology revealed periosteal elevation and a bone scan showed a hot spot ...
BMJ4d
Older patients with traumatic brain injury present with a higher GCS score than younger patients for a given severity of injury
Introduction Recent evidence suggests that presenting GCS may be higher in older rather than younger patients for an equivalent anatomical severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The aim of this ...
BMJ4d
Risk factors and outcomes associated with post-traumatic headache after mild traumatic brain injury
Correspondence to Tansel Yilmaz, Department of Neurology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, The Netherlands; t.yilmaz{at}elisabeth.nl Objectives To determine the ...
BMJ4d
Injuries initially misdiagnosed as sprained wrist (Beware the sprained wrist)
Objectives: To describe the injuries misdiagnosed as a sprain of the wrist and to determine the approximate incidence of misdiagnosis in patients diagnosed as having a sprain of the wrist. Methods: ...
BMJ5d
Frequent use of emergency departments for mental and substance use disorders
Objectives We described the population of people who frequently use ED for mental disorders, delineating differences by the number of visits for substance use disorders (SUDs), and predicted the ...
BMJ5d
An external validation study of a clinical prediction rule for medical patients with suspected bacteraemia
Correspondence to Dr Luke Eliot Hodgson, Intensive Care Department, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Rd, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 2DH, UK; ...