Are there differences in low-acuity emergency department visits between culturally and linguistically diverse migrants and people with English-speaking background: a population-based linkage study of ...

Ultrasound is widely used in the US and continental Europe in the immediate assessment of patients after blunt abdominal trauma. There are also now other recognised “primary” indications for ...

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Correspondence to Dr Nayer Jamshed, Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India; jamshednayer{at}gmail.com Objectives Sympathetic crashing acute pulmonary ...

Background Blood transfusion for bleeding trauma patients is a promising pre-hospital intervention with potential to improve outcomes. However, it is not yet clear which patients may benefit from ...

Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea Dr S P Chung, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Gangnam ...

Objectives Many drug and fluid regimens in emergency medicine are weight dependent in adults, but no standard adult weight estimation tools exist. Paediatric weight is often estimated in emergency ...

Purpose/Background—Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is usually a blinding event, and is not an infrequent presentation to the accident and emergency (A&E) department. The evidence-base in ...

5 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK 6 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK Background Hospital prealerting in acute ...

Background Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) requires urgent diagnosis with computed tomographic angiography (CTA). Diagnostic strategies need to weigh the benefits of detecting AAS against the costs of ...