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Venous pH can safely replace arterial pH in the initial evaluation of patients in the emergency department
Objective—This study aims to determine the extent of correlation of arterial and venous pH with a view to identifying whether venous samples can be used as an alternative to arterial values in the ...
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Bilateral blood pressure differential as a clinical marker for acute aortic dissection in the emergency department
Introduction Interarm systolic BP differential is a classic sign of acute aortic dissection (AAD). All previous studies looking at the association of BP differential with AAD combine systolic BP ...
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Emergency nurse practitioners and doctors consulting with patients in an emergency department: a comparison of communication skills and satisfaction
Background: Emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) play an increasingly important role in UK emergency departments (EDs), but there is limited evidence about how this affects patient care and outcome. A ...
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Observer agreement of the Manchester Triage System and the Emergency Severity Index: a simulation study
Departments of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dr M Storm-Versloot, Department of Surgery, G4-233, Academic Medical Center, ...
BMJ12d
Emergency oxygen therapy for the breathless patient. Guidelines prepared by North West Oxygen Group
7 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital 8 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester 9 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Hope ...
BMJ11d
An evidence based flowchart to guide the management of acute salicylate (aspirin) overdose
National Poisons Information Service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr P Dargan, National Poisons Information Service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, Avonley Road, ...
BMJ3d
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 ...
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Prehospital advanced airway management by ambulance technicians and paramedics: is clinical practice sufficient to maintain skills?
Performance Information Team, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Hampshire Division), Otterbourne, UK Correspondence to Dr Charles D Deakin, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Southern ...
BMJ4d
Bone marrow toxicity after yellow phosphorus ingestion
Suicidal ingestions of fireworks containing yellow phosphorus occur often during holidays. A case is reported of a 17 year old woman who intentionally ingested an estimated amount of 5.5 mg of yellow ...
BMJ11d
Current provision of general practitioner services in or alongside emergency departments in England
Background In 2017, general practitioners in or alongside the emergency department (GPED), an approach that employs GPs in or alongside the ED to address increasing ED demand, was advocated by the ...
BMJ12d
Systematic review and meta-analysis of pre-hospital diagnostic accuracy studies
Introduction Paramedics are involved in examining, treating and diagnosing patients. The accuracy of these diagnoses is evaluated using diagnostic accuracy studies. We undertook a systematic review of ...
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Managing accidental hypothermia: a UK-wide survey of prehospital and search and rescue providers
Aim The management of hypothermic casualties is a challenge faced by all prehospital and search and rescue (SAR) teams. It is not known how the practice of these diverse teams compare. The aim of this ...