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Suicide and self-injury-related emergency department visits and homelessness among adults 25–64 years old from 2016 to 2021 in the USA
Background Despite pronounced increases in homelessness and mental health problems in the USA over the past decade, further ...
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Flucloxacillin alone or combined with benzylpenicillin to treat lower limb cellulitis: a randomised controlled trial
Correspondence to: Dr P Leman Emergency Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; peter.lemanhealth.wa.gov.au Objective: To determine whether using intravenous ...
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BET 1: Best Evidence Topic Report: is the hook test sensitive enough to be used to exclude distal biceps tendon rupture?
A shortcut review was carried out to see whether the hook test is sensitive enough for a negative result to exclude complete distal biceps tendon rupture (DBTR) in adults. 3 papers presented the best ...
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Mid-arm circumference can be used to estimate weight of adult and adolescent patients
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 ...
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Snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service: 2004–2010
Objective To describe trends regarding snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) from 2004 to 2010. Methods The NPIS telephone enquiry database, the UK Poisons ...
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Effectiveness and safety of an emergency department short-stay unit as an alternative to standard inpatient hospitalisation
Emergency Department, Hospital de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Correspondence to: A Juan Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Feixa Llarga s/n 08907 ...
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Intermittent left bundle branch block (LBBB) as a clinical manifestation of myocardial contusion after blunt chest trauma
1 Department of Clinical Emergencies, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Digestive Surgery Division, Hospital das Clínicas ...
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Full neurological recovery from profound (18.0°C) acute accidental hypothermia: successful resuscitation using active invasive rewarming techniques
The case of a 17-year-old girl brought into the emergency department (ED) having been found in a field semi-clad and overtly hypothermic is reported. A weak carotid pulse, agonal breathing and fixed ...
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Acute urinary retention attributable to sacral herpes zoster
Correspondence to: Dr J Acheson c/o Department of Surgery, Antrim Area Hospital, 45 Bush Road, Antrim BT28 3QE, Northern Ireland; achesonjonnyhotmail.com Acute urinary retention in women is uncommon.
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Role of networks in supporting emergency medicine research: findings from the Wessex emergency care research network (WECReN)
2 Emergency Department, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK Correspondence to: Dr R Crouch Emergency Department, Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, Tremona Road, ...
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Public understanding of medical terminology: non-English speakers may not receive optimal care
1 Emergency Medicine Research Group, University of Warwick and Walsgrave Hospitals NHS Trust, Coventry 2 Emergency Medicine Research Group, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University ...
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Mild head injury: observation or computed tomography? Economic aspects by literature review and decision analysis
2 Department of Medicine, Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Correspondence to: Jean-Luc af Geijerstam Department of Medicine N4:01, Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, ...