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Association of clinically important traumatic brain injury and Glasgow Coma Scale scores in children with head injury
Objective Head injury (HI) is a common presentation to emergency departments (EDs). The risk of clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) is low. We describe the relationship between Glasgow ...
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2576 Enhancing research delivery in the emergency department – The role of embedded research nurse
1 ED Collaborative Research Group, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2 St George’s University Hospitals NHS Trust Aims and Objectives Developing a strategic approach to research ...
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Factors that affect the flow of patients through triage
2 Accident and Emergency Department, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK 3 Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK ...
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Primary care services co-located with Emergency Departments across a UK region: early views on their development
Background Co-location of primary care services with Emergency Departments (ED) is one initiative aiming to reduce the burden on EDs of patients attending with non-urgent problems. However, the extent ...
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Comminuted fracture of the talus not visible on the initial radiograph
Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, General Infirmary, Leeds, UK Correspondence to: Dr T Burton, Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK; ...
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1074 Ottawa Ankle rules cannot be safely used to rule out ankle fractures in patients who present ≥10 days post-injury
Aims/Objectives/Background The Ottawa ankle rules (OAR) have been validated as a highly sensitive tool to rule out ankle fractures and reduce need for radiography ...
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Ultrasound to detect haemothorax after chest injury
A short cut review was carried out to establish whether ultrasonography is as sensitive and specific as chest x ray or computed tomography (CT) scan in detecting haemothorax after chest trauma. Thirty ...
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Comparison of lidocaine and bronchodilator inhalation treatments for cough suppression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Emergency Department, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan Correspondence to: Dr C-F Chong Emergency Department, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, No.95 Wen-Chang Road, ...
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A comparison of actual versus predicted emergency ambulance journey times using generic Geographic Information System software
1 Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 2 Institute for Ageing and Health (Stroke Research Group), Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 3 North East ...
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Prehospital clinical signs are a poor predictor of raised intracranial pressure following traumatic brain injury
Background For the prehospital diagnosis of raised intracranial pressure (ICP), clinicians are reliant on clinical signs such as the Glasgow Coma Score (GCS), pupillary response and/or Cushing’s triad ...
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Valsalva using a syringe: pressure and variation
Correspondence to Dr Hilary Sarah Thornton, c/o Emergency Medicine Academic Group, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Level G Jarvis Building RMO, Infirmary Square, ...
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Testing of a novel Valsalva Assist Device with supine and modified positions in healthy volunteers
Correspondence to Associate Prof Andy Appelboam, Academic Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK; andy.appelboam{at}nhs.net Background The ...