BMJ15d
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 exacerbated during the pandemic, and the higher prevalence of mental health ...
BMJ1d
2168 Are acute care clinicians delivering optimal end of life care and recognising the dying patient?
Aims and Objectives Suboptimal end of life care is being increasingly recognised in hospital and a change in attitude or education may provide a significant improvement. The purpose of this study was ...
BMJ11d
Barking up the wrong tree? A survey of dog bite wound management
Objectives: Several trials have been published examining the role of antibiotics in dog bite wound management. A meta-analysis of these suggests that there is very little benefit to routine antibiotic ...
BMJ3d
Isopropyl alcohol inhalation for the treatment of nausea in adult emergency department patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Nausea and vomiting is a common ED chief complaint. However, randomised trials comparing antiemetic agents to placebo have not demonstrated superiority. This systematic review investigates ...
BMJ12d
Prehospital delay in acute stroke and TIA
Correspondence to Dr Kashif Waqar Faiz, Akershus University Hospital, Department of Neurology, N-1478 Lørenskog, Norway; kashif.faiz{at}medisin.uio.no Background Early management improves outcome in ...
BMJ8d
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: ...
BMJ4d
Statistical consideration for research
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Wythenswawe Hospital, Manchester, UK Correspondence to: Mr S D Carley, Department of ...
BMJ8d
The ethical dilemma of emergency department patients with low-risk chest pain
Correspondence to Dr Nella W Hendley, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; chendley{at}wakehealth.edu Millions of patients present to US EDs ...
BMJ9d
National audit of antidote stocking in acute hospitals in the UK
1 National Poisons Information Service (Newcastle), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK 2 National Poisons Information Service (Cardiff), Cardiff, UK 3 National Poisons Information Service (Edinburgh), Edinburgh, ...
BMJ12d
Prognostic accuracy of qSOFA in predicting 28-day mortality among infected patients in an emergency department: a prospective validation study
Correspondence to Dr S M Osama Bin Abdullah, Department of Emergency Medicine, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse 4200, Denmark; sabdu{at}regionsjaelland.dk Background Few prospective studies have evaluated ...
BMJ5d
Clearing the cervical spine of paediatric trauma patients
Objectives: To review the evidence available for clearance of the cervical spine in children under 16 years of age after trauma, and to provide guidance to enable this to be practised safely. Methods: ...