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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background Despite pronounced increases in homelessness and mental health problems in the USA over the past decade, further ...