Correspondence to Dr Zhongheng Zhang, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; zh_zhang1984{at}zju.edu.cn ...

Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Temple, Texas, USA and The Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, ...

5 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK 6 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK Background Hospital prealerting in acute ...

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 ...

Glucose and Pulmonary Infection Group, St George’s, University of London, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr Emma Baker Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, Physiological ...

Objectives: To describe the case mix, activity, and outcome for admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) from emergency departments (EDs). Design: An observational study using data from a high ...

Purpose/Background—Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is usually a blinding event, and is not an infrequent presentation to the accident and emergency (A&E) department. The evidence-base in ...

Correspondence to Dr Alexander Zozula, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Dr, Alway Bldg, Room M121, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; azozula{at}stanford.edu ...

Introduction Emergency Departments (ED) in the UK have seen increasing attendance rates in recent years. Departments are now seeking strategies to reduce their attendances. A review of all ambulance ...

Ultrasound is widely used in the US and continental Europe in the immediate assessment of patients after blunt abdominal trauma. There are also now other recognised “primary” indications for ...

2 South Yorkshire Cardiac Centre, Chesterman Unit, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK 3 Deparment of Cardiology, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK Correspondence to Dr Paul D Morris, ...

Background Sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and many tools exist to facilitate early recognition. This review compares two tools: the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA ...