BMJ3d
Sprain or fracture? An analysis of 2000 ankle injuries.
A retrospective survey of over 2000 patients with inversion injuries of the ankle joint was undertaken to examine the validity of criteria commonly used in an accident and emergency department to ...
BMJ3d
Procedural sedation with propofol for emergency DC cardioversion
Correspondence to Dr Philip Kaye, Emergency Department, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath BA1 3NG, UK; philip_bath{at}hotmail.com Many emergency patients present with cardiac arrhythmias ...
BMJ3d
TB or not TB: an unusual sore finger
A 25 year old Afro-Carribean presented to the accident and emergency department with a painful swelling of the little finger. Radiology revealed periosteal elevation and a bone scan showed a hot spot ...
BMJ4d
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: ...
BMJ5d
Frequent use of emergency departments for mental and substance use disorders
Objectives We described the population of people who frequently use ED for mental disorders, delineating differences by the number of visits for substance use disorders (SUDs), and predicted the ...
BMJ6d
Use of the infant transwarmer mattress as an external warming modality in resuscitation from hypothermia
1 Paediatric Emergency Department, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK 2 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh Correspondence to: Dr M Ryan, ...