BMJ5d
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 ...
BMJ1d
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 ...
BMJ6d
Mid-arm circumference can be used to estimate weight of adult and adolescent patients
Objectives Many drug and fluid regimens in emergency medicine are weight dependent in adults, but no standard adult weight estimation tools exist. Paediatric weight is often estimated in emergency ...
BMJ10d
Online First
Suicide and self-injury-related emergency department visits and homelessness among adults 25–64 years old from 2016 to 2021 in the USA ...
BMJ9d
Snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service: 2004–2010
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 ...
BMJ11d
Effectiveness and safety of an emergency department short-stay unit as an alternative to standard inpatient hospitalisation
Emergency Department, Hospital de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Correspondence to: A Juan Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Feixa Llarga s/n 08907 ...
BMJ2d
Flucloxacillin alone or combined with benzylpenicillin to treat lower limb cellulitis: a randomised controlled trial
Correspondence to: Dr P Leman Emergency Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; peter.lemanhealth.wa.gov.au Objective: To determine whether using intravenous ...
BMJ6d
Intermittent left bundle branch block (LBBB) as a clinical manifestation of myocardial contusion after blunt chest trauma
1 Department of Clinical Emergencies, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Digestive Surgery Division, Hospital das Clínicas ...
BMJ11d
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals
Editor’s note: EMJ has partnered with the journals of multiple international emergency medicine societies to share from each a highlighted research study, as selected by their editors. This edition ...
BMJ4d
Full neurological recovery from profound (18.0°C) acute accidental hypothermia: successful resuscitation using active invasive rewarming techniques
The case of a 17-year-old girl brought into the emergency department (ED) having been found in a field semi-clad and overtly hypothermic is reported. A weak carotid pulse, agonal breathing and fixed ...
BMJ6d
Acute urinary retention attributable to sacral herpes zoster
Correspondence to: Dr J Acheson c/o Department of Surgery, Antrim Area Hospital, 45 Bush Road, Antrim BT28 3QE, Northern Ireland; achesonjonnyhotmail.com Acute urinary retention in women is uncommon.
BMJ13d
Mild head injury: observation or computed tomography? Economic aspects by literature review and decision analysis
2 Department of Medicine, Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Correspondence to: Jean-Luc af Geijerstam Department of Medicine N4:01, Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, ...