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Review of sports injuries presenting to an accident and emergency department

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Acute occlusion of the retinal arteries: current concepts and recent advances in diagnosis and management

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 ...
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Remifentanil for procedural sedation: a systematic review of the literature

Objective We sought to determine the performance characteristics of remifentanil as an agent of procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) for adult and paediatric patients undergoing procedures similar ...
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Understanding and interpreting artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning in Emergency Medicine

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Bleeding due to a medicinal leech bite

Correspondence to: Dr L Avşaroğulları Kılıçarslan Mh, Kızılırmak Cd, Irmak Sitesi, B Blok, No: 56/29, 38030, Melikgazi, Kayseri, Turkey; lavsarerciyes.edu.tr ...
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Paramedics' experiences of end-of-life care decision making with regard to nursing home residents: an exploration of influential issues and factors

Introduction For a patient nearing the end of his or her life, transfer from a nursing home to the ED can be inappropriate, with potentially negative consequences, but transfer in these circumstances ...
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Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia in UK emergency departments: a national census

1 Professor of Emergency Care, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK 2 Academic Clinical Fellow, Academic Department of Emergency Care, University ...
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Making an IMPACT on emergency department flow: improving patient processing assisted by consultant at triage

Correspondence to: Dr J Terris Emergency Department, St Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK; jane.terrisgstt.sthames.nhs.uk Objectives: To assess whether initial patient consult ...
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The sad truth about the SADPERSONS Scale: an evaluation of its clinical utility in self-harm patients

Background The SADPERSONS Scale is commonly used as a screening tool for suicide risk in those who have self-harmed. It is also used to determine psychiatric treatment needs in those presenting to ...
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Increasing emergency department attendances in central London with methamphetamine toxicity and associated harms

Correspondence to Dr James T Harnett, Emergency Department, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, NW1 2BU, UK; j.harnett{at}nhs.net Background Methamphetamine is a ...
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Does the use of the Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System affect cardiac arrest detection?

Correspondence to: Mr A Heward London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, 220 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8SD, UK; andy.hewardlond-amb.nhs.uk Background: Cardiac arrest is the most widely recognised ...
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The sepsis six and the severe sepsis resuscitation bundle: a prospective observational cohort study

Background Severe sepsis is likely to account for around 37 000 deaths annually in the UK. Five years after the international Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) care bundles were published, care ...