BMJ20h
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 ...
BMJ20h
Deliberate poisoning with dinitrophenol (DNP): an unlicensed weight loss pill
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK 2 Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK 3 Department of Anaesthetics, Charing Cross ...
BMJ2d
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, ...
BMJ2d
Evaluation of 3-mm diameter intravenous tubing for the rapid infusion of fluids.
Department of Anaesthesia, Odstock Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The use of intravenous administration systems incorporating 3-mm internal diameter tubing is becoming more common in ...
BMJ3d
Risk factors and outcomes associated with post-traumatic headache after mild traumatic brain injury
Correspondence to Tansel Yilmaz, Department of Neurology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, The Netherlands; t.yilmaz{at}elisabeth.nl Objectives To determine the ...
BMJ4d
Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for paediatric testicular torsion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore Background Previous studies have examined the utility of ultrasonography performed by radiologists for diagnosing ...
BMJ6d
Are medical students in prehospital care at risk of moral injury?
Background The term ‘moral injury’ may be useful in conceptualising the negative psychological effects of delivering emergency and prehospital medicine as it provides a non-pathological framework for ...
BMJ15d
Early prediction of individual outcome following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: systematic review
Following resuscitation from cardiorespiratory arrest 80% of patients are comatose. Of these patients, 20% will survive and regain consciousness. Is it possible to predict an individual’s long term ...
BMJ17d
Endotracheal tube as chest tube: a back-up alternative in resource limited settings
Thoracostomies, and subsequent placements of chest tubes (CTs), are a standard procedure in several domains of medicine. In emergency medicine, thoracostomies are indicated to release a relevant ...
BMJ23d
Accidental colchicine overdose. A case report and literature review
Correspondence to: Mr P E Pritty, Accident and Emergency Department, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, London Road, Derby DE1 2QY, UK; ppritty{at}aol.com Colchicine overdose is uncommon but potentially life ...
BMJ24d
Care for older adults living with dementia in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of care partner roles and perspectives
Objective Care partners play a vital role in supporting persons living with dementia (PLWD) in using medical services. We conducted a meta-synthesis to explore care partner perspectives of ED care for ...