Issue 1/2007
Content (20 Articles)
National study of United States emergency department visits for acute pancreatitis, 1993–2003
Peter J Fagenholz, Carlos Fernández-del Castillo, N Stuart Harris, Andrea J Pelletier, Carlos A Camargo Jr
Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial of multiple and single dose activated charcoal for acute self-poisoning
Michael Eddleston, Edmund Juszczak, Nick A Buckley, Lalith Senarathna, Fahim Mohammed, Stuart Allen, Wasantha Dissanayake, Ariyasena Hittarage, Shifa Azher, K Jeganathan, Shaluka Jayamanne, MH Rezvi Sheriff, David A Warrell
Paediatric out-of-hospital resuscitation in an area with scattered population (Galicia-Spain)
Pilar Blanco-Ons Fernández, Luis Sánchez-Santos, Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez, José Antonio Iglesias-Vázquez, María Cegarra-García, Maria Victoria Barreiro-Díaz
A patient survey of out-of-hours care provided by Emergency Care Practitioners
Mary Halter, Tom Marlow, Daryl Mohammed, George TH Ellison
Postal survey methodology to assess patient satisfaction in a suburban emergency medical services system: an observational study
Aaron W Bernard, Christopher J Lindsell, Daniel A Handel, Lindsey Collett, Paul Gallo, Kevin D Kaiser, Donald Locasto
The utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of heart failure in the emergency department: a systematic review
Deborah Korenstein, Juan P Wisnivesky, Peter Wyer, Rhodes Adler, Diego Ponieman, Thomas McGinn
A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practice of emergency contraception among university students in Cameroon
Eugene J Kongnyuy, Pius Ngassa, Nelson Fomulu, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Luc Kouam, Anderson S Doh
Can latent heat safely warm blood? – in vitro testing of a portable prototype blood warmer
Mark P McEwen, David Roxby
Optimization of diagnostic imaging use in patients with acute abdominal pain (OPTIMA): Design and rationale
Wytze Laméris, Adrienne van Randen, Marcel GW Dijkgraaf, Patrick MM Bossuyt, Jaap Stoker, Marja A Boermeester
Impact of introducing multiple evidence-based clinical practice protocols in a medical intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study
Bekele Afessa, Ognjen Gajic, Mark T Keegan, Edward G Seferian, Rolf D Hubmayr, Steve G Peters
Success of microvascular surgery; repair mesenteric injury and prevent short bowel syndrome: a case report
Unal Aydin, Omer V Unalp, Pinar Yazici, Adem Guler
Failure of psychiatric referrals from the pediatric emergency department
Jacqueline Grupp-Phelan, Sergio V Delgado, Kelly J Kelleher
A new implicit review instrument for measuring quality of care delivered to pediatric patients in the emergency department
Madan Dharmar, James P Marcin, Nathan Kuppermann, Emily R Andrada, Stacey Cole, Danielle J Harvey, Patrick S Romano
Comparison of a nurse initiated insulin infusion protocol for intensive insulin therapy between adult surgical trauma, medical and coronary care intensive care patients
Melissa M Barth, Lance J Oyen, Karen T Warfield, Jennifer L Elmer, Laura K Evenson, Ann N Tescher, Philip J Kuper, Michael P Bannon, Ognjen Gajic, J Christopher Farmer
Quitline referral vs. self-help manual for tobacco use cessation in the Emergency Department: a feasibility study
Nicola EE Schiebel, Jon O Ebbert
Ocular injuries in survivors of improvised explosive devices (IED) in commuter trains
Salil Mehta, Vinay Agarwal, Prakash Jiandani
Prehospital score for acute disease: a community-based observational study in Japan
Yasuhiro Toyoda, Yoshio Matsuo, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Hidekazu Fujiwara, Toshio Takatorige, Hiroyasu Iso
Cost-efficiency assessment of Advanced Life Support (ALS) courses based on the comparison of advanced simulators with conventional manikins
José Antonio Iglesias-Vázquez, Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez, Mónica Penas-Penas, Luís Sánchez-Santos, Maria Cegarra-García, Maria Victoria Barreiro-Díaz
Prevalence and demographics of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureusin culturable skin and soft tissue infections in an urban emergency department
Christian H Jacobus, Christopher J Lindsell, Sabrina D Leach, Gregory J Fermann, Amy Beth Kressel, Laura E Rue
Preparedness of emergency departments in northwest England for managing chemical incidents: a structured interview survey
Jane Williams, Darren Walter, Kirsty Challen