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BMC Emergency Medicine

Issue 1/2010

Content (20 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Respiratory sound energy and its distribution patterns following clinical improvement of congestive heart failure: a pilot study

Zhen Wang, Brigitte M Baumann, Karen Slutsky, Karen N Gruber, Smith Jean

Open Access Study protocol

Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1) trial protocol. Computerised on-scene decision support for emergency ambulance staff to assess and plan care for older people who have fallen: evaluation of costs and benefits using a pragmatic cluster randomised trial

Helen Snooks, Wai-Yee Cheung, Jacqueline Close, Jeremy Dale, Sarah Gaze, Ioan Humphreys, Ronan Lyons, Suzanne Mason, Yasmin Merali, Julie Peconi, Ceri Phillips, Judith Phillips, Stephen Roberts, Ian Russell, Antonio Sánchez, Mushtaq Wani, Bridget Wells, Richard Whitfield

Open Access Case report

Accidental methanol ingestion: Case report

Jelle L Epker, Jan Bakker

Open Access Research article

A survey of emergency department use in patients with cyclic vomiting syndrome

Thangam Venkatesan, Sally Tarbell, Kathleen Adams, Jennifer McKanry, Trish Barribeau, Kathleen Beckmann, Walter J Hogan, Nilay Kumar, BUK Li

Open Access Research article

Advanced medical life support procedures in vitally compromised children by a helicopter emergency medical service

Bastiaan M Gerritse, Annelies Schalkwijk, Ben J Pelzer, Gert J Scheffer, Jos M Draaisma

Open Access Case report

Acute mercury poisoning: a case report

Sezgin Sarikaya, Ozgur Karcioglu, Didem Ay, Aslı Cetin, Can Aktas, Mustafa Serinken

Open Access Study protocol

Towards the prevention of acute lung injury: a population based cohort study protocol

Sweta J Thakur, Cesar A Trillo-Alvarez, Michael M Malinchoc, Rahul Kashyap, Lokendra Thakur, Adil Ahmed, Martin K Reriani, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Jeff A Sloan, Ognjen Gajic

Open Access Research article

The accuracy of pulse oximetry in emergency department patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: a retrospective cohort study

Ben J Wilson, Hamish J Cowan, Jason A Lord, Dan J Zuege, David A Zygun

Open Access Research article

Treatment of hepatic encephalopathy by on-line hemodiafiltration: a case series study

Shinju Arata, Katsuaki Tanaka, Kazuhisa Takayama, Yoshihiro Moriwaki, Noriyuki Suzuki, Mitsugi Sugiyama, Kazuo Aoyagi

Open Access Research article

Improving rigid fiberoptic intubation: a comparison of the Bonfils Intubating Fiberscope™ with a novel modification

Ben H Boedeker, Mary A Barak-Bernhagen, David J Miller, Thomas A Nicholas IV, Andrew Linnaus, WB Murray

Open Access Research article

Impact of the ABCDE triage on the number of patient visits to the emergency department

Jarmo Kantonen, Johanna Kaartinen, Juho Mattila, Ricardo Menezes, Mia Malmila, Maaret Castren, Timo Kauppila

Open Access Research article

Fatal poisonings in Oslo: a one-year observational study

Mari A Bjornaas, Brita Teige, Knut E Hovda, Oivind Ekeberg, Fridtjof Heyerdahl, Dag Jacobsen

Open Access Research article

The impact of a standardised intramuscular sedation protocol for acute behavioural disturbance in the emergency department

Leonie A Calver, Michael A Downes, Colin B Page, Jenni L Bryant, Geoffrey K Isbister

Open Access Study protocol

Fructose-1, 6-diphosphate (FDP) as a novel antidote for yellow oleander-induced cardiac toxicity: A randomized controlled double blind study

Indika Gawarammana, Fahim Mohamed, Steven J Bowe, Ashoka Rathnathilake, Shantha K Narangoda, Shifa Azher, Andrew H Dawson, Nick A Buckley

Open Access Research article

The impact of delays to admission from the emergency department on inpatient outcomes

Qing Huang, Amardeep Thind, Jonathan F Dreyer, Gregory S Zaric

Open Access Research article

A concept for major incident triage: full-scaled simulation feasibility study

Marius Rehn, Jan E Andersen, Trond Vigerust, Andreas J Krüger, Hans M Lossius

Open Access Case report

Confusion after spine injury: cerebral fat embolism after traumatic rupture of a Tarlov cyst: Case report

Corina M Duja, Christophe Berna, Stéphane Kremer, Claude Géronimus, Jacques Kopferschmitt, Pascal Bilbault

Open Access Study protocol

Optimizing imaging in suspected appendicitis (OPTIMAP-study): A multicenter diagnostic accuracy study of MRI in patients with suspected acute appendicitis. Study Protocol

Marjolein MN Leeuwenburgh, Wytze Laméris, Adrienne van Randen, Patrick MM Bossuyt, Marja A Boermeester, Jaap Stoker

Open Access Research article

Barriers and facilitators to provide effective pre-hospital trauma care for road traffic injury victims in Iran: a grounded theory approach

Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Marie Hasselberg, Hamidreza Khankeh, Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh, Eva Johansson