Correspondence to Professor Yann-Erick Claessens, Department of Emergency Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1 avenue Pasteur BP489, Principalty of Monaco MC-98012, Monaco; ...
Accident and Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. OBJECTIVE--To examine the management of traumatic pneumothorax in a department where some of these injuries do not receive chest drains ...
Background We aimed to determine the incidence, nature of and predisposing factors for risk events (REs) that occur during the intrahospital transport of patients from the ED. Methods We undertook a ...
Background Most headache presentations to emergency departments (ED) have benign causes; however, approximately 10% will have serious pathology. International guidelines recommend that patients ...
Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to: Mr K Allison Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson ...
Correspondence to Dr Prasanthi Govindarajan, Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA; pgovinda{at}stanford.edu Background Timely management of ...
Correspondence to: Dr S E Kim Emergency Department, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 224-1 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-755, Korea; emkse{at}cau.ac.kr A 32-year-old woman without a remarkable ...
3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Gayle Elizabeth McLelland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, PO BOx 527, ...
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Background Evidence regarding high-dose inhaled corticosteroids (HDICS) in asthma exacerbations in adults is insufficient. This study compares the treatment outcomes of HDICS as add-on therapy to the ...
Objectives Underutilisation of thrombolysis is a major problem in patients with stroke in Bangladesh as patients do not arrive within the therapeutic window due to delays in their way to emergency ...
Background Extreme weather events due to human activities have significantly increased the frequency and severity of hydrological disasters like floods, impacting human health and healthcare systems ...