Correspondence to: Dr J Acheson c/o Department of Surgery, Antrim Area Hospital, 45 Bush Road, Antrim BT28 3QE, Northern Ireland; achesonjonnyhotmail.com Acute urinary retention in women is uncommon.
Background People presenting to the ED with acute severe headache often undergo investigation to exclude subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). International guidelines propose that brain imaging within 6 ...
Objective To describe trends regarding snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) from 2004 to 2010. Methods The NPIS telephone enquiry database, the UK Poisons ...
Effective communication between the physician and patient is required for optimum post-emergency department management. Written emergency department discharge instructions, when used to complement ...
Correspondence to Dr Norkamari Shakira Bandolin, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; sbandolin{at}ucdavis.edu Background Previous studies have ...
Maxillofacial injuries are often seen in the emergency department. Fractures of the facial skeleton are commonly seen after assault, road traffic accidents, falls, and sporting injuries in a ratio ...
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Correspondence to: Professor Kelly, Department of Emergency Medicine, Western Hospital, Private Bag, Footscray, Vic 3011, Australia (Anne-Maree.Kelly{at}nwhcn.org.au) Objective—To determine whether ...
Background Although one objective of NHS 111 is to ease the strain on urgent and emergency care services, studies suggest the telephone triage service may be contributing to increased demand. Moreover ...