Test characteristics of clinical findings and clinical decision rules for the diagnosis of septic arthritis in children with an acute limp presenting to the emergency department: a prospective ...

Background Long waiting times in the ED have been shown to cause negative outcomes for patients. This study aims to assess the effect in reducing length of stay of (1) preventing low-acuity attenders ...

Pre-hospital Care Research Unit, Department of Academic Emergency Medicine, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK Correspondence to: Mr M Woollard The James Cook University Hospital, ...

3 National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care, Uni Research Health, Bergen, Norway 4 Uni Research Health, Bergen, Norway Correspondence to Dr Christina Brudvik, Bergen Accident and Emergency ...

Background Two-thirds of severe sepsis patients are initially seen in the emergency department, with the majority arriving via ambulance. Since early sepsis recognition, diagnosis and clinical ...

Introduction Non-accidental injury (NAI) in children is an important cause of major injury. The Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN) recently analysed data on the demographics of paediatric trauma and ...

Purpose/Background—Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is usually a blinding event, and is not an infrequent presentation to the accident and emergency (A&E) department. The evidence-base in ...

Background Non-technical skills, such as task management, leadership, situational awareness, communication and decision-making refer to cognitive, behavioural and social skills that contribute to safe ...

Correspondence to Dr Keith A Marill, Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Zero Emerson Place, Suite 3B, Boston, MA 02114, USA; kmarill{at}mgh.harvard.edu Emergency physicians use ...

Background Blood transfusion for bleeding trauma patients is a promising pre-hospital intervention with potential to improve outcomes. However, it is not yet clear which patients may benefit from ...

Objective In the era of damage control resuscitation of trauma patients with acute major haemorrhage, transfusion practice has evolved to blood component (component therapy) administered in a ratio ...

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Adelaide and Meath incorporating the National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland Correspondence to: Dr P Curtin Department of Trauma ...