Objectives: To produce an easily understood and accessible tool for use by researchers in diagnostic studies. Diagnostic studies should have sample size calculations performed, but in practice, they ...

BACKGROUND: The Manchester triage system (MTS) is now widely used in UK accident and emergency (A&E) departments. No clinical outcome studies have yet been published to validate the system. Safety of ...

Background Emergency medicine is a high-pressured specialty with exposure to disturbing events and risk. We conducted a qualitative study to identify which clinical events resulted in emotional ...

Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Australia Correspondence to Anthony Harris, Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Building ...

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1 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA 2 Department of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA 3 Knowledge and Encounter Research, ...

Objective We aimed to determine trends over time in article origin, and article and methodology characteristics. Method We examined original research articles published every fifth year over a 20-year ...

Background Despite concerns that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) contribute to acute kidney injury (AKI), up to 75% of ultramarathon runners ingest these during competition. The effect ...

Hot debriefing (HoD) describes a structured team-based discussion which may be initiated following a significant event. Benefits may include improved teamwork, staff well-being and identification of ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the frequency and pattern of use of the accident and emergency (A&E) department by individuals with diabetes is different from that of the general population. METHODS: ...

Correspondence to Rosie Houston, Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE), Chiltern Court, 188 Baker Street, London NW1 5SD, UK; rosie.houston{at}cmace.org.uk Background The purpose of this ...

Correspondence to: Dr A J Gray Emergency Department, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; alasdair.gray{at}luht.scot.nhs.uk The ...