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The use of history to identify anterior cruciate ligament injuries in the acute trauma setting: the 'LIMP index'

Objective To identify the injury history features reported by patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and determine whether history may be used to identify patients requiring follow-up ...
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THE PAEDIATRIC OBSERVATION PRIORITY SCORE (POPS): A USEFUL TOOL TO PREDICT LIKELIHOOD OF ADMISSION FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Objectives & Background No specific early warning score universally validated for use in all children presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) exists. POPS is a novel aggregate scoring system, ...
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Evolution of methodology and reporting of emergency medicine quantitative research over a 20-year period

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 ...
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10 Nausea, vomiting and fever

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Pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC) in pulmonary embolism—revisited: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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, ...
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Characteristics of frequent paediatric users of emergency departments in England: an observational study using routine national data

Correspondence to Dr Geva Greenfield, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London School of Public Health, London W2 1PG, UK; ...
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How events in emergency medicine impact doctors’ psychological well-being

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 ...
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005 Rectal bleeding presenting to the paediatric emergency department

Background Bleeding per rectum in infants and children is often an alarming symptom for caregivers. The differential diagnosis is wide, from the benign to life-threatening. The current literature is ...
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Critical care in the emergency department: patient transfer

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 ...
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Access block and overcrowding in emergency departments: an empirical analysis

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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Exit block in emergency departments: a rapid evidence review

Background Exit block (or access block) occurs when ‘patients in the ED requiring inpatient care are unable to gain access to appropriate hospital beds within a reasonable time frame’. Exit block is ...
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A systematic review of stroke recognition instruments in hospital and prehospital settings

Background We undertook a systematic review of all published stroke identification instruments to describe their performance characteristics when used prospectively in any clinical setting. Methods A ...