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 ...
Emergency Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA Correspondence to: Dr M J Reed Emergency Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France ...
Correspondence to Professor Mark Cropley, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK; mark.cropley{at}surrey.ac.uk Background The aim of ...
Introduction Healthcare-associated infection caused by insufficient hygiene is associated with mortality, economic burden, and suffering for the patient. Emergency medical service (EMS) providers ...
Correspondence to Dr Nicola Sparrow, Emergency Department, University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 6YD, UK; nicola.sparrow{at}uhs.nhs.uk.
Objective Risk stratification is increasingly based on Early Warning Score (EWS)-based models, instead of clinical judgement. However, it is unknown how risk-stratification models and EWS perform as ...
Introduction The Major Trauma Triage Study (‘MATTS’) triage tool was designed to identify patients with major trauma who could benefit from expedited care in specialist major trauma centres (MTCs). We ...
Correspondence to: MrK M Porter Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, Selly Oak Hospital,Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6JD, UK; keith.porteruhb.nhs.uk Lower limb fractures are common ...
Objective This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and time-to-diagnosis of compression ultrasonography performed by emergency physicians compared with radiologist-performed Doppler ...
The Centre for Suicide Prevention, Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Manchester, England Correspondence to Mr Damian Da Cruz, The National Confidential Inquiry, University of Manchester, Community ...
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 Hyponatraemia is associated with greater mortality in emergency patients. Therefore, the correction of low serum sodium levels remains an important field in clinical practice. Methods ...
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