What this study adds In an observational study of 2645 consecutive patients admitted with COPD exacerbation to 1 of 6 UK hospitals, 1027 had oxygen therapy at admission. In those treated with oxygen, ...
Correspondence to Dr Livia Santiago-Rosado, Emergency Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USA; livia1999{at}hotmail.com Several studies have evaluated the practice of ...
Academic Unit of Psychiatry, St. James University Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK Correspondence to Dr Ewan Alexander Barron, Academic Unit of Psychiatry, Basement floor Beckett ...
Correspondence to: Dr P Leman Emergency Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; peter.lemanhealth.wa.gov.au Objective: To determine whether using intravenous ...
A short cut review was carried out to establish whether nail removal and nail bed repair is better than simple trephining in patients with significant subungual haematoma. Altogether 312 papers were ...
Background Establishing intravenous access is often vital in an acute hospital setting but can be difficult. Ultrasound-guided cannulation increases success rates in prospective studies. However, ...
Introduction Timely and accurate discharge communication is vital for patient safety, yet Emergency Department (ED) discharge summaries are often deprioritised due to clinical pressures. Artificial ...
Accident and Emergency Department, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr F Probst, Accident and Emergency Department, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK Scombrotoxic or ...
Chun-Hsiang Huang, Chih-Wei Sung, Cheng-Yi Fan, Chi-Hsin Chen, Ching-Yu Chen, Wen-Chu Chiang, Wei-Tien Chang, Chien-Hua Huang, Edward Pei-Chuan Huang ...
Correspondence to: Dr P Kaye, Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK Cardiac contusion is an infrequent but occasionally serious complication of ...
1 Department of Pediatric Emergency, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Correspondence to Dr Oksan ...
Background The Need for Recovery (NFR) Scale is an 11-item questionnaire that assesses how work affects intershift recovery. Items are summated to form a score with a maximum value of 100. Previously ...