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An Emergency Medicine Research Priority Setting Partnership to establish the top 10 research priorities in emergency medicine
Defining research priorities in a specialty as broad as emergency medicine is a significant challenge. In order to fund and complete the most important research projects, it is imperative that we ...
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A systematic review examining the impact of redirecting low-acuity patients seeking emergency department care: is the juice worth the squeeze?
Objectives Diverting patients away from the emergency department (ED) has been proposed as a solution for mitigating overcrowding. This systematic review examined the impact of interventions designed ...
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Comparison of the effects of vapocoolant spray and topical anaesthetic cream (lidocaine–prilocaine) on pain of intravenous cannulation: a randomised controlled trial
Objective Intravenous cannulation is a routine procedure in the ED. Different methods are being used to reduce the pain of intravenous cannulation. Among them, there are studies which have shown the ...
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Assessment of emergency physicians’ performance in identifying shockable rhythm in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational simulation study
Background Emergency physicians can use a manual or an automated defibrillator to provide defibrillation of patients who had out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Performance of emergency physicians ...
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What is an ROC curve?
The paper by Body et al is concerned with the evaluation of decision aids, which can be used to identify potential acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in the ED. The authors previously developed the ...
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Pulmonary embolism diagnosis and the D-dilemma
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Removing systolic blood pressure from the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) for mortality prediction: an observational study
Background Vital signs in triage are essential for effective risk stratification in the emergency department (ED). They are also increasingly used to calculate an early warning score at the time of ...
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A simple clinical assessment is superior to systematic triage in prediction of mortality in the emergency department
Objective To compare the Danish Emergency Process Triage (DEPT) with a quick clinical assessment (Eyeball triage) as predictors of short-term mortality in patients in the emergency department (ED).
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Have we forgotten to teach how to think?
Correspondence to Dr Damian Roland, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Leicester Academic (PEMLA) Group, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; dr98{at}le.ac.uk Emergency medicine is a varied ...
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Are acute asthma presentations to the emergency department an opportunity for optimising long-term management? A qualitative study on beliefs and behaviours of healthcare ...
Background Guidelines recommend Emergency Department (ED) healthcare professionals (HCPs) ensure patients have a supply of inhaled corticosteroid on discharge after an acute asthma presentation. By ...
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Allocation concealment using scratchcards in an emergency department drug trial
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