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Current provision of general practitioner services in or alongside emergency departments in England
Background In 2017, general practitioners in or alongside the emergency department (GPED), an approach that employs GPs in or alongside the ED to address increasing ED demand, was advocated by the ...
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The electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of ST segment depression
The importance of the electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of ST segment depression in patients presenting with acute chest pain is discussed.
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Rescuer fatigue under the 2010 ERC guidelines, and its effect on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performance
2 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham City Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Hulme, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham City ...
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Effervescent agents for oesophageal food bolus impaction
A short cut review was carried out to establish whether fizzy drinks alone are effective at resolving food bolus impaction. Altogether 46 papers were found using the reported search, of which six ...
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13 Emergency problems in older people
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Clinical navigation for beginners: the clinical utility and safety of the Paramedic Pathfinder
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK Correspondence to Mark Newton, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Ladybridge Hall, 399 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Greater ...
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6 Prognostic value of the glasgow admission prediction score: hospital length of stay, mortality and hospital readmission
Aim To assess whether GAPS has the ability to predict hospital length of stay (LOS), six-month mortality and six-month hospital readmission. Methods Sampling was conducted in 2016 at the Sheffield ...
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Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: can the initial cerebral tissue oxygenation index predict ROSC?
Correspondence to Dr Yasuhiko Taira, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 216-8511, Japan; y2taira{at}marianna-u.ac.jp ...
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A child with severe stridor
1 Division of Pediatric Emergency, Department of Emergency, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2 Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical ...
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CHALICE head injury rule: an implementation study
Correspondence to Dr Eoin Harty, North Devon District Hospital, Emergency Department, North Devon District Hospital, Raleigh Park, Barnstaple EX31 4JB, UK; eoinharty{at}googlemail.com Introduction ...
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Chest wall thickness may limit adequate drainage of tension pneumothorax by needle thoracocentesis.
Tension pneumothorax in a large man was inadequately drained by needle thoracocentesis with a 4.5 cm cannula. Unsuccessful needle thoracocentesis of a clinical tension pneumothorax in a large patient ...