Objectives: To produce an easily understood and accessible tool for use by researchers in diagnostic studies. Diagnostic studies should have sample size calculations performed, but in practice, they ...
Correspondence to: Mr A Heward London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, 220 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8SD, UK; andy.hewardlond-amb.nhs.uk Background: Cardiac arrest is the most widely recognised ...
Background Severe sepsis is likely to account for around 37 000 deaths annually in the UK. Five years after the international Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) care bundles were published, care ...
Management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in a pregnant patient is challenging, both logistically and emotionally. This review explores the adaptations to resuscitation in pregnancy; the ...
Background Global health partnerships involve collaboration between institutions and individuals working in different contexts, typically between high-resource and low-resource settings. They are ...
Dear editor, We read with great interest the review entitled ‘Paracetamol vs other analgesia in adult patients with minor musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review’,1 published in the Emergency ...
Objectives—To describe the diagnostic errors occurring in a busy district general hospital accident and emergency (A&E) department over four years. Method—All diagnostic errors discovered by or ...
Background The allied health professional (AHP) community has pledged a commitment to research and innovation. Recent literature from both the Northern and Southern hemispheres has explored research ...
Jackson Newberry-Dupe, Marietta R John-White, Franz E Babl, Meredith L Borland, Elyssia M Bourke, Sandra Brownlea, Paul Buntine, Brooke Charters, Mathew Coleman, Tahnee Dunlop, Olga Gaitsgory, Shane ...
Introduction Foot and ankle injuries are common in the Emergency Department (ED). Of those requiring radiographs in accordance with the Ottawa Foot and Ankle Rules, approximately 22% have a fracture.
The sixth paper in this series discusses the design and principles of randomised controlled trials. This paper discusses various key features of RCT design, with particular emphasis on the validity of ...
The case is presented of a woman with a gradual onset of knee pain due to calcific tendonitis of the medial collateral ligament (MCL). The diagnosis was made based on clinical findings, plain ...
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