Correspondence to: Professor Kelly, Department of Emergency Medicine, Western Hospital, Private Bag, Footscray, Vic 3011, Australia (Anne-Maree.Kelly{at}nwhcn.org.au) Objective—To determine whether ...

Venous thromboembolic disease is a major global cause of morbidity and mortality. An estimated 10 million episodes are diagnosed yearly; over half of these episodes are provoked by hospital ...

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, ...

A short-cut review was carried out to establish whether there was evidence to suggest that propofol should be avoided in patients with known egg allergy. Ninety-two papers were found in Medline using ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 2 Department of Critical and Emergency Medicine, Showa University hospital, Tokyo, Japan Introduction The ...

Background Emergency medicine is a high-pressured specialty with exposure to disturbing events and risk. We conducted a qualitative study to identify which clinical events resulted in emotional ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Andre Briosa e Gala, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; andre.gala{at}ouh.nhs.uk ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon ...

Aims and Objectives Benzodiazepine overdose causes significant morbidity and mortality amongst the UK population. Flumazenil is an effective antidote but concerns regarding side effects have limited ...

Objective We sought to determine the performance characteristics of remifentanil as an agent of procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) for adult and paediatric patients undergoing procedures similar ...

Correspondence to Dr Rob Mitchell, Emergency and Trauma Centre, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia; ro.mitchell{at}alfred.org.au The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will ...