Background Acute appendicitis requires timely diagnosis. The diagnostic efficacy of tongue examination in making this diagnosis has not been established. This study investigates whether the Tongue ...

2 Institut de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux sociaux (IRIS), UMR 8156-997, UFR SMBH, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris 13, Paris, France Correspondence to Professor Patrick Chariot, ...

Background Although pyrethroids are known for low toxicity to humans, clinical systemic characteristics of pyrethroid poisoning remain undefined. We investigated atypical presentations of pyrethroid ...

2 Violence Research Group, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK Correspondence to: Professor J P Shepherd Dental School, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Health ...

Are acute asthma presentations to the emergency department an opportunity for optimising long-term management? A qualitative study on beliefs and behaviours of healthcare professionals ...

Correspondence to Dr Stephen Mullen, Paediatric Emergency Department, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK; stephenm.mullen{at}belfasttrust.hscni.net Objectives The Burns and ...

3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Gayle Elizabeth McLelland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, PO BOx 527, ...

Objective Early warning scores (EWS) are used to predict patient outcomes. We aimed to determine which of 13 EWS, based largely on emergency department (ED) vital sign data, best predict important ...

Methods: The study was based in one emergency department (ED) in the UK and took a generic qualitative approach. A stratified sample of nine experienced ED nurses were recruited for semi-structured ...

2 Conquest Emergency Department, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Hastings, UK 3 The Royal London Hospital Emergency Department, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK 4 St Mary's Emergency ...

Correspondence to Dr Damian Roland, Emergency Medicine Academic Group, Room 003A, Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; dr98{at}le.ac.uk If ...

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