Test characteristics of clinical findings and clinical decision rules for the diagnosis of septic arthritis in children with ...

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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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 ...

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1 Accident and Emergency Department, Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield, UK 2 Accident and Emergency Department, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK Correspondence to: Mr C R FitzSimmons ...

A shortcut review of the literature was carried out to establish whether the Testicular Workup for Ischemia and Suspected Torsion (TWIST) score was reliable and accurate enough to rule out testicular ...

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 ...

Background Emergency medical services (EMS) are often patients’ first point of contact for urgent and emergency care needs. Patients are triaged over the phone and may subsequently receive an ...

1 Accident and Emergency Department, Ayr Hospital, Dalmellington Road, Ayr, Scotland 2 Accident and Emergency Department, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock Overdoses of tricyclic antidepressants are ...

In adult patients presenting to ED with severe acute pain, is intranasal ketamine as effective as intravenous opiates for pain reduction?