Centre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Correspondence to Dr Matthew J Booker, Centre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social ...

Correspondence to: Mr B McNicholl Emergency Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6AB, UK; brian.mcnichollroyalhospitals.n-i.nhs.uk Objective: To see whether three hours of ...

Introduction A significant proportion of ED attendances in children may be non-urgent attendances (NUAs), which could be better managed elsewhere. This study aimed to quantify NUAs and urgent ...

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Introduction Pain is the most common presenting feature within the ED, yet undertreatment of pain in the ED is a well-documented problem worldwide. Despite the development of interventions to address ...

A shortcut review was carried out to establish whether having a shellfish or iodine allergy changed the risk of allergic reaction in patients receiving radiocontrast medium more than other concomitant ...

Objectives To evaluate the role of ambulance response times in improving survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Methods OHCAs were identified by sampling consecutive life-threatening ...

Objective We aimed to determine trends over time in article origin, and article and methodology characteristics. Method We examined original research articles published every fifth year over a 20-year ...

2 School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Correspondence to Rowena Johnson, The Medical School, The University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, ...

Background Andexanet alfa was approved in 2018 for reversal of direct oral anticoagulants but due to issues of cost and access, four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC) continues to be ...

Objectives Quality and safety of emergency care is critical. Patients rely on emergency medicine (EM) for accessible, timely and high-quality care in addition to providing a ‘safety-net’ function.

Correspondence to Dr Marleen Smits, Scientific Center for Quality of Healthcare, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands; marleen.smits{at}radboudumc.nl Background The Netherlands Triage ...