Olanzapine postinjection delirium/sedation syndrome after long-acting olanzapine depot injection presenting to the emergency department: practical guidelines for diagnosis and management ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon, UK 2 Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Correspondence to: A Appelboam Department of ...

A short-cut review was performed to evaluate whether inflammatory markers such as C reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), white cell count (WCC) and procalcitonin (PCT) are ...

Correspondence to Dr Margaret Samuels-Kalow, Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; msamuels-kalow{at}partners.org The use of telemedicine has grown immensely ...

The use of dock leaves to ease the discomfort of nettle stings is a well-known folk remedy in the British Isles, yet has never been tested in a clinical trial. A group of Emergency Department doctors ...

Background Increasing numbers of older patients are presenting to the ED following trauma. These patients require multidisciplinary care that the traditional trauma model fails to provide. A Silver ...

Correspondence to: MrK M Porter Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, Selly Oak Hospital,Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6JD, UK; keith.porteruhb.nhs.uk Lower limb fractures are common ...

Objective To describe trends regarding snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) from 2004 to 2010. Methods The NPIS telephone enquiry database, the UK Poisons ...

Purpose/Background—Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is usually a blinding event, and is not an infrequent presentation to the accident and emergency (A&E) department. The evidence-base in ...

1 Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK 2 Institute for Ageing and Health, Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK Correspondence to ...

Background: Consultants in emergency medicine have to deal with a wide range of problems, many of which they will not have encountered during their training. One way to assess the adequacy of ...