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Are rapid diagnostic tests reliable for the detection of malaria in the emergency department?

A short systematic review assessed the diagnostic accuracy of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in febrile adults from malaria-endemic regions. A database search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane and Google ...
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Reliability and validity of the Manchester Triage System in a general emergency department patient population in the Netherlands: results of a simulation study

Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Ms I van der Wulp, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, P O Box 85500, 3508 GA ...
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Interventions to improve patient flow in emergency departments: an umbrella review

Objectives Patient flow and crowding are two major issues in ED service improvement. A substantial amount of literature exists on the interventions to improve patient flow and crowding, making it ...
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Blunt chest trauma in the elderly: an expert practice review

Correspondence to Dr Fraser Birse, Emergency Department, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK; fraserbirse{at}gmail.com UK Trauma data collected by Trauma Audit and ...
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The Sonographic Ottawa Foot and Ankle Rules Study (the SOFAR Study)

Introduction Foot and ankle injuries are common in the Emergency Department (ED). Of those requiring radiographs in accordance with the Ottawa Foot and Ankle Rules, approximately 22% have a fracture.
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Knowledge of radiation exposure in common radiological investigations: a comparison between radiologists and non-radiologists

1 Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2 Trauma and Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, ...
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133 Palliative care in the emergency department – a scoping review

Methods/Design Data were collected from electronic and written ED records for all patients meeting the inclusion criteria who attended over a 14-day period. Patient records were identified by manually ...
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USING A CLINICAL PHARMACIST IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Objectives & Background UK urgent and emergency care (UEC) services are facing significant increased patient demand alongside a shortage of medical and nursing staff. From the early 2000's pharmacy ...
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Determinants of patient satisfaction in an Australian emergency department fast-track setting

3 Concord Hospital, New South Wales, Australia ahilan.parameswaran@sswahs.gov.au 4 Emergency Department, Canterbury Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence to Dr Michael M Dinh, ...
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Sequence of advanced airway management and epinephrine administration for paediatric patients with non-shockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Background Despite the frequent use of both advanced airway management (AAM) and epinephrine during resuscitation, no studies have evaluated the optimal sequencing of these interventions in paediatric ...
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Empathy can be taught and learned with evidence-based education

Correspondence to Dr Helen Riess, Empathy and Relational Science Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA; HRiess{at}Partners.Org While many believe some people are ...
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Common femoral artery access in emergency medicine

Advanced vascular access skills are an essential component of all critical care specialty curricula. However, common femoral artery (CFA) cannulation and sheath insertion has thus far not been ...