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 ...

Background Diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE) can be a difficult process for junior doctors, because it relies on clinical probability scoring and knowledge of how to apply and interpret D-dimer, VQ ...

A short review of the literature was conducted to compare the length of emergency department (ED) stay and hospital admission rates in patients with exacerbations of asthma or chronic obstructive ...

Test characteristics of clinical findings and clinical decision rules for the diagnosis of septic arthritis in children with an acute limp presenting to the emergency department: a prospective ...

Correspondence to: H R Guly Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK; henry.guly{at}phnt.swest.nhs.uk We describe five cases of scombroid that presented ...

7 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital 8 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester 9 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Hope ...

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 ...

Respiratory Medicine, Salford Royal Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Salford, UK Dr B R O’Driscoll, Respiratory Medicine, Hope Hospital, Salford M6 8HD, UK; ronan.o'driscoll{at}srft.nhs.uk Background: ...

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, ...

Emergency Medicine Research Group, Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Correspondence to: Dr M Cooke, Emergency Medicine Research Group, Centre for Primary ...

BACKGROUND: The Manchester triage system (MTS) is now widely used in UK accident and emergency (A&E) departments. No clinical outcome studies have yet been published to validate the system. Safety of ...