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1 Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands ...

Cohort, cross sectional, and case-control studies are collectively referred to as observational studies. Often these studies are the only practicable method of studying various problems, for example, ...

Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia The incidence of anaphylaxis is under-reported. Children ...

Aims/Objectives/Background Sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and many tools exist to facilitate early recognition. The current international ...

1 Department of Accident and Emergency, Russells Hall Hospital, West Midlands, UK 2 Department of Medicine, Russells Hall Hospital, West Midlands Correspondence to: Dr T M Fiad, Department of Medicine ...

Objectives To directly compare the diagnostic accuracy of four decision aids (Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS), History, ECG, Age, Risk factors and Troponin (HEART), ...

Correspondence to Dr Nicholas Woodier, East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery (North Centre), Emergency Medicine, Kings Meadow Campus, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, UK ...

Objective Physiological derangement, as measured by Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) is used to try and identify children with critical illness at an early point to identify and intervene in ...

A short-cut review of the literature was carried out to examine the benefits of caffeine as an analgesic adjunct in tension-type and migraine-type headache. Six papers were identified as suitable for ...

Objectives & Background The LiveCity Project funded by the European Commission included the development of hardware and software and the provision of a telecommunication infrastructure with high-speed ...