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Understanding and interpreting artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning in Emergency Medicine

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Review of sports injuries presenting to an accident and emergency department

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Bleeding due to a medicinal leech bite

Correspondence to: Dr L Avşaroğulları Kılıçarslan Mh, Kızılırmak Cd, Irmak Sitesi, B Blok, No: 56/29, 38030, Melikgazi, Kayseri, Turkey; lavsarerciyes.edu.tr ...
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Clinical scaphoid score (CSS) to identify scaphoid fracture with MRI in patients with normal x-ray after a wrist trauma

Introduction The aim of this study was to compare a combination of three commonly used tests to identify scaphoid fractures with MRI in patients with normal x-ray after a wrist trauma. Patients and ...
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Chest compression first aid for respiratory arrest due to acute asphyxic asthma

This report demonstrates the importance of including external chest compression as a method of resuscitation in first aid for cases of life-threatening asphyxic asthma. Chest compression may be the ...
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Does the use of the Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System affect cardiac arrest detection?

Correspondence to: Mr A Heward London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, 220 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8SD, UK; andy.hewardlond-amb.nhs.uk Background: Cardiac arrest is the most widely recognised ...
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The sad truth about the SADPERSONS Scale: an evaluation of its clinical utility in self-harm patients

Background The SADPERSONS Scale is commonly used as a screening tool for suicide risk in those who have self-harmed. It is also used to determine psychiatric treatment needs in those presenting to ...
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Another brick in the wall: why ‘corridor care’ is an oxymoron and why it is important to understand it

The Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN)’s paper entitled “Understanding corridor and escalation area care in 165 UK emergency departments: a multicentre cross-sectional snapshot study”, is an ...
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Tricyclic antidepressant overdose: a review

1 Accident and Emergency Department, Ayr Hospital, Dalmellington Road, Ayr, Scotland 2 Accident and Emergency Department, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock Overdoses of tricyclic antidepressants are ...
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The impact of senior doctor assessment at triage on emergency department performance measures: systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies

School of Health and Related Research, ScHARR, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Correspondence to Dr Maysam Ali Abdulwahid, School of Health and Related Research, ScHARR, University of Sheffield ...
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Barking up the wrong tree? A survey of dog bite wound management

Objectives: Several trials have been published examining the role of antibiotics in dog bite wound management. A meta-analysis of these suggests that there is very little benefit to routine antibiotic ...
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A study of patients presenting to an emergency department having had a “spiked drink”

Correspondence to: MrHywel Hughes Emergency Department, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Croesnewydd Road, Wrexham, Wales, UK; Hywel.hughes{at}new-tr.wales.nhs.uk Objectives: To assess the scale of drink ...