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Track and trigger in an emergency department: an observational evaluation study

1 Emergency Department, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK 2 Emergency Department, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Berkshire, UK 3 Institute of Biomedical ...
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Are boys and girls that different? An analysis of traumatic brain injury in children

6 Department of Paediatric Medicine, Children's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Correspondence to Dr Niamh C Collins, Department of Emergency Medicine, Connolly Hospital, Dublin 15, Ireland; ...
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Some nights stay with you

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Is ‘sepsis’ a failed paradigm?

Correspondence to Dr Adrian A Boyle, Emergency Department, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK; adrian.boyle{at}addenbrookes.nhs.uk In this issue, ...
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National initiatives to improve outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in England

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Prevalence and associated factors of burnout and workplace stressors among emergency department healthcare workers in Uganda

Background Burnout is a widely recognised occupational phenomenon, with emergency department (ED) healthcare workers globally facing a heightened risk. Despite this, data on the burden of burnout ...
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Effect of delayed lumbar punctures on the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in adults

Correspondence to Professor Tom Solomon, University of Liverpool Brain Infections Group, 8th Floor Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK; tsolomon{at}liv.ac.uk Introduction Bacterial ...
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From triage to transformation: tackling inequalities in emergency care through a public health lens

Emergency departments (EDs) and NHS ambulance services often serve as the first and only point of contact with healthcare for individuals from deprived communities, marginalised populations and other ...
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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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Evaluating the TWIST score and point-of-care ultrasound for paediatric testicular torsion

Background An acute scrotum is an urological emergency. One of its most important causes is testicular torsion, which can result in testicular necrosis unless quickly diagnosed and treated. Along with ...
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Care for older adults living with dementia in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of care partner roles and perspectives

Objective Care partners play a vital role in supporting persons living with dementia (PLWD) in using medical services. We conducted a meta-synthesis to explore care partner perspectives of ED care for ...
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The association between systolic blood pressure and in-hospital mortality in older emergency department patients who are hospitalised with a suspected infection

Objective In existing risk stratification and resuscitation guidelines for sepsis, a hypotension threshold of systolic blood pressure (SBP) below 90–100 mmHg is typically used. However, for older ...