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Suicide and self-injury-related emergency department visits and homelessness among adults 25–64 years old from 2016 to 2021 in the USA
Background Despite pronounced increases in homelessness and mental health problems in the USA over the past decade, further ...
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Public understanding of medical terminology: non-English speakers may not receive optimal care
1 Emergency Medicine Research Group, University of Warwick and Walsgrave Hospitals NHS Trust, Coventry 2 Emergency Medicine Research Group, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University ...
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Acute urinary retention attributable to sacral herpes zoster
Correspondence to: Dr J Acheson c/o Department of Surgery, Antrim Area Hospital, 45 Bush Road, Antrim BT28 3QE, Northern Ireland; achesonjonnyhotmail.com Acute urinary retention in women is uncommon.
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Snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service: 2004–2010
Objective To describe trends regarding snakebite enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) from 2004 to 2010. Methods The NPIS telephone enquiry database, the UK Poisons ...
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Online First
Suicide and self-injury-related emergency department visits and homelessness among adults 25–64 years old from 2016 to 2021 in the USA ...
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Effectiveness and safety of an emergency department short-stay unit as an alternative to standard inpatient hospitalisation
Emergency Department, Hospital de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Correspondence to: A Juan Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Feixa Llarga s/n 08907 ...
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Discharge instructions for emergency department patients: what should we provide?
Effective communication between the physician and patient is required for optimum post-emergency department management. Written emergency department discharge instructions, when used to complement ...
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Factors that influence the accuracy of triage nurses' judgement in emergency departments
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung University and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan 3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 4 Graduate ...
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Diagnosis and management of common maxillofacial injuries in the emergency department. Part 1: advanced trauma life support
Maxillofacial injuries are often seen in the emergency department. Fractures of the facial skeleton are commonly seen after assault, road traffic accidents, falls, and sporting injuries in a ratio ...
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Subarachnoid haemorrhage in the emergency department (SHED): a prospective, observational, multicentre cohort study
Background People presenting to the ED with acute severe headache often undergo investigation to exclude subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). International guidelines propose that brain imaging within 6 ...
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The wisdom of elders: a new patient experience survey for older patients could tell us how to fix our emergency departments for everyone
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The minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale pain score does not differ with severity of pain
Correspondence to: Professor Kelly, Department of Emergency Medicine, Western Hospital, Private Bag, Footscray, Vic 3011, Australia (Anne-Maree.Kelly{at}nwhcn.org.au) Objective—To determine whether ...