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 ...

University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, City General Hospital, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK Correspondence to Dr Ruth Kinston, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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, ...

A diagnosis of tension pneumothorax is usually only considered within the context of trauma, incorrect chest drain insertion or positive pressure ventilation. Four patients are presented who developed ...

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 ...

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 ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, James Cook Hospital, Middlesborough, Middlesborough, UK This paper reviews the ...

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether antibiotics are indicated for human bites. Eighty nine papers were found using the reported search, of which two represent the best evidence to ...