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

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Acute occlusion of the retinal arteries: current concepts and recent advances in diagnosis and management

Purpose/Background—Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is usually a blinding event, and is not an infrequent presentation to the accident and emergency (A&E) department. The evidence-base in ...
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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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Paramedics' experiences of end-of-life care decision making with regard to nursing home residents: an exploration of influential issues and factors

Introduction For a patient nearing the end of his or her life, transfer from a nursing home to the ED can be inappropriate, with potentially negative consequences, but transfer in these circumstances ...
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Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia in UK emergency departments: a national census

1 Professor of Emergency Care, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK 2 Academic Clinical Fellow, Academic Department of Emergency Care, University ...
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The PAWS score: validation of an early warning scoring system for the initial assessment of children in the emergency department

Objective: To devise a physiology-based scoring system for assessment of children presenting to the emergency department (ED) and to validate the system retrospectively. Study design: Age-dependent ...
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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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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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Increasing emergency department attendances in central London with methamphetamine toxicity and associated harms

Correspondence to Dr James T Harnett, Emergency Department, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, NW1 2BU, UK; j.harnett{at}nhs.net Background Methamphetamine is a ...
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What is an ROC curve?

The paper by Body et al is concerned with the evaluation of decision aids, which can be used to identify potential acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in the ED. The authors previously developed the ...
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Are there differences in the relationship between respiratory rate and oxygen saturation between patients with COVID-19 and those without COVID-19? Insights from a cohort-based ...

Background Physicians have observed patients with COVID-19 without respiratory distress despite marked hypoxaemia and extensive radiographic abnormalities, a controversial phenomenon called ‘silent ...