BMJ5h
Level of training and experience in physicians performing interhospital transfers of adult patients in the internal medicine department
Aim: To establish the level of training doctors who participate in interhospital transfers in Denmark. Methods: A questionnaire was sent to every hospital department in Denmark with acute internal ...
BMJ3d
Paracetamol versus other analgesia in adult patients with minor musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review
Correspondence to Dr Milan L Ridderikhof, Emergency Medicine, Amsterdam UMC - Locatie AMC, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; m.l.ridderikhof{at}amsterdamumc.nl Objectives Pain treatment in acute ...
BMJ2d
2232 The efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and 30-day patient outcomes in delayed treatment of decompression sickness
Aims and Objectives Decompression sickness (DCS) occurs due to inert gas bubble formation in tissues and can cause serious injury. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the definitive treatment. Dive ...
BMJ5d
Toxicity of brake oil
The Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Correspondence to: Dr N Sharma, The Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate ...
BMJ3d
Moderate to severe hyperphosphataemia as an independent prognostic factor for 28-day mortality in adult patients with sepsis
Correspondence to Dr You Hwan Jo, Emergency medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 13620, the Republic of Korea; emdrjyh{at}gmail.com Background Ischaemic tissue injury caused ...
BMJ12d
The prehospital management of pelvic fractures: initial consensus statement
Correspondence to Professor Keith Porter, Department of Anaesthesia, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen B15 2WB, UK; keith.porter{at}uhb.nhs.uk Improved mortality has been seen with catastrophic ...
BMJ2d
Personal protective equipment provision in prehospital care: a national survey
Background: Safety in prehospital practice is a paramount principle. Personal protective equipment (PPE) use is intrinsic to safe practice. There is varied guidance as to what constitutes effective ...
BMJ8d
Seeing the invisible: painless aortic dissection in the emergency setting
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School and Hospital, Izmir, Turkey 2 Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School and Hospital, Izmir, Turkey 3 ...
BMJ1d
Emergency oxygen therapy for the breathless patient. Guidelines prepared by North West Oxygen Group
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 ...