Background: Fractures of the mandible are common facial injuries. Patients frequently require hospitalisation, surgical intervention and extended periods of convalescence. Methods: A prospective ...

The case is presented of a woman with a gradual onset of knee pain due to calcific tendonitis of the medial collateral ligament (MCL). The diagnosis was made based on clinical findings, plain ...

2 Department of Forensic Medicine, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey 3 Department of Biostatistics, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey 4 Department of General Surgery, ...

Objectives—The aim of this study was to examine the quality of handover of patients in the resuscitation room by describing the current perceptions of medical and ambulance staff. Methods—This was a ...

1 School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2 Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town & Stellenbosch University, Capetown, South Africa 3 Occupational ...

1 Division of Internal Medicine St. James’ Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Centre at St. James’ Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 2 Department of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Trinity College ...

Objectives To gather data on the ages and weights of children aged between 1 and 16 years in order to assess the validity of the current weight estimation formula ‘Weight(kg)=2(age+4)’ and the newly ...

Dr A A Boyle, Emergency Department, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK; boylea{at}doctors.org.uk Background: There is uncertainty about the most efficient model of emergency ...

Departments of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dr M Storm-Versloot, Department of Surgery, G4-233, Academic Medical Center, ...

Dr H Adlington, Department of Emergency Medicine, Poole Hospital, Poole BH15 2JB, UK; harryadlington{at}yahoo.co.uk A 63-year-old women with a history of palpitations presented to the emergency ...

Department of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea Dr H S Chung, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 250 ...

1 Accident and Emergency Department, Tralee General Hospital, Tralee, Co Kerry, Republic of Ireland 2 Accident and Emergency Department, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, UK 3 Accident ...