Test characteristics of clinical findings and clinical decision rules for the diagnosis of septic arthritis in children with ...

Objective—To determine if the 8 cm upper limit for mediastinal width applies in the trauma setting of today. To define the upper limit of normal mediastinal width for supine chest films. Methods—A ...

Children’s Emergency Department, Starship Children’s Health, Auckland, New Zealand Dr D Herd, Children’s Emergency Department, Starship Children’s Hospital, Park Road, Auckland, New Zealand; ...

Background Patients with traumatic wounds frequently present to the ED. Literature on whether to treat these wounds sterile or non-sterile is sparse. Non-sterile treatment has the advantage of saving ...

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Background: The oculovagal reflex is well described in ophthalmic surgery, but may be caused by any manner of pressure on the globe. Children with orbital blowout fractures present in a different ...

Correspondence to: Dr Adrian A Boyle Emergency Department, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK; boylea{at}doctors.org.uk Objective: To establish whether UK emergency physicians ...

1 Nottingham Children's Hospital, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham, UK 2 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical ...

Objectives: Several trials have been published examining the role of antibiotics in dog bite wound management. A meta-analysis of these suggests that there is very little benefit to routine antibiotic ...

Background Andexanet alfa was approved in 2018 for reversal of direct oral anticoagulants but due to issues of cost and access, four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC) continues to be ...

1 Department of Social Work and Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden 2 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden ...

Objectives: To describe the injuries misdiagnosed as a sprain of the wrist and to determine the approximate incidence of misdiagnosis in patients diagnosed as having a sprain of the wrist. Methods: ...