Aspiration of acute traumatic knee haemarthrosis
Report by Paul Wallman, Senior Clinical Fellow Checked by Simon Carley, Specialist Registrar
Propofol for resistant status epilepticus
Report by Simon Carley, Specialist Registrar Checked by Ian Crawford, Research Fellow
What's the point of ST elevation?
Carley, S, Gamon, R, Driscoll, P, Brown, G, Wallman, P
Objective: The magnitude of ST elevation is a key piece of information in the decision to thrombolyse in acute myocardial infarction. The ability of clinicians to reliably identify ST elevation has...
Rapid sequence induction in the emergency department: a strategy for failure
Carley, S, Gwinnutt, C, Butler, J, Sammy, I, Driscoll, P
Background: Rapid sequence induction (RSI) is increasingly used by emergency physicians in the emergency department. A feared complication of the technique is the inability to intubate and...
Journal clubs in clinical medicine
Jones, S, Harrison, M, Crawford, I, Ali, B, Beattie, E, Carley, S, ...
Acute myocardial infarction in cocaine induced chest pain presenting as an emergency
Carley, S., Ali, B., Mackway-Jones, K
Report by Simon Carley, Specialist Riegistrar Checked by Baha Ali, Senior Clinical Fellow
Report by Simon Carley, Consultant Checked by Mark Hamilton, Emergency Physician
Timing of lumbar puncture in suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage
Report by Simon Carley, Consultant Checked by Magnus Harrison, Specialist Registrar
Simple nomograms to calculate sample size in diagnostic studies
Carley, S, Dosman, S, Jones, S, Harrison, M
Objectives: To produce an easily understood and accessible tool for use by researchers in diagnostic studies. Diagnostic studies should have sample size calculations performed, but in practice, they...
Planning for chemical incidents by implementing a Delphi based consensus study
Crawford, I, Mackway-Jones, K, Russell, D, Carley, S
This paper provides a practical approach to the difficulties surrounding planning for chemical incidents, based upon the results of a Delphi based consensus study. It is intended to offer advice,...
Delphi based consensus study into planning for chemical incidents
Crawford, I, Mackway-Jones, K, Russell, D, Carley, S
Objective: To achieve consensus in all phases of chemical incident planning and response.
Delphi study into planning for care of children in major incidents
Carley, S., Mackway-Jones, K., Donnan, S.
This paper describes a Delphi study used to identify and improve areas of concern in the planning of care for children in major incidents. The Delphi was conducted over three rounds and used a...
Planning for major incidents involving children by implementing a Delphi study
Mackway-Jones, K., Carley, S., Robson, J.
This paper provides a practical approach to the difficult problem of planning for a major incident involving children. It offers guidance on how general principles resulting from an expert Delphi...
Carley, S., Mackway-Jones, K., Donnan, S.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To describe the incidence and epidemiology of major incidents occurring in Britain over the past 28 years. METHODS: Major incidents were identified through a MEDLINE search, a hand...
Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with CT pulmonary angiography: a systematic review
Hogg, K, Brown, G, Dunning, J, Wright, J, Carley, S, Foex, B, ...