Background Thrombectomy is the primary treatment in the management of acute large vessel occlusions (LVO) strokes; however, many rural hospitals are not able to perform this procedure and must ...

Empathy is a reigning topic in healthcare because of its relationship to the aims of medical practice: improved health outcomes1 adherence to treatment recommendations, improved quality of care and ...

Defining research priorities in a specialty as broad as emergency medicine is a significant challenge. In order to fund and complete the most important research projects, it is imperative that we ...

Background Medical imaging use has increased progressively, prompting discussions about its clinical impact. Interventions to reduce low-value imaging have had varying success, as they generally do ...

Objective To compare the Danish Emergency Process Triage (DEPT) with a quick clinical assessment (Eyeball triage) as predictors of short-term mortality in patients in the emergency department (ED).

Background Acute appendicitis requires timely diagnosis. The diagnostic efficacy of tongue examination in making this diagnosis has not been established. This study investigates whether the Tongue ...

No one can be expert in recognising and treating the full spectrum of potential illness, and we all use reference information: guidelines, academic papers, textbooks, local protocols and advice from ...

Introduction Low-value diagnostic tests harm patients and healthcare systems. Elucidation of determinants of low-value tests is essential for their de-implementation. The aim of this study was to ...

Objectives Diverting patients away from the emergency department (ED) has been proposed as a solution for mitigating overcrowding. This systematic review examined the impact of interventions designed ...

Background Many previous studies have shown that patients admitted to hospital at weekends have worse outcomes than those on other days. It has been proposed that parity of clinical services ...

Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Best Practice Guidelines are produced by a variety of special interest groups or convened expert advisory groups which sit under the umbrella of the ...

We read with interest the recently published article by Jones et al .1 This paper provides important data to inform the debate around the current 4-hour target and the currently considered changes ...