General
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RCN Emergency Care Association Annual Conference 14-15 November 2008
The Conference will take place. It will enable health care professionals to share experiences and discuss critical issues facing those in emergency care and provide an opportunity to network with colleagues in clinical, academic and leadership roles.
Evidence-Based Medicine
BestBETS – Best Evidence Topics provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. There were twelve new or modified BETS added last month.
Is a chest drain necessary in stable patients with traumatic pneumothorax?
Milch's technique versus Scapular Manipulation technique for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation.
What is the risk of AMI in amphetamine induced chest pain presenting to the ED?
In Patients With Classical Heat Stroke Does Treatment With Dantrolene Improve Outcome?
Is dantrolene the best way to treat hyperthermia in patients with cocaine abuse
Does the time of fasting affect complication rates during ketamine sedation
Is the absence of fever enough to rule out septic arthritis?
Heliox in croup
Is atropine needed as an adjunct in paediatric ketamine administration?
Is interval appendectomy necessary after conservative treatment of appendiceal mass in children?
Diagnostic utility of rapid immunochromatographic urine antigen testing in suspected pneumococcal infections
Should angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors be used in children with Type 1 diabetes and microalbuminuria?
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Cost-effectiveness of head computed tomography in infants with possible inflicted traumatic brain injury
Does this child have appendicitis?
Loperamide therapy for acute diarrhea in children: systematic review and meta-analysis
Management of displaced ankle fractures
Medication as a risk factor for falls: critical systematic review
Use of methylene blue in sepsis: a systematic review
Guidelines
Routine antenatal anti-D prophylaxis for women who are rhesus D negative
Technical patient safety solutions for ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults
Highlights from the Literature
Emergency Medicine Online, September 2008, vol. 25, issue 9
Observational pain assessment versus self-report in paediatric triage
Benefits of CT urography in patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected ureteric colic
Audit of the safety and effectiveness of ketamine for procedural sedation in the emergency department
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This bulletin is brought to you by Library and Knowledge Services. It aims to keep you up-to-date with accident and emergency issues. At the beginning of each month, a librarian will update the bulletin with relevant information published in the preceding month. If there are areas you think we also need to cover, please let us know.
