BestBETS – Best Evidence Topics provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature.
Cricoid pressure in emergency Rapid Sequence Induction
Prognostic Value of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in Community Acquired Pneumonia
Is recombinant factor VIIa beneficial in the management of acute spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage?
In patients with heatstroke is whole-body ice-water immersion the best cooling method?
Is propofol safe in patients with egg anaphylaxis?
Leg-crossing to prevent syncope
Toe fractures in adults
An Evaluation of the Alvarado Score as a Diagnostic Tool for Appendicitis in Children
Management of paediatric minor head injuries. Safe discharge?
Can patients with recent onset atrial fibrillation be discharged from Emergency department after successful cardioversion.
Dexamethasone for reduction of migraine recurrence
Vitamin C in severe burns
Is heat application as good as pain killers when suffering from dysmenorrhea ?
The use of adrenaline and long-term survival in cardiopulmonary resuscitation following cardiac arrest
Can emergency physicians safely rule in or rule out pediatric intussusception in the Emergency Department using bedside ultrasound?
Is exercise-related transient abdominal pain (stitch) while running preventable?
Alpha blockers v calcium blockers to increase spontaneous passage of renal calculi
Do all patients presenting to the emergency department with renal colic require hospital admission?
What are the clinical features of Salvia divinorum toxicity?
What gauge and type of lumbar puncture needle should we be using in the paediatric population to reduce the risk of postdural puncture headaches?
Imaging for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnant Women
What prognostic factors can predict outcomes of methamphetamine body stuffers?
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