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This study described the effect of early administration of analgesia for acute abdominal pain in the accident and emergency setting
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Recent trials suggest that the early administration of analgesia in patients with acute abdominal pain facilitates examination and does not delay diagnosis. We investigated current practice regarding analgesia for these patients. METHODS: All patients admitted via the accident and emergency department with abdominal pain were included. The main outcome measures evaluated more...
International Classification:
Drugs - analgesia
Categories:
abdominal pain
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Eur J Emerg Med,
Vol: 11 Page: 309-12 December 2004
J. Shabbir; P. F. Ridgway; K. Lynch; C. E. Law; D. Evoy; J. B. O'Mahony; K. Mealy
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This article discusses "the Emergency Duty Team"
Abstract:
In July 2000 the first Emergency Duty Team was established within the Eastern Health & Social Services Board in Northern Ireland, fundamentally changing the way in which out of hours social work services are provided. The other three Boards are now also examining how they might provide for their statutory responsibilities out of hours and are looking to the model of the Emergency Duty more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Child Care in Practice,
Vol: 10 Page: 395-403 2004
Jane Barry
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This study examined the management of children with foreign bodies in the nose or ear in an attempt to see whether these children can be successfully managed in Accident & Emergency or whether they should be referred to the Otolaryngology service
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OBJECTIVE: This study reviews the management of children with foreign bodies in the nose or ear in an attempt to see whether these children can be successfully managed in the Accident and Emergency (A & E) Department or whether they should be directly referred to the Otolaryngology service. METHODS: The records of all children with a foreign body in either the nose or ear who presented more...
International Classification:
Procedure - foreign bodies exteraction
Categories:
foreign bodies
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol,
Vol: 70 Page: 425-8 March 2006
T. Mackle; B. Conlon
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The aim of this study was to examine the epidemiology of accidental poisoning with decanted chemicals
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Decanting of chemicals from their original containers is a hazardous practice that can result in inadvertent poisoning. We conducted a four-year prospective observational study to analyse the epidemiology of accidental poisoning with decanted chemicals. 157 patients were poisoned following accidental exposure to chemicals transferred to innocuous containers. 106 patients attended more...
International Classification:
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - poisoning
Categories:
accidental poisoning
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Ir Med J,
Vol: 98 Page: 175-8 June 2005
N. Cassidy; J. A. Tracey
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The aim of this study was to examine incidence, aetiology and clinical features of subdural haematomoa and effusion in infancy in the United Kingdom and Ireland
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AIM: To determine incidence, aetiology, and clinical features of subdural haematoma and effusion (SDH/E) in infancy throughout the British Isles. METHODS: Cases were notified to the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit over 12 months by paediatricians, neurosurgeons, and paediatric and forensic pathologists. RESULTS: A total of 186 infants (121 boys, 65 girls) aged 0-2 years were more...
International Classification:
Diseases of the circulatory system - Cerebrovascular diseases - subdural haematomoa
Categories:
subdural haematomoa; effusion
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Archives of Disease in Childhood,
Vol: 90 Page: 952-955 2005
C. Hobbs; A. Childs; J. Wynne; J. Livingston; A. Seal
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