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Autor:
Roger Morbey, Joanna Ellis, Helen E Hughes, Thomas Hughes, Helen K. Green, Alex J. Elliot, Richard Pebody, Gillian E. Smith, Thomas E Locker
Publikováno v:
Epidemiology and Infection. 144:1052-1064
SUMMARYSeasonal respiratory infections place an increased burden on health services annually. We used a sentinel emergency department syndromic surveillance system to understand the factors driving respiratory attendances at emergency departments (ED
Autor:
Thomas Hughes, Brian McCloskey, T. Shannon, Alex J. Elliot, Gillian E. Smith, S. Ibbotson, Virginia Murray, Roger Morbey, C. Carmichael, Mike Catchpole, Thomas E Locker, Helen E Hughes
Publikováno v:
Public Health. 128:628-635
This report describes the development of novel syndromic cold weather public health surveillance indicators for use in monitoring the impact of extreme cold weather on attendances at EDs, using data from the 2010-11 and 2011-12 winters. A number of n
Autor:
John Wright, Kazim Mirza, Paul Hunt, Patrick Dissmann, Thomas E Locker, Frank Coffey, Stuart Hartshorn
Publikováno v:
Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ
Objective To evaluate the short-term efficacy and safety of methoxyflurane for the treatment of acute pain in patients presenting to an emergency department (ED) with minor trauma. Methods STOP! was a randomised, double-blind, multicentre, placebo-co
The impact of thunderstorm asthma on emergency department attendances across London during July 2013
Autor:
Thomas E Locker, G. E. Smith, Helen E Hughes, Mike Catchpole, Brian McCloskey, Alex J. Elliot, Christophe Sarran, Ruth Brown, Thomas Hughes, Yolanda Clewlow, Angie Bone, Virginia Murray
Publikováno v:
Emergency Medicine Journal. 31:675-678
Background This study illustrates the potential of using emergency department attendance data, routinely accessed as part of a national syndromic surveillance system, to monitor the impact of thunderstorm asthma. Methods The Emergency Department Synd
Autor:
Thomas E Locker, Sarah L. Keep
Publikováno v:
European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 19:177-180
Digit preference bias has previously been described in a number of different clinical settings including the emergency department. This study aimed to assess whether the implementation of a computerised recording system affects the digit preference b
Publikováno v:
Emergency Medicine Journal. 24:398-401
Objective: This study aimed to develop a definition of frequent use of an emergency department (ED) by comparing differences in the observed frequency distribution with that of a theoretical frequency distribution. Methods: A retrospective analysis o
Autor:
Alex J. Elliot, Gillian E. Smith, Thomas Hughes, Thomas E Locker, Roger Morbey, Helen E Hughes
Publikováno v:
Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
We used an ED syndromic surveillance system to understand the factors driving respiratory ED attendances in England and how these can be characterised by the syndromic indicators available. Respiratory indicators were observed to peak at different po
Publikováno v:
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 46:954-961
Objective.—When patients present to an emergency department because of nontraumatic headache, they often present a diagnostic challenge. This study aimed to examine the utility of clinical features in detecting serious underlying causes of nontraum
Autor:
Francis Morris, Thomas E Locker
Publikováno v:
Surgery (Oxford). 21:197-201
Trauma is a huge problem in the ‘developed' world. About 25,000 people are killed in the UK each year, and for every patient killed, around 20 are severely injured. The costs incurred, both in terms of patient care and loss of earnings, are huge. A
Publikováno v:
BMJ. 328:721-723
The guidelines are simple and evidence based About 600-700 people sustain acute traumatic injuries to the spinal cord in the United Kingdom each year. Previously published data indicate that the injury to the spinal cord remains unrecognised in 4-9%