MJA
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Emergency medicine

Editorials

Emergency department overcrowding: the solution to any problem is a matter of relativity

George Braitberg

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (2): 88-89

Research

Emergency department overcrowding, mortality and the 4-hour rule in Western Australia

Gary C Geelhoed and Nicholas H de Klerk

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (2): 122-126 Free

Research

Emergency department targets: a watershed for outcomes research?

Drew B Richardson

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (2): 126-127 Free

Research

Energy drinks: health risks and toxicity

Naren Gunja and Jared A Brown

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (1): 46-49 Free

Research

Original sound compositions reduce anxiety in emergency department patients: a randomised controlled trial

Tracey J Weiland, George A Jelinek, Keely E Macarow, Philip Samartzis, David M Brown, Elizabeth M Grierson and Craig Winter

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 694-698 Free

Case reports

Stab in the dark

Martin R Brown

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 708 Free

Reflections

Weather to evacuate?

Cindy E Woods, Donna Goodman, Jane Mills, Kim Usher and William J H McBride

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 712-713

Reflections

Register of reported cases of leprosy

Peter Christopher

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 717

Reflections

Worst-case scenario

Andrew J Doley

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 719

Editorials

Dog bites in Australian children

Roy M Kimble, Natalie Dallow, Richard Franklin and Belinda Wallis

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 635-636

Christmas crackers

Grief and the medical referral

James L Mallows

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 733

Letters

Increasing ambulance demand requires enhanced indicators of quality and safety

Paul A De Vincentis

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (9): 515

Letters

Use of the modified early warning score in emergency medical units

Imogen A Mitchell, Mary-Ann Kulh and Heather McKay

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (8): 448

Research

A population-based survey of knowledge of first aid for burns in New South Wales

Lara A Harvey, Margo L Barr, Roslyn G Poulos, Caroline F Finch, Shauna Sherker and John G Harvey

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (8): 465-468 Free

Reflections

The Monte Carlo fallacy

Alexander M Owen

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 421

Letters

Emergency department website not worth the wait

Alexander M Owen

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 387

Research

Causes of ant sting anaphylaxis in Australia: the Australian Ant Venom Allergy Study

Simon G A Brown, Pauline van Eeden, Michael D Wiese, Raymond J Mullins, Graham O Solley, Robert Puy, Robert W Taylor and Robert J Heddle

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (2): 69-73 Free

Letters

The Easter bunny and the chocolate conspiracy

Mark Naunton

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 672

For debate

Clinical deterioration in the condition of patients with acute medical illness in Australian hospitals: improving detection and response

Paul F Jenkins, Campbell H Thompson and Lorna L Barton

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 596-598 Free

Letters

Lessons from the 4-hour standard in England for Australia

Shyan L Goh

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 615

Editor’s choice

Time to rethink end-of-life care

Annette Katelaris

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 563 Free

Research

The challenges of population ageing: accelerating demand for emergency ambulance services by older patients, 1995–2015

Judy A Lowthian, Damien J Jolley, Andrea J Curtis, Alexander Currell, Peter A Cameron, Johannes U Stoelwinder and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 574-578 Free

Notable cases

A synthetic haemoglobin-based oxygen carrier and the reversal of cardiac hypoxia secondary to severe anaemia following trauma

Mark C Fitzgerald, Julie Y Chan, Andrew W Ross, Susan M Liew, Warwick W Butt, David Baguley, Hatem H Salem, Matthias K Russ, Conor Deasy, Katherine E Martin, Joseph K Mathew and Jeffrey V Rosenfeld

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 471-473 Free

Notable cases

Bilateral homonymous superior quadrantanopia after traumatic attempts to remove a cockroach impacted in the external auditory canal

Wan Yi Ng, Brian E Chua, Todd A Hardy, David Wechsler and Stephen W Reddel

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (8): 420-422 Free

Notable cases

Life-threatening hypokalaemia associated with ibuprofen-induced renal tubular acidosis

Jennifer L Ng, David J R Morgan, Nelson K M Loh, Seng K Gan, Patrick L Coleman, Gregory S Y Ong and David Prentice

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (6): 313-316 Free