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1442-2026
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Comparison of a verbal numeric rating scale with the visual analogue scale for the measurement of acute pain
Tập 15 Số 5-6 - Trang 441-446 - 2003
AbstractObjectives: To test the agreement between the visual analogue scale
(VAS) and a verbal numeric rating scale (VNRS) in measuring acute pain, and
measure the minimum clinically significant change in VNRS.Methods: Patients
scored their pain by the VAS and the VNRS, then re‐scored their pain every
30 min for up to 2 h. Patients also recorded whether their pain had improved or
worsened. Agreeme...
Gender issues in youth suicidal behaviour
Tập 14 Số 1 - Trang 35-42 - 2002
AbstractThere are gender differences in youth suicidal behaviour that are
evident in childhood and persist throughout adolescence and young adulthood. In
Western countries, young females are twice as likely as males to report suicidal
ideation and suicide attempt behaviour. However, despite the fact that females
make more suicide attempts, males are three‐ to fourfold more likely to die by
suicide...
Complaints from emergency department patients largely result from treatment and communication problems
Tập 14 Số 1 - Trang 43-49 - 2002
AbstractObjective: Emergency department patient complaints are often justified
and may lead to apology, remedial action or compensation. The aim of the present
study was to analyse emergency department patient complaints in order to
identify procedures or practices that require change and to make recommendations
for intervention strategies aimed at decreasing complaint rates.Methods: We
undertook ...
The status of the Glasgow Coma Scale
Tập 15 Số 4 - Trang 353-360 - 2003
AbstractThe Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was first introduced in the 1970s to
provide a simple and reliable method of recording and monitoring change in the
level of consciousness of head injured patients. Since its introduction, the GCS
has been widely utilized in the trauma community and its use expanded beyond the
original intentions of the score. In the context of traumatic injury, this paper
disc...
High‐pressure water injection injury: Emergency presentation and management
Tập 14 Số 3 - Trang 324-327 - 2002
AbstractPresentations of high‐pressure water blaster injuries to the emergency
department are varied. Though these injuries are sometimes described as a
‘benign variant’ of high‐pressure injection injuries, external appearances can
be deceptive. These injuries can produce an unexpected pattern of severe
internal injury and infectious complications. Such injuries are surgical
emergencies and must b...
The adversarial court system and the expert medical witness: ‘The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth?’
Tập 15 Số 3 - Trang 283-288 - 2003
AbstractThis discussion aims to provide the occasional medical expert witness
with background knowledge of the adversarial court system and the role of the
medical expert witness within it. The parallel evolution of the adversarial and
inquisitorial legal systems has been more out of tradition rather than any
systematic review of the effectiveness of one system or the other. Both legal
systems hav...