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Research

Bringing patients’ own medications into an emergency department by ambulance: effect on prescribing accuracy when these patients are admitted to hospital

Esther W Chan, Simone E Taylor, Jennifer L Marriott and Bill Barger

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 374-377 Free

Notable cases

Early use of high-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy for verapamil toxicity

Christopher P Nickson and Mark Little

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (6): 350-352 Free

Letters

Pathology processes and emergency department length of stay: the impact of change

Andrew Georgiou and Johanna I Westbrook

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (6): 359

Letters

Pathology processes and emergency department length of stay: the impact of change

Andrew J Francis, Michael J Ray and Mary C Marshall

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (6): 359

Letters

Access block can be managed

Antony Nocera

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 292-293

Letters

What can public health surveillance of emergency department presentations for acute alcohol problems tell us about social trends in drinking behaviour?

David J Muscatello, Sarah V Thackway, Daniel A Belshaw and David McGrath

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (4): 237-238

Conference report

Acute medical admissions in our hospitals: getting it right

Harvey H Newnham, Campbell H Thompson, Paul F Jenkins and Lauri T O’Brien

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (1): 9-10

Research

Black Saturday: the immediate impact of the February 2009 bushfires in Victoria, Australia

Peter A Cameron, Biswadev Mitra, Mark Fitzgerald, Carlos D Scheinkestel, Andrew Stripp, Chris Batey, Louise Niggemeyer, Melinda Truesdale, Paul Holman, Rishi Mehra, Jason Wasiak and Heather Cleland

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (1): 11-16 Free

Research

National survey of management of transient ischaemic attack in Australia: Take Immediate Action

Christopher J Price, David J Blacker, Rohan S Grimley, Helen M Dewey, Richard P Gerraty, Simon A Koblar, Sonia M Denisenko, Catherine E Storey, Christopher F Bladin and Kelvin M Hill

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (1): 17-20 Free

Letters

Septic shock from penetrating leg injury with Vibrio vulnificus infection

Tamara C Preda, Veronica A Preda and Allan P Mekisic

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 716

Research

Pathology processes and emergency department length of stay: the impact of change

Andrew J Francis, Michael J Ray and Mary C Marshall

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 665-669 Free

Book reviews

Dealing with disasters

Alexander C McFarlane

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): 647

Lessons from practice

Sore throat: a trivial complaint masking a life-threatening condition

Sébastien Anguille, Aurélie M Derweduwen, Jeroen Lenz, Luc Vanuytsel and Frank J Cools

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 454-456 Free

Access block

Myths versus facts in emergency department overcrowding and hospital access block

Drew B Richardson and David Mountain

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 369-374 Free

Book reviews

Toxicology Australian style

Mark Little

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 391

Access block

Access block: it’s all about available beds

Daniel M Fatovich, Geoff Hughes and Sally M McCarthy

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 362-363

Access block

Access block can be managed

Peter A Cameron, Anthony P Joseph and Sally M McCarthy

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 364-368 Free

Snapshot

Valsalva retinopathy induced by vigorous nightclub dancing

Henri Sueke

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 333 Free

Research

The medical and retrieval costs of road crashes in rural and remote northern Queensland, 2004–2007: findings from the Rural and Remote Road Safety Study

Teresa M O’Connor, Heather A Hanks, Mark S Elcock, Richard C Turner and Craig Veitch

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 54-56 Free

The Whole Wide World

World Youth Day 2008: did it stress Sydney hospitals?

Myles W H Smith, Gordian W O Fulde and Patricia M Hendry

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (11): 630-632 Free

The Whole Wide World

Blessings in disguise: public health emergency preparedness for World Youth Day 2008

Jan Fizzell and Paul K Armstrong

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (11): 633-636 Free

Editorials

Victoria’s trauma care system: national implications for quality improvement

Francis T McDermott and Stephen M Cordner

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 540-542

Research

Frequent attenders at emergency departments: a linked-data population study of adult patients

George A Jelinek, Moyez Jiwa, Nicholas P Gibson and Ann-Maree Lynch

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 552-556 Free

Snapshot

Ooh — bet that hurt

Robert J Douglas

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 524 Free

Research

Improving access to acute stroke therapies: a controlled trial of organised pre-hospital and emergency care

Debbie A Quain, Mark W Parsons, Allan R Loudfoot, Neil J Spratt, Malcolm K Evans, Michelle L Russell, Angela T Royan, Andrea G Moore, Ferdinand Miteff, Carolyn J Hullick, John Attia, Patrick McElduff and Christopher R Levi

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 429-433 Free