Comparative effectiveness of ceftriaxone and ampicillin-sulbactam for empiric management of community-acquired pneumonia in ...

The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) uses clinician judgement to quantify the functional impacts of multidimensional health deficits.1 The CFS has become widely adopted in research and clinical settings ...

OBJECTIVES: To assess the degree of inappropriate use of the London Ambulance Service and analyse the reasons for misuse. DESIGN: An immediate assessment of the appropriateness of the "999" call by ...

What this study adds In an observational study of 2645 consecutive patients admitted with COPD exacerbation to 1 of 6 UK hospitals, 1027 had oxygen therapy at admission. In those treated with oxygen, ...

Objective Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) improves survival and neurological outcomes. Nonetheless, many OHCA patients do not receive ...

Aims and Objectives Pre-hospital spinal immobilisation is generally recommended for traumatic injury in numerous guidelines and has been adopted worldwide by many pre-hospital medical services.