Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate patient knowledge of the acetaminophen (paracetamol) content of commonly used pain medications and the maximum daily recommended dose of acetaminophen.

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Army Forces Hualien General Hospital, Hualien, ...

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

3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Gayle Elizabeth McLelland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, PO BOx 527, ...

2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Kocaeli Universtiy, Kocaeli, Turkey Correspondence to: Dr S Yanturali Dokuz Eylul ...

Aims, Objectives and Background The climate crisis is the biggest health threat facing humanity and healthcare accounts for approximately 5% of the UK’s carbon footprint. To address this, the NHS has ...

Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Temple, Texas, USA and The Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, ...

Background: Fractures of the mandible are common facial injuries. Patients frequently require hospitalisation, surgical intervention and extended periods of convalescence. Methods: A prospective ...

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1, UK Correspondence to: Andrew Chukwuemeka, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; ...

Gas gangrene is a rare condition, usually associated with contaminated traumatic injuries. It carries a high rate of mortality and morbidity. A number of studies have implicated non-traumatic gas ...

Correspondence to Dr Emilie J Calvello Hynes, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; emilie.calvellohynes{at}ucdenver.edu Objectives ...

Correspondence to Dr Ziad Obermeyer, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Neville House, 10 Vining Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA; zobermeyer{at}partners.org Objective To ...