Table of contents

Original articles

• Implementation of an intensified antibiotic stewardship programme targeting third-generation cephalosporin and fluoroquinolone use in an emergency medicine department (26 September, 2014) Free

  Johannes P Borde, Winfried V Kern, Martin Hug, Michaela Steib-Bauert, Katja de With, Hans-Jörg Busch, Klaus Kaier
• Comparison of intravenous lidocaine versus morphine in alleviating pain in patients with critical limb ischaemia (21 August, 2014)

  Elnaz Vahidi, Delaram Shakoor, Mohamad Aghaie Meybodi, Morteza Saeedi
• Comparison of the therapeutic efficacy of intravenous dimenhydrinate and intravenous piracetam in patients with vertigo: a randomised clinical trial (22 July, 2014)

  Nurettin Özgür Doğan, Nazire Avcu, Elif Yaka, Serkan Yılmaz, Murat Pekdemir
• Does a single dose of intravenous dexamethasone reduce Symptoms in Emergency department patients with low Back pain and RAdiculopathy (SEBRA)? A double-blind randomised controlled trial (13 August, 2014)

  Ravichandra Balakrishnamoorthy, Isabelle Horgan, Siegfried Perez, Michael Craig Steele, Gerben B Keijzers
• Neutrophil to lymphocyte count ratio as an early indicator of blood stream infection in the emergency department (2 September, 2014)

  Richard Lowsby, Clint Gomes, Ian Jarman, Paulo Lisboa, Patrick A Nee, Madhur Vardhan, Tom Eckersley, Roshan Saleh, Hannah Mills
• Clinical and economic effects of selective radiological evaluation of high-energy trauma patients: a prospective experience of a level 1 busy trauma centre (1 September, 2014)

  Shahram Paydar, Armin Ahmadi, Behnam Dalfardi, Alireza Shakibafard, Hamidreza Abbasi, Shahram Bolandparvaz
• Rescuer-limited cardiopulmonary resuscitation as an alternative to 2-min switched CPR in the setting of inhospital cardiac arrest: a randomised cross-over study (4 August, 2014)

  Choong Hyun Jo, Gyu Chong Cho, Jung Hwan Ahn, Yoo Seok Park, Chang Hee Lee
• One-handed chest compression technique for paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation: dominant versus non-dominant hand (21 August, 2014)

  Je Hyeok Oh, Chan Woong Kim, Sung Eun Kim, Dong Hoon Lee, Sang Jin Lee
• Official lay basic life support courses in Germany: is delivered content up to date with the guidelines? An observational study (22 August, 2014)

  Patrick Wagner, Christian Lingemann, Hans-Richard Arntz, Jan Breckwoldt