Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a sudden decline in kidney function. AKI in children is associated with an increased risk of death and prolonged hospital stay, and increased risk of chronic kidney diseas…
More Dental Emergencies
An injury to the tooth-supporting structures with no increase in tooth mobility, and no displacement of the tooth. The tooth however is tender to touch…
More Dental Emergencies
This session aims to give a brief overview of dental emergencies that may present in A&E, including aetiology, diagnosis and management…
Bitesize
An 18-year old man makes a mistake with a beer bottle.…
Ouch my jaw
It’s a busy Friday night in the emergency department and another facial injury presents following an alleged assault to the left jaw.…
Advanced Lines
We’re great at getting access in the ED – we’ve got our ultrasound to help and when that doesn’t work, we might insert a central line (only takes 30 seconds, right?), or an int…
“I can’t speak”
A 70-year-old gentleman presented to the Emergency Department with pain in left lower jaw, worsening over the last 3 days…
EMJ Podcast July 2019
This month we have Dental Anaesthesia in the Emergency Department, and sources of bias in studies of diagnostic test performance…
Dental Emergencies
Describing the different types of dental infection and the pathophysiology of their development…
Dental Emergencies
There is extremely wide geographical variation in the organisation of out-of-hours dental services provided in the United Kingdom…