Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine: Apr, 2005

Issue No. Volume 12, Number 2

Editorial
Emergency physician's dilemma in antibiotic prescribing
by CH CHUNG


Original Articles
1.	Antibiotic prescribing for patients with upper respiratory tract infections by emergency physicians in a Singapore tertiary hospital
	by WY Lee

2.	How efficient can we treat presumed acute uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection in women with 3-day antibiotic in the Accident & Emergency Department?
	by YW LI and WL YUEN

3.	A snapshot of chronic obstructive airways disease in Australian emergency departments
	by D KERR and AM KELLY


Case Report
1.	Persistent fever and exanthema in a family: a case report of Mediterranean spotted fever
	by CP NG and CH CHUNG

2.	Carotid-cavernous fistula: an uncommon and easily missed complication of head trauma
	by KH LAU , CP NG , CH CHUNG

3.	Short-haul flight: is it a risk to pulmonary embolus?
	by M ABD WAHAB and AA ABU HASSAN

4.	Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: an uncommon complication from an augmented physiological belching (imitating a TV show game)
	by KC SHEK , CM LO , KL ONG , CW KAM

5.	Beware of the anticoagulated elderly with minor head injury
	by CH Chung


Special Features Articles
1.	Management of body packers in the emergency department
	by GCK WONG , KK LAI , CH CHUNG


Quiz
1.	X-ray quiz: an old lady with urinary tract symptoms
	by FCY LAM , TK TSANG , HS FUNG , MW WAI


2.	X-ray quiz: more than a coin lesion
	by AYC SIU and CH CHUNG

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