Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine: Apr, 2006

Issue No. Volume 13, Number 2

Editorial
Hyperbaric Medicine: a potential subspecialty for Emergency Medicine in Hong Kong?
by CH CHUNG


Original Articles
1.	The severity and prognostic markers of 148 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning by burning charcoal
	by KK LAM , HT FUNG , CW KAM

2.	Validation of a 3-item screening tool for geriatric depression in the observation unit of an emergency department
	by VMS LEE , TW WONG , CC LAU

3.	Validation of a Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) in emergency department observation ward patients
	by TS LAM , PSK MAK , WS SIU , MY LAM , TF CHEUNG , TH RAINER

4.	A study on trauma documentation in accident and emergency attendance records
	by CY LAW , TW WONG, CC LAU

5.	Pain management in the emergency department
	by GH LIM , FC WEE , E SEOW


Case Report
1.	Streptococcus suis: what has been found in the past decades?
	by YS SIA , PG KAN , YT WONG

2.	Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (Nora's disease)
	by FCY LAM , TK TSANG , HS FUNG , MW WAI , SJ SHU

3.	Pancreatic injury: an uncommon cause of abdominal pain after blunt trauma
	by HS CHIU , SST CHENG , CH CHUNG

4.	Ultrasonography for acute blunt renal trauma: does it help?
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Clinical Photos and Xray Quiz
1.	Clinical photo and X-ray quiz: an infected toe
	by KC SHEK , KL TSUI , CW KAM

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