Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine: Apr, 2007

Issue No. Volume 14, Number 2

Editorial
Acute appendicitis: a continuing diagnostic challenge to emergency physicians
by CP NG


Original Articles
1.	The use of ultrasonography to assess patients with right lower quadrant pain in the emergency department
	By AYC SIU and CH CHUNG

2.	Admission gatekeeping and safe discharge for the elderly: referral by the emergency department to the community nursing service for home visits
	By SLH CHIU , FM LAM , C CHEUNG

3.	How do critically ill children present to a local emergency department?
	By KL FAN


Case Report
1.	Video-assisted airway management: experience in a Hong Kong emergency department
	By WCY HUNG , KL TSUI , HH YAU , CW KAM

2.	A case of methanol poisoning
	By CK CHAN , YC CHAN , FL LAU

3.	Metabolic acidosis complicating ingestion of disinfectant floor cleaner containing butoxyethanol
	By HT FUNG , KK LAM , OF WONG , CH LAI , CW KAM

4.	A case of cervical tuberculous spondylitis: an uncommon cause of neck pain
	By YW LI and YW FUNG

5.	Case report of traumatic aortic disruption: a lethal injury requiring rapid and accurate diagnosis to lower mortality
	By EYL MAK and CW KAM

6.	The use of glucagon and other antidotes in a case of beta-blocker and calcium channel blocker overdose
	By HT FUNG , CH LAI , OF WONG , KK LAM , CW KAM

7.	Not to be forgotten: tetanus
	By F LATEEF


X-RAY QUIZ
1.	X-ray quiz: a lady with shoulder injury
	by KF CHAN and CH CHUNG


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