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Original articles

• Sensitivity and specificity of a rapid influenza diagnostic test in children and clinical utility during influenza A (H1N1) 2009 outbreak (13 October, 2010)

  F Angoulvant, X Bellettre, N Houhou, J B Dexpert, L Morin, J Y Siriez, F Soole, A de Lauzanne, R Cohen, F Brun-Vezinet, C Alberti, J C Mercier
• A novel ED-based sexual assault centre in western Kenya: description of patients and analysis of treatment patterns (14 October, 2010)

  Megan L Ranney, Elissa Rennert-May, Rachel Spitzer, Mary Anyona Chitai, Sarah Ellen Mamlin, Hillary Mabeya
• Cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation in the short observation unit: comparison of a protocol focused on electrical cardioversion with simple antiarrhythmic treatment (14 October, 2010)

  Lorenzo Cristoni, Andrea Tampieri, Fabrizio Mucci, Primiano Iannone, Alessandro Venturi, Mario Cavazza, Tiziano Lenzi
• Can S-100B serum protein help to save cranial CT resources in a peripheral trauma centre? A study and consensus paper (20 October, 2010)

  B Müller, D S Evangelopoulos, K Bias, A Wildisen, H Zimmermann, A K Exadaktylos
• How does extracerebral trauma affect the clinical value of S100B measurements? (14 October, 2010)

  Søren Ohrt-Nissen, Lennart Friis-Hansen, Benny Dahl, Jakob Stensballe, Bertil Romner, Lars S Rasmussen
• Which improvements could prevent the departure of the left-without-being-seen patients? (20 October, 2010)

  Gladys Ibanez, Luce Guerin, Nicolas Simon
• Prediction of severe bacterial infection in children with an emergency department diagnosis of infection (22 October, 2010)

  Christiane Vorwerk, Karen Manias, Ffion Davies, Timothy J Coats
• Pattern of hospital referrals of children at risk of maltreatment (23 October, 2010)

  Ella Rachamim, Deborah Hodes, Ruth Gilbert, Sonia Jenkins
• Is the current South African emergency medicine curriculum fit for purpose? An emergency medicine practice analysis (23 October, 2010)

  Kirsten L Cohen, Lee A Wallis
• Can emergency department nurses performing triage predict the need for admission? (20 October, 2010)

  Iain Beardsell, Sarah Robinson
• Meta-analysis of controlled studies on immunotherapy in severe scorpion envenomation (11 May, 2011)

  Fekri Abroug, Lamia Ouanes-Besbes, Islem Ouanes, Fahmi Dachraoui, Mohamed Fkih Hassen, Habib Haguiga, Souheil Elatrous, Christian Brun-Buisson