BETs and CAs in this Category

			Admission not needed for uncomplicated sternal fractures
			Is a chest drain necessary in stable patients with traumatic pneumothorax?
			Antibiotics in patients with isolated chest trauma requiring chest drains
			Does plain radiography predict pneumothorax size?
			To chest drain or not to chest drain (haemothorax)
			Chest drains in traumatic occult pneumothorax
			Seldinger technique chest and complication rate
			Transthoracic ultrasonography to diagnose pneumothorax in trauma
			Stable Traumatic Pneumopericardium – Operate or Hesitate?
			Normal PaO2 on air and normal clinical examination to rule out traumatic pneumothorax
			Use of troponin for the diagnosis of myocardial contusion after blunt chest trauma
			Epidural analgesia/anaesthesia versus systemic intravenous opioid analgesia in the management of blunt thoracic trauma.
			CXR or CT in Blunt chest trauma?
			Chest X Ray, rib fracture and exclusion pneumothorax
			Accuracy of a chest x-ray in diagnosing dissecting thoracic aneurysm.
			Is conservative management of stab wounds better than wound closure?
			Should prophylactic antibiotics be prescribed for rib fractures to prevent infective complications in patients with concurrent chest problems
			Is bubble jet CPAP more effective in respiratory distress syndrome?
			Does it matter whether a chest drain is aimed upwards or downwards for the optimum drainage of fluid or air from the pleural cavity ?
			Does needle always mean tube after suspected tension pneumothorax?
			The accuracy of echocardiography in the diagnosis of traumatic pericardial tamponade.
			To intubate or not to intubate - management of multiple rib fractures
			Use of pericardiocentesis for patients with cardiac tamponade in penetrating chest trauma
			Is ultrasound or chest x-ray best for the diagnosis of pneumothorax in the emergency department?
			Nicardipine hydrochloride for hypertensive crisis in patients with aortic dissection
			Does combined oral dexamethasone and epinephrine inhalation help infants with bronchiolitis to recover faster?

Generic appraisals

Marinelli G, Chiappini B, Di Eusanio M et al.

Bypass Grafting with coronary endarterectomy: immediate and long-term results

Cohort

Puskas JD, Williams, Duke PG et al.

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting provides complete revascularization with reduced myocardial injury,transfusion requirements, and length of stay: a single blind RCT

Randomised control trial

Bokhari F, Backenridge S, Ngy K, Roberts R, Smith R, Joseph K, An G, Wiley D, Barrett J.

Prospective evaluation of the sensitivity of physical examination in chest trauma

Diagnosis

Rebecca K. Fastle and Mark G. Roback.

Pediatric rapid sequence intubation: Incidence of reflex bradycardia and effects of pretreatment with atropine.

Cohort

Kirkpatrick AW

Hand-held Thoracic Sonography for Detecting Post-Traumatic Pneumothoraces: the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (EFAST)

Diagnosis

Kapur N, Cooper J, Rodway C, Kelly J, Guthrie E, Mackway-Jones K.

Predicting the risk of repetition after self harm: cohort study

Cohort

Baker R.C, Tiller T., Bausher J. et al

Severity of Disease correlated with fever reduction in febrile infants

Cohort