BETs and CAs in this Category

			Needle aspiration better than chest drain for spontaneous pneumothorax
			Can any intervention effectively reduce the pain associated with chest drain removal?
			Is a chest drain necessary in stable patients with traumatic pneumothorax?
			Diagnostic utility of arterial blood gases for investigation of pulmonary embolus
			Nitrate therapy in distinguishing between cardiac and non-cardiac chest pain
			Chest drains in traumatic occult pneumothorax
			Transthoracic ultrasonography to diagnose pneumothorax in trauma
			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?

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

levitan RM

Limitations of difficult airway prediction in patients intubated in the emergency department.

Cohort

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

Severity of Disease correlated with fever reduction in febrile infants

Cohort