Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
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A 2-year-old girl presents with her mum who says she’s swallowed a small round battery. Find out more about what investigations and complications may occur in these cases.
An 84-year-old lady presents with a four-day history of abdominal pain. She has vomited today and not opened her bowels in several days.
A 58-year-old lady presents by ambulance to the ER. She was discharged the previous day having undergone day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
1.5% of Emergency Department (ED) attendances are from those with mental health issues.
Varices account for 5-12% of acute upper GI bleeds and increase the risk of mortality of patients.
