MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY.

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Blackburn Royal Infirmary

being 152 and the average number occupied daily 156.12, I would point out that your inference is quite correct. The increased number has been caused by additional beds having been fixed in the wards during most of the year. With regard to your last reference in the paragraph that the Report is without an index and that you had to read to the 18th page before you discovered the number of beds, I...

BEST EVIDENCE TOPIC REPORTS Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether the seldinger “over the wire” technique is better than other techniques of pneumothorax drainage. Altogether 28 papers were found using the reported search, of which three presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results, ...

Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether intubation is always required in patients presenting with a decreased conscious level after c-hydroxybutyrate ingestion. Altogether 95 papers were found using the reported search, of which two presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevan...

Portrait of a Hospital, 1752-1948, to Commemorate the Bi-centenary of the Royal Infirmary, Manchester

The bi-centennial of the great Royal Infirmary at Manchester, and the centennial of the distinguished Mount Sinai Hospital of New York are fittingly and most appropriately commemorated in these books. Both give a remarkably vivid picture of the vicissitudes in the growth and development of a hospital of high standard and achievement, and both are well written, well organized, and attractively i...