Saturday night palsy

Saturday Night. 11pm.

Saturday night burns: an increasing problem?

In Italy the economic crisis has caused changes in behavior in daily as well as leisure activities. For instance, night clubs have changed both their scenography and what they can offer. From simply providing a place to dance, they can now offer more complex scenography with spectacular fireworks and lit cocktails. While this can be amazing for all of us it can also be another cause of burn inj...

Peculiarities of certain .22 caliber revolvers (Saturday night specials).

Saturday night broad QRS complex tachycardia in a young male

On a Saturday night, a 24-year-old male with palpitations was admitted to the Emergency Department. The arrhythmia started 8 h earlier while he was riding his bicycle. He had never experienced this sensation before. He admitted prior usage of cocaine, LSD and XTC. He denied the use of any drugs on the night of presentation. Physical examinations revealed no abnormalities except a very fast hear...

"Saturday night fever": ecstasy related problems in a London accident and emergency department.

OBJECTIVES To report on the extent and nature of acute MDMA (ecstasy) related problems presenting to a large London hospital's accident and emergency (A&E) department. METHOD The computerised attendance records for all patients attending the A&E department over a 15 month period were retrospectively screened. Potential cases thus identified had their case notes systematically reviewed to conf...