Journal of accident & emergency medicine
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Comparative Study
Effect of closed circuit television on urban violence.
To evaluate the effect of city and town centre closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance on violence in terms of accident and emergency (A&E) department and police assault data. ⋯ City centre CCTV installation had no obvious influence on levels of assaults recorded in A&E departments. There was a negative relationship between police and A&E recording in all three centres. A&E departments are important and unique sources of information about community violence.
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To determine if the Ottawa ankle rules are valid in the setting of an urban teaching hospital in the UK. ⋯ Application of the Ottawa ankle rules to this group of patients would have produced a sensitivity of 93.6%. Although useful, decision rules should be used with care and not replace clinical judgment and experience.