Simon Carley, EMJ associate editor, talks you through the highlights of January's EMJ, including pulmonary embolism in pregnancy and the post partum period, the causes of suffering in the ED, and how to diagnose a patient by their facial expressions.

For all the content from the issue, see:

http://emj.bmj.com/content/32/1.toc

Listen to a podcast on diagnosis by face: http://goo.gl/0ackZw

Listen to a podcast on suffering in the ED: http://goo.gl/JhGa7P