January 2008 Vol 10, No 1

Original Research

EM Advances

• Clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction of a pharmacist-managed, emergency department-based outpatient treatment program for venous thromboembolic disease
  Peter J. Zed, BSc, BSc(Pharm), ACPR, PharmD; Lyne Filiatrault, MDCM
• Can Telehealth Ontario respiratory call volume be used as a proxy for emergency department respiratory visit surveillance by public health?
  Adam van Dijk, MSc; Don McGuinness, MA; Elizabeth Rolland, MSc; Kieran M. Moore, MD
• Consultation outcomes in the emergency department: exploring rates and complexity
  Robert A. Woods, MD; Renee Lee, BSc candidate; Maria B. Ospina, BSc, MSc; Sandra Blitz, MSc; Harris Lari, MD; Michael J. Bullard, MD; Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc

Pediatrics

• Safety of a modification of the triage level for febrile children 6 to 36 months old using the Paediatric Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale
  Jocelyn Gravel, MD, MSc(epid); Sergio Manzano, MD; Michael Arsenault, MD
• Patient and family-centred care for pediatric patients in the emergency department
  Kathleen Brown, MD; Sharon E. Mace, MD; Ann M. Dietrich, MD; Stephen Knazik, MD; Neil E. Schamban, MD

Education

Student Teaching and Evaluation

• Daily encounter cards facilitate competency-based feedback while leniency bias persists
  Glen Bandiera, MD, MEd; David Lendrum, MD

State of the Art

Review Articles

• Understanding and improving low bystander CPR rates: a systematic review of the literature
  Christian Vaillancourt, MD, MSc; Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc; George A. Wells, PhD

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Journal Club

• Ketorolac and morphine for analgesia in acute renal colic: Is this combination more effective than monotherapy?
  Jaspinder Ghuman, MD; Rajiv Vadera, MD; for BEEM (Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine)

Editorials / Commentaries

• Feedback from the readers: what you have told us
  James Ducharme, MD
• Commentaires de nos lecteurs : ce qu'ils nous ont dit
  James Ducharme, MD

Case Reports

• Withdrawal from gamma-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol and gamma-butyrolactone: a case report and systematic review
  Jeremy M. Wojtowicz, MD; Mark C. Yarema, MD; Paul M. Wax, MD
• The utility of multiple imaging modalities to diagnose acute aortic dissection
  Katrina F. Hurley, MD; James Ducharme, MD

Humour and Humanity

• The debriefing
  Frederick Nenner, LCSW

Letters

• Bilateral subacute-chronic subdural hematomas
  Jos Mara Calvo-Romero