May 2008 Vol 10, No 3

Original Research

EM Advances

• Substance-related problems in patients visiting an urban Canadian emergency department
  Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, MSc; Amy Mabie, MD, BSc; Michelle Ngo, BSc, BEd; Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc; Jan Buchanan, RN; Tom Shenton, MSW; Roy Purssell, MD
• Is computerized tomography of trauma patients associated with a transfer delay to a regional trauma centre?
  Justin Onzuka, MD, FRCPC; Andrew Worster, MD, MSc; Bill McCreadie
• Rural emergency department use by CTAS IV and V patients
  Sandra Steele, HBSc; Danielle Anstett, HBSc; W. Ken Milne, MD, MSc

ED Administration

• Revisions to the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale Paediatric Guidelines (PaedCTAS)
  David W. Warren, MD; Anna Jarvis, MD; Louise LeBlanc, RN; Jocelyn Gravel, MD; and the CTAS National Working Group (NWG)
• Révision des lignes directrices de l’Échelle canadienne de triage et de gravité (ÉTG) applicable aux enfants
  David W. Warren, MD; Anna Jarvis, MD; Louise LeBlanc, IA; Jocelyn Gravel, MD; groupe de travail national sur l'TG

2008 Scientific Abstracts

• 2008 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts June 7–11, 2008 Ottawa, ON
• 2008 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Plenary Presentations: 1-4
• 2008 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Oral Presentations: 5-24
• 2008 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Oral Presentations: 25-43
• 2008 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Poster Presentations: 44-73
• 2008 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Poster Presentations: 74-103
• 2008 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Poster Presentations: 104-131
• 2008 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Author Index
• 2008 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Keyword Index

State of the Art

Review Articles

• Do β-blockers reduce short-term mortality following acute myocardial infarction? A systematic review and meta-analysis
  Abdullah Al-Reesi, MD; Nabil Al-Zadjali, MD; Jeff Perry, MD; Dean Fergusson, PhD; Mohammed Al-Shamsi, MD; Majid Al-Thagafi, MD; Ian Stiell, MD

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Journal Club

• Intravenous proton pump inhibitors prior to endoscopy in suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding
  Eddy S. Lang, MDCM, CSPQ; on behalf of the McGill Emergency Medicine Journal Club Group

Case Reports

• Ramsay Hunt syndrome presenting as simple otitis externa
  Daniel Kim, MD, BSc; Munsif Bhimani, MD
• Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm masquerading as isolated hip pain: an unusual presentation
  Sriram Vaidyanathan, MRCS; Himanshu Wadhawan, MRCS; Pedro Welch; Murad El-Salamani, FRCS

Letters

• EM training
  
• Procedural sedation
  
• Fluoroquinolones and arthropathy in children