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2008 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Keyword Index

2008 Scientific Abstracts

CJEM 2008;10(3):299-300

KEYWORD : ABSTRACT No.

A

  • access block 9
  • access to care 99
  • acute coronary syndromes 27, 56
  • acute decompensated heart failure 130
  • acute exacerbations of
  • chronic bronchitis 82
  • acute ischemic stroke 66, 84, 124
  • acute otitis media 110
  • acute respiratory disorder 52
  • administrative database 17, 71
  • admission criteria 104
  • admission rates 78
  • admission thresholds 115
  • advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) 112
  • advanced life support 29, 31
  • alcohol ingestion 106
  • American Board of
  • Emergency Medicine 36
  • American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) 92
  • angiography negative SAH 24
  • ankle radiography 43
  • antibiotic resistance 13
  • appendicitis 125
  • Appraisal of Guidelines for Research
  • and Evaluation (AGREE) 92
  • asthma 20, 21, 86, 126
  • atrial fibrillation 17, 19, 105

B

  • bacteriology 82
  • basic life support 31
  • bedside ultrasound 26, 28
  • Bill 110 114
  • bioterrorism 87
  • bronchiolitis 1, 47
  • Broselow Tape 42

C

  • CAEP 30
  • CAEP research grants 10
  • Canadian C-Spine Rule 2
  • CanMEDS 37, 73
  • cardiac arrest 63
  • cardiopulmonary bypass 107
  • cardiopulmonary resuscitation 29
  • cardioversion 17, 105
  • care pathways 86
  • case–control study 15
  • CEDIS 71
  • ceftriaxone 110
  • central venous catheter 62
  • cerebral infarct volumes 66
  • chart review 103, 106, 111, 120, 121, 128
  • chest pain 128, 129
  • chest radiograph 27
  • chief complaint list 71
  • clerkships 35
  • clinical competence 97
  • clinical decision rule 3
  • clinical decision support system 122
  • clinical practice guideline 30, 92, 95, 110, 130
  • clinical prediction guide 22, 25, 27, 31, 38, 43, 47, 52, 56, 79, 88, 108
  • clinical severity scores 22
  • CME 73
  • colonization rates 60
  • community-acquired MRSA 13, 60
  • competency assessment 72
  • compliance 62
  • computerized tomography (CT) 123
  • computerized triage 11, 12, 57, 80
  • continuing professional
  • development 73, 97
  • continuity of care 33, 126
  • COPD 82
  • COPD exacerbations 76
  • crisis resource management 46
  • critical appraisal 36
  • CTAS 57, 80, 85, 119
  • CT scanning 3
  • curriculum 45

D

  • deep vein thrombosis (DVT) 88
  • dexamethasone 1, 4
  • diagnosis 91
  • disaster plan 96
  • distraction 41
  • door-to-balloon times 58
  • door-to-needle times 58, 111
  • drowning 81
  • drug interactions 113

E

  • economic disparities 20
  • ED crowding 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 34, 64, 69
  • ED follow-up 33
  • ED targeted ultrasound (EDTU) 93
  • educational instruments 59
  • electronic control devices 61
  • electronic patient record (EPR) 5
  • EM curriculum 89, 94
  • emergency department
  • information systems (EDIS) 5
  • emergency medical
  • services (EMS) 18, 107
  • environmental emergencies 81
  • error reporting 102
  • extracorporeal assist device 107

F–G

  • fast track 65
  • fever 75
  • first trimester emergencies 93
  • focus group 37
  • functional outcome 50
  • gastrointestinal decontamination 121
  • gender imbalances 84
  • geriatrics 14, 127
  • graduate medical education 94
  • graphical interface 122
  • guideline adherance 130
  • gunshot wound 114

H

  • head injury 95
  • heart failure 91
  • hemodynamics 32
  • hemothorax 120
  • homelessness 89
  • hyperglycemia 50

I–J

  • imaging 125
  • impedance cardiography 32
  • implementation 2, 39
  • implementation barriers 28, 70
  • implemenation research 95, 98
  • infection control 53, 62
  • influenza pandemic 96
  • injury 55
  • injury prevention 81
  • intensive care unit (ICU) 16, 96
  • Internet 109
  • inter-institution transfer 116
  • interobserver agreement 49, 54, 80
  • interrater agreement 11
  • interrater reliability 85
  • IV catheter insertion 41
  • jugular venous pressure 26

K–L

  • knowledge translation 39, 76, 86
  • language translation 74
  • left against medical advice 34
  • left without being seen 34
  • length of stay 19, 93, 124
  • Lifelong Self-Assessment 36
  • long-term outcomes 39
  • low-impact pelvic fracture 127
  • Low-Risk Exam 43

M

  • malaria 103
  • Malleolar Zone Algorithm 38
  • mandatory reporting 114
  • medical error 122
  • medical records review 51, 68
  • medical students 112
  • Medical Wilderness Adventure Race 131
  • memory based triage 57
  • metered dose inhalers 70
  • migraine 4
  • migraine relapse 4
  • minor thoracic injury 104, 120
  • morbidity and mortality 16
  • moulage 131
  • multiculturalism 74

N

  • nebulized epinephrine 1
  • needs assessment 73
  • needs assessment survey 46
  • negative SAH 24
  • nitroglycerin 77
  • nonurgent users 99
  • NT-ProBNP 91
  • nurse practitioners 90

O

  • observerships 45
  • off-service residents 94
  • online quiz 109
  • Ottawa Aggressive Protocol 19
  • Ottawa Ankle Rule 38, 40, 44, 49
  • outpatient referral 33
  • overcapacity protocol 9
  • overdose 121
  • overrides 54
  • oxygen saturation 48

P–Q

  • paediatric CTAS (PaedCTAS) 11, 12, 54
  • patient safety 14, 15, 77, 100, 102
  • pediatric ankle injury 40, 44
  • pediatric asthma 22
  • pediatric emergency department 69
  • pediatric emergency medicine 7
  • pediatric head trauma 3
  • pediatric migraine 67, 68
  • pediatric resuscitation 42
  • pediatrics 48, 49, 53, 75, 83, 90, 106, 113, 126
  • percutaneous coronary
  • intervention 18
  • performance indicators 51, 76
  • personal protective equipment 53
  • physician productivity 6
  • physician workload 7
  • postgraduate training 72
  • practice variation 68, 115
  • prehospital 77, 88
  • prochlorperazine 67
  • prognosis 78, 127
  • qualitative research 70, 100
  • quality improvement 65
  • quality of care 5, 21

R

  • radiation exposure 125
  • randomized trial 8, 41
  • rapid-assessment pod 8
  • rapid assessment zone 65
  • rate control 105
  • renal colic 101, 117
  • renal ultrasound 108, 117
  • reporting forms 102
  • research productivity 10
  • resource use modelling 12
  • resource utilization 64
  • respiratory emergencies 47
  • resuscitation skills 112
  • rib fractures 104
  • risk factors 55
  • root cause analysis 100
  • Ruby on Rails 109

S

  • San Francisco Syncope Rule 79
  • Saudi Arabia 119
  • serum biomarkers 61
  • sepsis 30, 98
  • shift-work 6
  • shock 26, 32
  • sickle cell disease 83
  • simulation 131
  • skin and soft tissue
  • infection (SSTI) 13, 60
  • socioeconomic status 20, 29
  • spectrophotometry 48, 118
  • statins 23
  • stone size 123
  • stroke 50
  • subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • (SAH) 23, 24, 118
  • survey 24, 25, 28, 44, 89, 90, 97
  • survey research 52, 59, 69, 72
  • survival analysis 116
  • syncope 78
  • syndromic surveillance 87
  • systematic review 4, 18, 40, 56, 63

T

  • TASER 61
  • team training 46
  • Telehealth 87, 99
  • termination of resuscitation 31
  • thrombolysis 111
  • time-series analysis 6
  • time to antibiotics 98
  • trainee assessment 37
  • training 115
  • transient ischemic attack 25, 51, 84
  • translation aid 74
  • trauma 116
  • treatment failure 67
  • triage 85, 119, 124
  • triage nurses 2
  • tropical diseases 103
  • troponin 66, 128, 129

U–Z

  • ultrasound 59, 101, 123
  • undergraduate curriculum 35
  • undergraduate medical education 35
  • urinalysis 75
  • urologic intervention 108, 117
  • utility 101, 129
  • validation 79
  • vaso-occlusive crises 83
  • vasopressors 63
  • vasospasm 23
  • very elderly 64
  • vitamins 113
  • weight measurements 42
  • wheelchair-related falls 55
  • workflow analysis 7
  • xanthochromia 118
  • young investigators 10
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