March 2009 Vol 11, No 2

Original Research

EM Advances

• Adherence to emergency department discharge prescriptions
  Corinne M. Hohl, MD, MHSc;Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc;Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, MSc;Peter J. Zed, PharmD;Boris Sobolev, PhD;Gina Tsai, BPharm;Patricia Kretz, BSc;Kevin Nemethy, MD;Jan Jaap Bijlsma, MD;Roy A. Purssell, MD
• The appropriateness of referrals to a pediatric emergency department via a telephone health line
  Tawfik Al-Abdullah, MD;Amy C. Plint, MD, MSc;Alyson Shaw, MD;Rhonda Correll, HBScN;Isabelle Gaboury, MSc;Carrol Pitters, MD;Anna Bottaglia, BScN;Tammy Clifford, PhD
• Individual emergency physician admission rates: predictably unpredictable
  David Mutrie, MA, MD;S. Kathleen Bailey, HBA;Saleem Malik, PhD, MD
• Acute myocardial infarction in patients with syncope
  Daniel McDermott, MD;James V. Quinn, MD, MS;Charles E. Murphy, MD

State of the Art

Review Articles

• Youth violence secondary prevention initiatives in emergency departments: a systematic review
  Carolyn Snider, MD, MPH;Jacques Lee, MD, MSc

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Medical Mythology

• Myth: glucagon is an effective first-line therapy for esophageal foreign body impaction
  Sanjay Arora, MD; Peter Galich, MD

Images

• Penetrating spinal cord injuries with retained canal fragments
  David T. Williams, MD; Danny L. Chang, MD; Matthieu P. DeClerck, MD

Editorials / Commentaries

• Ten years old and still learning to walk
  Jim Ducharme, MD
• Dix ans et toujours en train d'apprendre à marcher
  Jim Ducharme, MD

Case Reports

• Treatment of severe accidental hypothermia with intermittent hemodialysis
  Nabil Sultan, MD;Karl D. Theakston, MD;Ron Butler, MD;Rita S. Suri, MD
• Acute postpartum pulmonary edema in a 23-year-old woman 5 days after cesarean delivery
  Caitlin Dunne, MD;Antonio Meriano, BSc, MD, Dip Sport Med

Humour and Humanity

• The medicine man
  Michael J. Schull, MD, MSc

Residents' Corner

• Fear and loathing in Ottawa: the Royal College Fellowship Examination
  Andrew Campbell, MD

Letters

• Safety first — sedate and shock
  
• [The authors respond]
  
• A sentinel event for Ontario hospitals
  
• Advocate or abdicate: the responsible choice for today's emergency medicine resident