March 2012 Vol 14, No 2

Original Research

• Evaluation of the incidence, risk factors, and impact on patient outcomes of postintubation hemodynamic instability
  Robert S. Green, BSc, MD; Janet Edwards, BSc, MD; Elham Sabri, MSc; Dean Fergusson, MHA, PhD;
• Survey of emergency physicians' requirements for a clinical decision rule for acute respiratory illnesses in three countries
  Jeffrey J. Perry, MD, MSc; Reena Goindi, MD; Cheryl Symington, RN; Jamie Brehaut, PhD; Monica Taljaard, PhD; Sandra Schneider, MD; Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc;
• Prevalence of advance directives among elderly patients attending an urban Canadian emergency department
  Ginjeet Gina K. Gill, MD; Erin Fukushima, MD; Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc; David D. Sweet, MD;

Education

• Perceptions of graduates from Africa's first emergency medicine training program at the University of Cape Town/Stellenbosch University
  Leana S. Wen, MD, MSc; Heike I. Geduld, MBChB, FCEM(SA); J. Tobias Nagurney, MD, MPH; Lee A. Wallis, MBChB, MD, FCEM, FCEM(SA);

CAEP Updates

CAEP Position Statements

• Use of point of care sonography by emergency physicians
  Ryan J. Henneberry, BSc, MD, CCFP(EM), RDMS, Chair; Amanda Hanson, MD, FRCPC, Past Chair; Andrew Healey, MD, RDCS, RDMS, FRCPC (EM, CCM); Guy Hebert, MD, FRCPC; Urbain Ip, MD, ABEM, FACEP; Mark Mensour, MD, CCFP(EM); Pierre Mikhail, CCFP(EM), RDMS; Steve Miller, BSc, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP; Steve Socransky, MD, FRCPC; Michael Woo, MD, CCFP(EM), RDMS;
• Utilisation de l'échographie au point de service par les médecins d'urgence
  Rdig par le Groupe de travail sur lnonc de principe sur lchographie (un sous-comit du Comit sur lchographie) de lAssociation canadienne des mdecins durgence (ACMU);Ryan J. Henneberry, BSc, MD, CCFP(EM), RDMS, Chair; Amanda Hanson, MD, FRCPC, Past Chair; Andrew Healey, MD, RDCS, RDMS, FRCPC (EM, CCM); Guy Hebert, MD, FRCPC; Urbain Ip, MD, ABEM, FACEP; Mark Mensour, MD, CCFP(EM); Pierre Mikhail, CCFP(EM), RDMS; Steve Miller, BSc, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP; Steve Socransky, MD, FRCPC; Michael Woo, MD, CCFP(EM), RDMS;

Knowledge Applied to Practice

• Critical predictors of pulmonary embolism
  Reviewed by: Joshua Guttman, MDCM; Jerrald Dankoff, MDCM;

Editorials / Commentaries

• Mobile medicine: "are we there yet?"
  Karim Jessa, MD, FRCPC;
• La médecine mobile: «Nous y sommes?»
  Karim Jessa, MD, FRCPC;

Case Reports

• Horseshoe abscess associated with acute carpal tunnel syndrome: somebody wake up the hand surgeon
  David A. Simon, BKin, MD; Taryn-Lise Taylor, BKin, MSc, MD, CCFP;
• Neuropathic ankle fractures
  Allison Tucker, BKin (Hons); N. Craig Stone, MD, MSc;

Humanity

• Three Bears
  Dennis C. Lefebvre, MD, PhD;

Letters

• Normal Blood Glucose Level at Presentation Does Not Rule Out Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a Sick Child
  Bhanu Kiran Bhakhri, MD;