March 2002 Vol 4, No 2

Original Research

EM Advances

• Urban emergency department overcrowding: defining the problem and eliminating misconceptions
  Michael J. Schull, MD, MSc; Pamela M. Slaughter, RN, MA, MSc; Donald A. Redelmeier, MD, MSHSR

ED Administration

• No room at the inn: overcrowding in Ontario's emergency departments
  Alan J. Drummond, MD

Pediatrics

• Urethral catheter knotting: Be aware and minimize the risk
  Barbara Arena, MD; David McGillivray, MD; Geoffrey Dougherty, MD

2003 Scientific Abstracts

• CAEP/ACMU 2002 Scientific Abstracts Oral Abstract Presentation Schedule
• CAEP/ACMU 2002 Scientific Abstracts: 1-14
• CAEP/ACMU 2002 Scientific Abstracts: 15-29
• CAEP/ACMU 2002 Scientific Abstracts: 30-44
• CAEP/ACMU 2002 Scientific Abstracts: 45-59
• CAEP/ACMU 2002 Scientific Abstracts: 60-74
• CAEP/ACMU 2002 Scientific Abstracts: 75-89
• CAEP/ACMU 2002 Scientific Abstracts: 90-104
• CAEP/ACMU 2002 Scientific Abstracts - Author Index

Small Urban and Rural Issues

• The role of lumbar puncture in the diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage when computed tomography is unavailable
  David Mann, MD

State of the Art

• Canadian C-Spine Rule study for alert and stable trauma patients: I. Background and rationale
  Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc; George A. Wells, PhD; R. Douglas McKnight, MD; Robert Brison, MD, MPH; Howard Lesiuk, MD; Catherine M. Clement, RN; Mary A. Eisenhauer, MD; Gary H. Greenberg, MD; Iain MacPhail, MD, MHSc; Mark Reardon, MD; James Worthington, MB BS; Richard Verbeek, MD; Jonathan Dreyer, MD; Daniel Cass, MD; Michael Schull, MD, MSc; Laurie Morrison, MD; Brian Rowe, MD, MSc; Brian Holroyd, MD; Glen Bandiera, MD; Andreas Laupacis, MD, MSc; for the Canadian CT Head and C-Spine (CCC) Study Group

Commentary

• Diagnostic dilemmas and subarachnoid subtleties: What to do when the evidence gives you a headache
  Michael J. Schull, MD

Toxicology

• Serotonin syndrome due to an overdose of moclobemide?
  Andrew Ip, MD; Tia Renouf, MD

Case Reports

• Acute presentation of choriocarcinoma: a case study and review of the literature
  Andrew Worster, MD; Sangita Sharma, MD; Farouk Mookadam, MD; John Opie, MD

Humour and Humanity

• 9/11 New York City: Canadians lend a hand
  Andrew Travers, MD; Kathryn Irwin, MD; Andy Anton, MD; Jim Christenson, MD

Resident Issues

• Helping at Ground Zero: the experience of four Canadian emergency medicine residents and an emergency department nurse
  Anna-Maria Carvalho, MD; Marie-Elaine Delvin, RN, BSc; Carolyn Rosenczweig, MD, CCFP; Sujit Sivarman, MD; Raghu Venugopal, MD, MPH

Letters

• Pine Lake Tornado
  

News

• 2001 CAEP Membership Report
  
• Emergency medicine research appointment