May 2003 Vol 5, No 3

Original Research

ED Administration

• Analysis of factors influencing length of stay in the emergency department
  

  Philip Yoon, BMSc, MD, MBA; Ivan Steiner, MD; Gilles Reinhardt, BCom, MSc, PhD

CAEP Updates

CAEP Abstracts

• 2003 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts: 1-20
• 2003 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts: 21-40
• 2003 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts: 41-60
• 2003 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts: 61-80
• 2003 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts: 81-100
• 2003 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts Author Index
• 2003 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts Key Word Index

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Journal Club

• Should emergency physicians use B-type natriuretic peptide testing in patients with unexplained dyspnea?
  Reviewed by:Corinne M. Hohl, MD; Bernice Y. Mitelman, MD; Peter Wyer, MD; Eddy Lang, MD

Medical Mythology

• Seafood allergy is a specific and unique contraindication to the administration of ionic contrast media
  

  Adam Schlifke; Joel M. Geiderman, MD, FACEP

Diagnostic Challenge

• Life-threatening bradycardia with narrow QRS complex
  

  Marcia Anderson, MD; Anthony Herd, MD

• Answer
  

  Marcia Anderson, MD; Anthony Herd, MD

International EM

• Voyage to Antarctica
  

  Tia Renouf, MD

Brief Reports

• Can we assess asthma severity using expiratory capnography in a pediatric emergency department?
  

  Lisa Evered, MD; Francine Ducharme, MD; G. Michael Davis, MD; Martin Pusic, MD

Humour and Humanity

• Blue gown, white coat
  

  Vincent Hanlon, MD

Letters

• Thank you
  

News

• Checking the vital signs