March 2004 Vol 6, No 2

Original Research

EM Advances

• Proportion of injured alcohol-impaired drivers subsequently convicted of an impaired driving criminal code offence in British Columbia
  

  Roy A. Purssell, MD; Mark Yarema, MD; Jean Wilson, PhD; Ming Fang, MA; Richard Simons, MD; Sharon Kasic, CCHRA(C); Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc; Jeffrey Brubacher, MD; Ioana Lupu, BSc

• Sentinel surveillance of HIV and hepatitis C virus in two urban emergency departments
  

  Stan Houston, MD; Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc; Laura Mashinter, BScN; Jutta Preiksaitis, MD; Mark Joffe, MD; Duncan Mackey, MD; John Galbraith, MD; Natasha Wiebe, MMath

• Utility of follow-up recommendations for patients discharged with community-acquired pneumonia
  

  Sam G. Campbell, MB BCh; Daphne D. Murray, RN; David G. Urquhart; David M. Maxwell, MD; Stacey Ann Ackroyd-Stolarz, MSc; Suzanne M. Varley-Doyle, RN; Mabel D. Ells, RN; Ammar Hawass, MB BS

• Screening urine for drugs of abuse in the emergency department: Do test results affect physicians' patient care decisions?
  

  Jeffrey S. Eisen, MD; Marco L.A. Sivilotti, MSc, MD; Kirsty U. Boyd, BSc; Douglas G. Barton, MSc; Christopher J. Fortier, MSc, MD; Christine P. Collier, PhD, FCACB

ED Administration

• Root cause analysis of laboratory turnaround times for patients in the emergency department
  

  Christopher M.B. Fernandes, MD; Andrew Worster, MD; Stephen Hill, PhD; Catherine McCallum, ART; Kevin Eva, PhD

Small Urban and Rural Issues

• Need for bedside emergency department ultrasonography: case report of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy
  

  Eric Laviolette, MD

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Medical Mythology

• When the MAGIC stops: magnesium in acute coronary syndromes -- a lesson in medical humility
  

  Shannon Patrick, MD; Mel Herbert, MD, MBBS, BMedSci, FACEP, FAAEM

Diagnostic Challenge

• Sick LADy
  

  Peter G. Katis, MD

• Answer
  

  Peter G. Katis, MD

Case Reports

• Blunt traumatic rupture of the pericardium with cardiac herniation
  

  James C.R. Rippey, MB BS, FACEM; Sudhakar Rao, MB BS, FRACS; Daniel Fatovich, MB BS, FACEM

Letters

• Potential error in the use of AEDs during an in-flight emergency
  
• Considering air embolism
  
• Waiting Room medicine
  
• Role of SARS screening clinic in the ED
  

Erratum

• Correction

News

• Report on 2003 CAEP Research Grants Competition
  

  Eric Grafstein, MD, for the CAEP Research Committee

• Introducing a new Web site for aspiring EM physicians
• In memory of Dr. Peter Lane