July 2006 Vol 8, No 4

Original Research

EM Advances

• Safety and effectiveness of intravenous regional anesthesia (Bier block) for outpatient management of forearm trauma
  Bruce Mohr, MD
• Potential impact of N-terminal pro-BNP testing on the emergency department evaluation of acute dyspnea
  Heather Murray, MD, MSc; Bruce Cload, MD, PhD; Christine P. Collier, PhD; Marco L.A. Sivilotti, MD, MSc
• Capacity-related interfacility patient transports: patients affected, wait times involved and associated morbidity
  Esther Stolte, BSc, MD; Rod Iwanow, BN; Christine Hall, MD, MSc

Pediatrics

• Demography of pediatric emergency care in Halifax, Canada
  B.W. Taylor, MD, FRCP
• All-terrain vehicle major injury patterns in children: a five-year review in Southwestern Ontario
  Khalid Alawi, MD; Tim Lynch, MD; Rod Lim, MD

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Journal Club

• Dexamethasone for mild croup
  Reviewed by:Andrew Worster, MD, MSc; Patrick H.P. Tang, BASc; Gregory Hall, MD

Diagnostic Challenge

• A swimmer's wheeze
  Brian Deady, MD; James Glezos, MD; Stephen Blackie, MD
• A swimmer's wheeze - answer
  Brian Deady, MD; James Glezos, MD; Stephen Blackie, MD

Commentary

• Should natriuretic peptide testing be incorporated into emergency medicine practice?
  Corinne M. Hohl, MD
• Pediatric emergency care: Are family characteristics important?
  Niranjan Kissoon, MD

Case Reports

• Perinephric abscess secondary to a staghorn calculus presenting as a subcutaneous abscess
  Dylan Tsukagoshi, MB BS; Bozanka Dinkovski, MB BS; Sunil Dasan, MB BS, FFAEM; Jalpesh Jethwa, MB BS
• Acute myocardial infarction after administration of low-dose intravenous epinephrine for anaphylaxis
  Kyle J. Shaver, MD; Christopher Adams, MD; Steven J. Weiss, MD

Humour and Humanity

• The obligation of narrative
  Elizabeth Nestor, MD

Letters

• Pretreatment in rapid sequence intubation: Indicated or contraindicated?
  
• [The authors respond:]
  
• Treatment of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: real-life lessons
  
• Prehospital intubation for severe head injury
  

CAEP Administration

• Abstract Submission CAEP Annual Scientific Assembly June 2–6, 2007
• Soumission de communications Congrès scientifique annuel de l'ACMU Du 2 au 6 juin 2007