March 2007 Vol 9, No 2

Original Research

EM Advances

• Impact of a standardized communication system on continuity of care between family physicians and the emergency department
  Marc Afilalo, MD;Eddy Lang, MD;Ruth Lger, RN;Xiaoqing Xue, MSc;Antoinette Colacone, BSc, CCRA;Nathalie Soucy, PhD;Alain Vandal, PhD;Jean-Franois Boivin, MD, ScD;Bernard Unger, MD
• Can urine cultures and reagent test strips be used to diagnose urinary tract infection in elderly emergency department patients without focal urinary symptoms?
  James Ducharme, MD; Shane Neilson, MD; Jeffery L. Ginn, MD
• Impact of a multifaceted pediatric sedation course: self-directed learning versus a formal continuing medical education course to improve knowledge of sedation guidelines
  Suzan Schneeweiss, MD, MEd; Savithiri Ratnapalan MBBS, MEd, MRCP, FAAP
• Airway management in penetrating neck trauma at a Canadian tertiary trauma centre
  John M. Tallon, MD;Jennifer M. Ahmed, MA;Beth Sealy, BA
• A comparative study of designated trauma team leaders on trauma patient survival and emergency department length-of-stay
  Garnet E. Cummings, MD, FACEP, MSc, EMDM;Damon C. Mayes BSc, MSc, C.Stat (FRSS), P.Stat

Education

Pedagogical Tools and Methods

• Understanding linear and logistic regression analyses
  Andrew Worster, MD, MSc;Jerome Fan, MD;Afisi Ismaila, MSc

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Journal Club

• Analgesia in undifferentiated abdominal pain: Is it safe?
  Reviewed by: Andrew Healey, MD; Mark Mensour, MD

Editorials / Commentaries

• Emergency physicians: "burned out" or "fired up"?
  Constance LeBlanc, MD;John Heyworth, MD

Commentary

• Ethics approval requirement for CJEM research publications: a step forward for Canadian emergency medicine
  Merril Pauls, MD, MHSc

Case Reports

• A rare case of leaking abdominal aneurysm presenting as isolated right testicular pain
  P.A. Sufi, FRCS (Gen), MS, FRCS (RCS of Eng)
• Poisoning due to raw Gyromitra esculenta (false morels) west of the Rockies
  Anne M. Leathem, BSP, MSP;Thomas J. Dorran, MD, MBA
• Identification and correction of guide wire malposition during internal jugular cannulation with ultrasound
  Michael B. Stone, MD, RDMS
• A case of Clostridium septicum spontaneous gas gangrene
  Joe Dylewski, MD;Robert Drummond, MD;John Rowen, MD

Humour and Humanity

• The Obituary
  David J. Rhine, MD

Letters

• Simulating severe sepsis: see one, do one, teach one