President’s Letter
President’s Letter – Emergency department overcrowding: Does the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians have a role? – Douglas Sinclair, MD
Editorial
Editorial – Preventive health in the emergency department: Is our safety net becoming too big? – Robert Beveridge, MD
Diagnostic Challenge
Diagnostic Challenge –If it walks like appendicitis and talks like appendicitis . . . – K. Hollohan, MD
Diagnostic Challenge –If it walks like appendicitis and talks like appendicitis . . . ANSWER – K. Hollohan, MD
EM Advances
Controversies
Flu vaccine and the ED – Administering influenza vaccine in a Canadian emergency department: Is there a role? – Ann Marie Chiasson, MD;
EM Administration
EM Advances – Do emergency physicians know the costs of medical care? – Grant Innes, MD*
Commentary
Commentary – Manpower crisis in emergency medicine: Can residency programs make an impact? – Ivan P. Steiner, MD*†
Commentary – Prehospital triage to stroke centres: Is it a solution to the problem? – P. Richard Verbeek, MD*
CJEM Journal Club
CJEM Journal Club – Inhibition of platelet aggregation in unstable angina – L.D. Burkart,MD
CJEM Journal Club – Helical CT in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism – R. Lee, MD
Pediatrics
Pediatrics – Infantile glaucoma presenting as a case of “red eye” – David M. James, MD
Rural and Small Urban Issues
Rural and Small Urban Issues – Rural physicians practising emergency medicine: paying the piper – Peter Hutten-Czapski, MD
Case Reports
Case Report – Pericardial tamponade presenting as abdominal pain in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosis – Antonio E. Muñiz, MD
Case Report – An unusual complication of chest tube thoracostomy – Hugo Poncia, MD*
Resident Issues
Resident Issues – “Research sucks!” – Gord McInnes, MD
International EM
International EM –Emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia: an expatriate’s perspective – David J. Rhine, MD
Media Reviews
Media Review – Emergency Medicine: a Comprehensive Study Guide. 5th ed. Edited by Tintinalli Judith E., Kelen Gabor D., Stapczynski J. Stephan. 2000. McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.2127 pp. $230.95. ISBN 0-07-065351-8 – Claude Topping, MD
Media Review – Cline: Emergency Medicine. A Comprehensive Study Guide 4e Companion Handbook. Edited by Daniel M. Cline and O. John Ma. @Hand Medical
Technologies, Inc. Available at: www.handmedical.com. US$99.95 (student pricing is available). Product code 01-01-003-1 – James M. Thompson, MD