Original Research
Advances – Safety and effectiveness of intravenous regional anesthesia (Bier block) for outpatient management of forearm trauma – Bruce Mohr, MD
Advances – Potential impact of N-terminal pro-BNP testing on the emergency department evaluation of acute dyspnea – Heather Murray, MD, MSc;*
Commentary – Should natriuretic peptide testing be incorporated into emergency medicine practice? – Corinne M. Hohl, MD
Advances – Capacity-related interfacility patient transports: patients affected, wait times involved and associated morbidity – Esther Stolte, BSc, MD;*
Pediatrics – Demography of pediatric emergency care in Halifax, Canada – B.W. Taylor, MD, FRCP
Commentary – Pediatric emergency care: Are family characteristics important? – Niranjan Kissoon, MD
Pediatrics – All-terrain vehicle major injury patterns in children: a five-year review in Southwestern Ontario – Khalid Alawi, MD;
Education
Diagnostic Challenge – A swimmer’s wheeze – Brian Deady, MD;*
Diagnostic Challenge – A swimmer’s wheeze ANSWER – Brian Deady, MD;*
CJEM Journal Club – Dexamethasone for mild croup – Reviewed by: Andrew Worster, MD, MSc
Commentaries
Commentary – Should natriuretic peptide testing be incorporated into emergency medicine practice? – Corinne M. Hohl, MD
Commentary – Pediatric emergency care: Are family characteristics important? – Niranjan Kissoon, MD
Case Reports
Case Report – Perinephric abscess secondary to a staghorn calculus presenting as a subcutaneous abscess – Dylan Tsukagoshi, MB BS;
Case Report – Acute myocardial infarction after administration of low-dose intravenous epinephrine for anaphylaxis – Kyle J. Shaver, MD;
Humour and Humanity
Humour and Humanity – The obligation of narrative – Elizabeth Nestor, MD