Original Research
Advances – Impact of a standardized communication system on continuity of care between family physicians and the emergency department – Marc Afilalo, MD;*†
Advances – 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
Advances/Education – 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
Advances – Airway management in penetrating neck trauma at a Canadian tertiary trauma centre – John M. Tallon, MD;*†
Advances – 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;*
Education
Methodology – Understanding linear and logistic regression analyses – Andrew Worster, MD, MSc;*†
CJEM Journal Club – Analgesia in undifferentiated abdominal pain: Is it safe? – Reviewed by: Andrew Healey, MD;*
Commentaries
Commentary – Ethics approval requirement for CJEM research publications: a step forward for Canadian emergency medicine – Merril Pauls, MD, MHSc
Controversies – Emergency physicians: “burned out” or “fired up”? – Constance LeBlanc, MD;*
Case Reports
Case Report – A rare case of leaking abdominal aneurysm presenting as isolated right testicular pain – P.A. Sufi, FRCS (Gen), MS, FRCS (RCS of Eng)
Case Report – Poisoning due to raw Gyromitra esculenta (false morels) west of the Rockies – Anne M. Leathem, BSP, MSP;*
Case Report – Identification and correction of guide wire malposition during internal jugular cannulation with ultrasound – Michael B. Stone, MD, RDMS
Case Report – A case of Clostridium septicum spontaneous gas gangrene – Joe Dylewski, MD;*
Humour and Humanity
Humour and Humanity – The obituary – David J. Rhine, MD