Clinician’s Capsules
Editorial/Commentary
Commentary – Adding value to scholarship in residency: Supporting and inspiring future emergency medicine research in Canada – Daniel K. Ting, MD
Commentary – There are no shortcuts: A focus on POCUS – Michael Woo, MD
Commentary – New frontiers in Canadian atrial fibrillation management – Frank X. Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc
Commentary – The first step in an exciting journey – Niranjan Kissoon, MD, MCCM
Commentary – Geriatric emergency medicine: Research priorities to respond to “The Silver Boom” – Don Melady, MD, MSc(Ed)
CJEM Debate Series – CJEM Debate Series: #PoCUS–All physicians practicing emergency medicine should be competent in the use of point-of-care ultrasound – Paul Atkinson, MB, MA
CAEP Guidelines – CAEP Acute Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter Best Practices Checklist – Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc
Feature Article
Original Research – Emergency department ultrasound for the detection of B-lines in the early diagnosis of acute decompensated heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Kyle McGivery, MD
Geriatrics
Original Research – Mobility assessments of geriatric emergency department patients: A systematic review – Debra Eagles, MD, MSc
Original Research – Discrepancy between information provided and information required by emergency physicians for long-term care patients – Richa Parashar, MD
International EM – Statement on Minimum Standards for the Care of Older People in Emergency Departments by the Geriatric Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine – Brittany Ellis, MD, MSc
Atrial Fibrillation
Original Research – Between- and within-site variation in medication choices and adverse events during procedural sedation for electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and flutter – David Clinkard, MD, MSc
Original Research – Predictors of obtaining follow-up care in the province of Ontario, Canada, following a new diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and hypertension in the emergency department – Clare L. Atzema, MD, MSc
Original Research – Implementation of an emergency department atrial fibrillation and fl utter pathway improves rates of appropriate anticoagulation, reduces length of stay and thirty-day revisit rates for congestive heart failure – David Barbic, MD, MSc
Pediatrics
Original Research – Frequent users of the pediatric emergency department – Jade Seguin, MD
Original Research – Parental experiences and preferences as participants in pediatric research conducted in the emergency department – Antonia S. Stang, MDCM, MSc, MBA
Original Research – Determining the clinical significance of errors in pediatric radiograph interpretation between emergency physicians and radiologists – Jonathan Taves, MD
Original Research – Dental injuries in younger emergency department patients – Vigil James, MD
CJEM Journal Club
Knowledge to Practice – Prevalence of pulmonary embolism in syncope patients – Sean Crooks, MD
CAEP 2017 Academic Symposium Papers
Original Research – Recommendations for patient engagement in patient-oriented emergency medicine research – Patrick M. Archambault, MD, MSc
Original Research – Engaging emergency clinicians in emergency department clinical research – Andrew D. McRae, MD, PhD
Original Research – How to conduct implementation trials and multicentre studies in the emergency department – Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc
Original Research – Review of implementation strategies to change healthcare provider behaviour in the emergency department – Kerstin de Wit, MBChB, BSc, MD, MSc
The Penelope Gray-Allan Memorial CJEM Writing Award
Humour and Humanity – The other side of the curtain – Leo R. Carroll, BSc, MD
Resident Issues
Resident Issues – The writer’s guide to education scholarship in emergency medicine: Education innovations (part 3) – Andrew K. Hall, MD, MMEd
Resident Issues – What to do when a patient wants to record a patient-physician interaction in the emergency department – Brodie Nolan, MD
Case Report
Case Report – Sweet syndrome presenting as a febrile rash in a returning traveller – Alexander Hart, MBBS
Images
Knowledge to Practice – Secondary cardiac cancer mimicking inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction – diagnosed using point-of-care ultrasound in the emergency department – Taft Micks, BMSc, MD
Withdrawal
Commentary – Withdrawal of ‘Assessing Efficacy of Lipid in Unstable, Non-Last Overdose Patients – RETRACTION’ – Ian G. Stiell