EM Advances
EM Advances – Prospective evaluation of clinical assessment in the diagnosis and treatment of clavicle fracture: Are radiographs really necessary? – Michael Shuster, MD*
EM Advances – Implementation of the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) in the Principality of Andorra: Can triage parameters serve as emergency department quality indicators? – Josep Gómez Jiménez, MD, PhD*
EM Advances – Inter-rater reliability of a computerized presenting-complaint–linked triage system in an urban emergency department – Eric Grafstein, MD*†
Methodology: The Science of EM
Methodology: The Science of EM – Systematic reviews in emergency medicine: Part I. Background and general principles for locating and critically appraising reviews – Peter J. Zed, BSc, BSc (Pharm), PharmD*†‡
Controversies
Controversies – Emergency medicine health advocacy: foundations for training and practice – Glen Bandiera, BASc, MD, MEd
CAEP Position Statement
CAEP Position Statement – Implications of the SARS outbreak for Canadian emergency departments – Howard Ovens, MD*
Medical Mythology
Medical Mythology – Myth: Cerebrospinal fluid analysis can differentiate bacterial meningitis from aseptic meningitis – Thomas P. Graham, MD, FACEP
CJEM Journal Club
CJEM Journal Club– Quality of care in walk-in clinics, family practices and emergency departments: the Ontario Walk-In Clinic Study – Andrew Affleck, MD*
Case Reports
Case Report – Hypokalemic thyrotoxic periodic paralysis: a case series – Phillip Wong, MB BS
Case Report – An attractive approach to magnets adherent across the nasal septum – Lance Brown, MD, MPH, FACEP;
Resident Issues
Resident Issues – Emergency medicine on the high seas – Dennis Djogovic, MD
Diagnostic Challenge
Diagnostic Challenge – Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door – John Ross, MD
Diagnostic Challenge – Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door ANSWER – John Ross, MD
Media Review
Media Review –Emergency Ultrasound. O.J. Ma, J.R. Mateer, editors. McGraw–Hill Ryerson Ltd. $170. 435 pp. ISBN 0-07-137417- – Steven Socransky, MD