… Abu-Laban, Robert Balen and Peter Loewen for analysis and interpretation of data; and Peter
Zed, Riyad Abu-Laban, … Peter Zed, Riyad Abu-Laban and Robert Balen contributed to the …

Background Coronary thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism are common causes of
cardiac arrest. We assessed whether the administration of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We determine whether a 1:1 mixture of ketamine and propofol (ketofol)
for emergency department (ED) procedural sedation results in a 13% or more absolute …

… Jeff Boyd and Pascal Haegeli were responsible for data extraction and Pascal Haegeli and
Riyad Abu-Laban for statistical analysis. Jeff Boyd initially drafted the article, and all of the …

Serum amylase and lipase levels are commonly obtained in the emergency department for
the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. The role of these enzymes has frequently been the …

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the types and causes of injuries associated with recreational
snowboarding and to compare these with the injuries seen in alpine skiing. DESIGN: Prospective …

Objectives: To describe and analyze the intubating conditions and hemodynamic effects of
etomidate in patients undergoing rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in the emergency …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Adverse drug events represent the most common cause of preventable
nonsurgical adverse events in medicine but may remain undetected. Our objective is to …

Study Objectives: We sought to evaluate the relationship between osmolal gap and serum
ethanol level and derive a formula that can be used clinically to calculate the expected …

Objective: To comparatively evaluate hypertonic sodium (HTS) and mannitol in patients
following acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) on the outcomes of all-cause mortality, neurological …