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Table of Contents

November 23, 2004; Volume 171,Issue 11

Highlights of this issue

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    Highlights of this issue
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1317;

Editorial

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    Conflicts of interests and investments
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1313; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041686

Commentary

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    Health Canada's new guidelines for body weight classification in adults: challenges and concerns
    Simone Lemieux, Lyne Mongeau, Marie-Claude Paquette, Suzanne Laberge, Brigitte Lachance and ; For the members of the GTPPP (Québec Provincial Working Group on Weight Related Issues)
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1361-1363; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1032012
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    Transparency in drug regulation: Mirage or oasis?
    Joel Lexchin and Barbara Mintzes
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1363-1365; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041446
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    Responding to the needs of children with chronic health conditions in an era of health services reform
    Anton R. Miller, Magdalena A. Recsky and Robert W. Armstrong
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1366-1367; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040019

Research

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    Initial viral load and the outcomes of SARS
    Chung-Ming Chu, Leo L.M. Poon, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Kin-Sang Chan, Ivan F.N. Hung, Maureen M.L. Wong, Kwok-Hung Chan, Wah-Shing Leung, Bone S.F. Tang, Veronica L. Chan, Woon-Leung Ng, Tiong-Chee Sim, Ping-Wing Ng, Kin-Ip Law, Doris M.W. Tse, Joseph S.M. Peiris and Kwok-Yung Yuen
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1349-1352; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040398
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    The impact of SARS on a tertiary care pediatric emergency department
    Kathy Boutis, Derek Stephens, Kelvin Lam, Wendy J. Ungar and Suzanne Schuh
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1353-1358; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031257

Review

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    Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 3. Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic)
    Thomas McGinn, Peter C. Wyer, Thomas B. Newman, Sheri Keitz, Rosanne Leipzig, Gordon Guyatt for and ; The Evidence-Based Medicine Teaching Tips Working Group
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1369-1373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031981

Letters

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    Views on recertification
    Jonathan D. Slater
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1321; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041649
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    Views on recertification
    Stanley Lofsky
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1321-1321-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041648
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    Views on recertification
    Tom Vandor
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1321-1321-b; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041650
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    Acute coronary syndromes
    Steve Goodacre
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1322; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041202
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    Acute coronary syndromes
    Brian D. Steinhart
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1322-1322-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041116
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    Acute coronary syndromes
    Jim Christenson, Grant Innes, Barb Boychuk and Ken Gin
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1322-1323; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041331
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    Rethinking diabetes care in Canada
    Ian Blumer
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1323-1324; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040796
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    Final evaluation results for the Fast-Check HIV rapid test kits
    Michael L. Rekart, J.A. Quon and Tony Rees
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1324; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041258
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    A question of ethics
    Margaret Somerville
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1324-1325; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041112
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    The doubts and fears of emergency physicians
    Ivan Steiner
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1325; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041290
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    Clostridium difficile colitis: A marker for ischemic colitis?
    Richard Fiddian-Green
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1325-1326; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041677
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    Clostridium difficile colitis: A marker for ischemic colitis?
    Sandra Dial
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1326-1327; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041678
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    Corrections
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1327; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041680
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    Corrections
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1327-1327-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041681
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    Corrections
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1327-1327-b; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041682
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    Corrections
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1327-1327-c; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041685
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    Corrections
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1327-1327-d; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041683
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    Corrections
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1327-1327-e; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041689

The Left Atrium

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    Bitter pills
    E. Jane Garland
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1374-1375; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041691
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    The mournful wood
    Frederick Adolf Paola
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1375-1377; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041131

Deaths

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    Deaths
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1419; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041698

Query

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    Query
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1420; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041629

Éditorial

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    Conflits d'intérêts et placements
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1315; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041687

Synopsis

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    C. difficile: by the numbers
    Laura Eggertson
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1331-1332; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041694
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    Medical schools accept tobacco dollars
    Pauline Comeau
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1332; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041662
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    For-profit clinics are legal but “no solution”
    Loreen Pindera
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1333; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041693
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    CMAJ enters for-profit market
    Wayne Kondro
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1334; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041661
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    BC and Alberta crack down on cosmetic surgery prizes
    Deborah Jones
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1334-1334-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041695
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    Physicians sue pharmacy chain for unfair competition
    Brenda Branswell
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1335; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041664
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    Lawsuits mount in wake of rofecoxib (Vioxx) withdrawal
    Wayne Kondro
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1335-1335-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041692
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    News @ a glance
    Barbara Sibbald
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1336; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041660
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    India's HIV-1 epidemic
    Paul Arora, Ajitha Cyriac and Prabhat Jha
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1337-1338; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.045032
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    Sports dermatology part 2: swimming and other aquatic sports
    Anatoli Freiman, Benjamin Barankin and David J. Elpern
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1339-1341; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040892
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    SARS outbreak in the Greater Toronto Area: the emergency department experience
    Bjug Borgundvaag, Howard Ovens, Brian Goldman, Michael Schull, Tim Rutledge, Kathy Boutis, Sharon Walmsley, Allison McGeer, Anita Rachlis and Carolyn Farquarson
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1342-1344; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031580
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    Gonorrhea treatment guidelines in Canada: 2004 update
    Janice Mann, Rhonda Kropp, Tom Wong, Sylvie Venne and Barbara Romanowski
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1345-1346; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.045088
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    A man with an enlarging foot mass
    Ali Zahrai, Deloar Hossain, John M. Embil and Elly Trepman
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1347; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040861
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    Medical gels and the risk of serious infection
    Eric Wooltorton
    CMAJ November 23, 2004 171 (11) 1348; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041684
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