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Table of Contents

August 31, 2004; Volume 171,Issue 5

Highlights of this issue

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    Highlights of this issue
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 427;

Editorial

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    Nosocomial infections: What needs to be done?
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 421; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041264

Commentary

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    The inappropriate use of carotid endarterectomy
    Henry J.M. Barnett
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 473-474; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040725
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    Editors' declaration of their own conflicts of interest
    Irina Haivas, Sara Schroter, Fabian Waechter and Richard Smith
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 475-476; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031982

Research

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    Variations in rates of appropriate and inappropriate carotid endarterectomy for stroke prevention in 4 Canadian provinces
    James Kennedy, Hude Quan, William A. Ghali and Thomas E. Feasby
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 455-459; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040170
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    Association of socioeconomic status and receipt of colorectal cancer investigations: a population-based retrospective cohort study
    Sheldon M. Singh, Lawrence F. Paszat, Cindy Li, Jingsong He, Chris Vinden and Linda Rabeneck
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 461-465; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031921
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    Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in a region of Quebec from 1991 to 2003: a changing pattern of disease severity
    Jacques Pépin, Louis Valiquette, Marie-Eve Alary, Philippe Villemure, Annick Pelletier, Karine Forget, Karine Pépin and Daniel Chouinard
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 466-472; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041104

Review

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    Complicated and fatal Strongyloides infection in Canadians: risk factors, diagnosis and management
    Sue Lim, Kevin Katz, Sigmund Krajden, Milan Fuksa, Jay S. Keystone and Kevin C. Kain
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 479-484; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031698

Letters

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    Lead poisoning in children
    Warren Bell and Kelly O'Grady
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 429; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040573
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    Lead poisoning in children
    Kathleen Cooper
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 429-430; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040533
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    Lead poisoning in children
    Benoit Bailey
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 430; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040745
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    Possible causes of cognitive decline
    Duane E. Graveline
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 430-431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040802
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    Possible causes of cognitive decline
    Michael D. Hill and Jessica E. Simon
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 431-432; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041166
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    Genetics and insurance
    Wendy S. Meschino
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 432; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040969
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    Correction
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 432-432-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041188

The Left Atrium

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    Ethics and education
    Guy LeBlanc
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 485-486; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040332
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    Jerusalem life
    Janice R. Halpern
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 486-487; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040955
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    Tools of the trade
    Sean Flinn
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 487; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041269

Deaths

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    Deaths
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041248

Query

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    Query
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 536; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031851

Éditorial

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    Les infections nosocomiales : que faut-il faire?
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 423; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041265

Synopsis

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    Credentialing body needed for foreign-trained doctors
    Wayne Kondro
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 435; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041243
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    C. difficile hits Sherbrooke, Que., hospital: 100 deaths
    Laura Eggertson
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 436; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041250
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    Eleven million adults co-infected with AIDS, TB
    M. J. Ferrari
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 437; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041249
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    Prairie First Nations groups planning 8 private MRI clinics
    Amy Jo Ehman
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 437-437-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041245
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    Independent inquiry needed into firing of whistleblowers
    Laura Eggertson
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 438; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041246
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    Cross-border malpractice coverage cancelled
    Tim Lougheed
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 438-438-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041247
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    Whistleblower protection needed in Canada: advocates
    Jeanne Lenzer
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 439; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041244
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    News @ a glance
    Barbara Sibbald
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 440; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041242
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    Stem cell therapy for myocardial infarction
    Hyun-Jae Kang, Hyo-Soo Kim and Young-Bae Park
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 442-443; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041178
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    Use of telemedicine for an emergency craniotomy in a pediatric trauma
    Bruce A. Campana, Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, Kendall Ho, Warwick L. Evans and Thomas J. Zwimpfer
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 444-446; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040006
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    Bacterial vaginosis: more questions than answers
    Erica Weir
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 448; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041174
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    Several Chinese herbal products may contain toxic aristolochic acid
    Eric Wooltorton
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 449; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041266
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    Do food additives cause hyperactivity in preschool children?
    Paul A. Kurdyak
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 450; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041187
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    Her tongue tipped us off…
    Chantelle Barnard, Ronik Kanani and Jeremy N. Friedman
    CMAJ August 31, 2004 171 (5) 451; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040630
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