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Table of Contents

April 06, 2010; Volume 182,Issue 6

Highlights

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    Highlights
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 531;

Editorial

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    No more dithering on e-health: let’s keep patients safe instead
    Kimberlyn McGrail, Michael Law and Paul C. Hébert
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.092189

Commentary

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    Strategies to decrease the rate of preventable readmission to hospital
    Norbert Goldfield
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 538-539; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100243
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    Good prescribing: better systems and prescribers needed
    Simon Maxwell
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 540-541; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100335

News

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    Ontario’s plan for electronic health records is at risk, official says
    Paul Christopher Webster
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E253-E254; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3193
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    Premier not alone in venturing south of the 49th parallel for medical treatment
    Brittany Hinds
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E255-E256; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3199
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    Recalibration or “regurgitation”?
    Wayne Kondro
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E257-E258; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3200
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    Pilot projects lay foundation for national tissue surveillance and traceability system
    donalee Moulton and Wayne Kondro
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E259-E260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3195
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    Democrats consider playing trump card in effort to pass Obama’s health reforms
    Cal Woodward
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E261-E262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3198
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    Dispatch from the medical front: Antiobiotics without food
    S. Kate Amiel
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E263; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3173
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    Accountability key for patient charter
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E264; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3192
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    Briefly
    Wayne Kondro
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E265-E266; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3205
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    For the record
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E267-E268; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3206
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    Federal budget light on initiatives for health, research
    Wayne Kondro
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 542-544; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3201
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    Global shift toward increased biovigilance
    Lauren Vogel
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 544-546; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3196
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    Where “stigma leaves the room”
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 546; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3197

Research

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    Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community
    Carl van Walraven, Irfan A. Dhalla, Chaim Bell, Edward Etchells, Ian G. Stiell, Kelly Zarnke, Peter C. Austin and Alan J. Forster
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 551-557; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091117
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    Accuracy of patient-reported height loss and risk factors for height loss among postmenopausal women
    Karine Briot, Erik Legrand, Denis Pouchain, Stéphanie Monnier and Christian Roux
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 558-562; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090710
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    Why do patients with cancer visit the emergency department near the end of life?
    Lisa Barbera, Carole Taylor and Deborah Dudgeon
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 563-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091187
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    Association between parity and risk of suicide among parous women
    Chun-Yuh Yang
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 569-572; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090813

Review

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    Public Health: Keeping children safe: rethinking how we design our surroundings
    Andrew W. Howard
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 573-578; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080162

Analysis

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    Preparing for infectious disease threats at mass gatherings: the case of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games
    Kamran Khan, Clark C. Freifeld, Jun Wang, Sumiko R. Mekaru, David Kossowsky, Amy L. Sonricker, Wei Hu, Jennifer Sears, Angie Chan and John S. Brownstein
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 579-583; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100093

Practice

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    Clinical Images: Successive sebopsoriasis, erysipelas and Koebner phenomenon
    Manuelle Viguier and Hervé Bachelez
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E252; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091387
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    What is your call?: Work-up for Cushing syndrome
    Lisa-Ann Fraser and Stan Van Uum
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 584-587; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090250
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    Cases: Acquired primary hypothyroidism: vaginal bleeding in a quiet child
    Anne Wormsbecker and Cheril Clarson
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 588-590; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090883
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    Clinical Images: Lactation associated with a pituitary tumour in a man
    T.M. Anoop, P.K. Jabbar and Joseph M. Pappachan
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 591; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090888

Letters

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    The pursuit of excellence
    R.J. Riopelle
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 592; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2036
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    Tough choices?
    Ralph F. Bloch
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 592-592-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2044
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    Indigenous health
    Gerry K. Schwalfenberg
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 592-592-b; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2042
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    Children with brain injuries
    Sascha Meyer
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 592-593; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2045
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    Seasonality and H1N1
    Richard Schabas
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 593; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2039
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    Commercial ultrasound
    Edward J. Cormode
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 593-593-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2037
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    Intubation in acute asthma
    Stephen E. Lapinsky
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 593-593-b; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2043
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    The problem with sleep?
    James M. Walker
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 593-593-c; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2047

Humanities

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    Creative Works: For the love of a man
    Barbara Whelan
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 594-595; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090232
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    Books: Making a case for medical miracles
    Shelley McKellar
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 595-596; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091943

Salon

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    Stop the beef eaters, save the world
    Edward S. Weiss
    CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 636; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100123
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