OBJECTIVE: To develop a set of comprehensive, standardized evidence-based guidelines
for the assessment and treatment of acute asthma in adults in the emergency setting. …

Methods A 25-item questionnaire was formulated, on the basis of similar previous published
surveys, for administration to a convenience sample of caregivers. It was administered by a …

… DATA SYN THE SIS: Three ma jor ar eas have been shown to af fect out come and the de
ci sion to ad mit or dis charge a pa tient fol low ing treat ment in the emer gency de part ment: …

… Dr Grunfeld is an Emergeny Physician and is also a staffphysician, Ms Mackay is a social
worker, and Dr Hotch is a consultant, all with the Domestic Violence Program at Vancouver …

Objective To determine the disclosure rate for abuse in the setting of an emergency
department. Design Cross-sectional survey of women assessed for triage in the emergency …

This article reports findings from the first year of operation of an emergency department-based
domestic violence intervention program in one of Canada's major metropolitan areas. The …

… A 1992 survey by Grunfeld and colleagues4' showed that only 34% of physicians always
discharge their patients with inhaled steroids and only 31 % with oral steroids. Treatment …

… Grunfeld was formerly medical director of the emergency department at the Royal Victoria
Hospital in Montreal. During the current study, he was research director at the Department of …

… AF to determine the burden of AF in HIV-infected persons and evaluate the strength of known
AF … HIV disease severity with the risk of developing AF, we assessed whether a lower CD4 …

Medical students are exposed to the interpretation of radiographic studies only sporadically
during their education, and very few US medical schools have required radiology clerkships. …