… , MD, FRCPC* Rama C Nair, MStat, PhD* I McDowell, PhD* James R Worthington, MD, FRCPC*
… [Stiell IG, Greenberg GH, McKnight RD, Nair RC, McDowell I, Worthington JR: A study to …

Background The Canadian C-Spine (cervical-spine) Rule (CCR) and the National Emergency
X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) Low-Risk Criteria (NLC) are decision rules to …

… McKnight, Greenberg, Johns, and Worthington) and … Stiell IG, Greenberg GH, McKnight RD,
Nair RC, McDowell I, Worthington JR. A study to develop clinical decision rules for the use of …

ContextCurrent use of cranial computed tomography (CT) for minor head injury is increasing
rapidly, highly variable, and inefficient. The Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) and New …

Objectives Overcrowding is a serious and ongoing challenge in Canadian hospital emergency
departments ( ED s) that has been shown to have negative consequences for patient …

Background To improve patient safety, organisations must systematically measure avoidable
harms. Clinical surveillance—consisting of prospective case finding and peer review—…

Importance There is a paucity of literature on the quality and effectiveness of institutional
morbidity & mortality (M&M) rounds processes. Objective We sought to implement and evaluate …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We evaluate the accuracy, reliability, and potential impact of the National
Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) low-risk criteria for cervical spine …

Seismic velocities were calculated for 11 eclogites from the Western Gneiss Region, Norway,
based on electron-backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The P-wave velocities are 8.0–8.5 km s –…

Neogene, syn‐collisional extensional exhumation of Asian lower–middle crust produced the
Shakhdara–Alichur gneiss‐dome complex in the South Pamir. The <1 km‐thick, mylonitic–…