To date, one of the most heavily cited assessments of caffeine safety in the peer-reviewed
literature is that issued by Health Canada (Nawrot et al., 2003). Since then, >10,000 papers …

Objective—To summarize house fire injury risk factor data, using relative risk estimation as a
uniform method of comparison. Methods—Residential fire risk factor studies were identified …

To determine the effect of iron status on the seizure threshold, measures of iron sufficiency
were prospectively evaluated in 51 children presenting to a pediatric emergency department …

Objectives: To compare the utilization rates of CT scans in investigating minor head trauma
in children in Canada, to identify the injuries determined by these scans, and to identify …

Objective. To examine the effectiveness of a home visit program to improve home safety and
decrease the frequency of injury in children. We examined the effects of the program on 1) …

Objectives: The Ottawa Ankle Rules (OAR) have been found to be 100% sensitive in adult
patients with ankle injuries, and application of the OAR has resulted in a 28% reduction in the …

Background: Young children may sustain injuries when exposed to certain hazards in the
home. To better understand the relation between several childproofing strategies and the risk …

Objectives. The objectives of this study were to determine whether the administration of
morphine to children with acute abdominal pain would impede the diagnosis of appendicitis and …

The drug of choice for the treatment of iron poisoning is desferrioxamine, though the best
route of administration, dose, and duration of treatment are unclear. We report fatal lung injury …

Objective. To determine the construct, content, and convergent validity of 2 self-report pain
scales for use in the untrained child in the emergency department (ED). Methods. A …