ECTOPIC PREGNANCY IS A LIFE- AND FERTILITY-threatening condition that is commonly
seen in Canadian emergency departments. Increases in the availability and use of hormonal …

Methods Medical students from years 1–4 completed a self-administered questionnaire.
Section 1 tested general knowledge about organ donation; section 2 tested the students' ability …

Objective: Several recent studies have found exceedingly high noise levels in the neonatal
intensive care unit (NICU) and in incubators. The purpose of this study was to perform a …

Recent literature suggests that percutaneous tracheostomy is safe to use in an expanding
population of patients, including patients with airway compromise and thrombocytopenia. …

Background Physicians' knowledge of and attitudes towards organ donation may be a factor
in organ procurement rates. There is a lack of information about how Canadian medical …

Background: Activated factor VII catalyzes the activation of clotting factors IX and X within
the clotting cascade, and has been used clinically to decrease bleeding in patients with …

A 75-year-old woman was admitted following a 3-day history of fever, chills and diffuse
abdominal pain. Her past medical history was significant for diverticulitis requiring Hartmann’s …

OBJECTIVE: To assess smoking policies at Canadian acute care hospitals.METHOD: A
questionnaire was designed, piloted and faxed to all acute care hospitals in Canada. The …

2. Discussion Interest in GI stromal tumors has increased in recent years with the finding
that these tumors respond to the non-chemotherapeutic agent STI-571 (imatinib mesylate […

PURPOSE: Patients may present for coronary artery bypass (CAB) with varying degrees of
knowledge about their disease and its treatment. We sought to assess the relationship …