Canadian Medical Association Journal: 183 (14)

October 04, 2011; Volume 183,Issue 14

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CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1563;

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Gonorrhea: what goes around comes around
Noni E. MacDonald, Matthew B. Stanbrook, Ken Flegel, Paul C. Hébert and Daniel Rosenfield

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1567; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111393

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Withdrawing life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe traumatic brain injury
David H. Livingston and Anne C. Mosenthal

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1570-1571; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110974
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Not all cardiac arrests are the same
Benjamin S. Abella

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1572-1573; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110982

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A pack a day: Just what the doctor ordered?
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1045-E1046; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3969
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iPhone app an aid in diagnosing concussions
Erin Walkinshaw

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1047-E1048; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3942
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Provincial squeeze on generic prices continues
donalee Moulton

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1049-E1050; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3966
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Briefly
CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1051-E1052; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3997
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Rwanda moving to provide “good deaths” for terminally ill
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1053-E1054; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3963
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For the record
CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1055-E1057; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3998
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Company profits from side effects of glaucoma treatment
Adrianna Banaszek

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1058; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3919
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WHO reforms long overdue, critics say
Roger Collier

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1574-1575; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3933
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Value of e-prescribing questioned
Paul Christopher Webster

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1575-1577; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3980
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Medical podcasts going viral
Erin Walkinshaw

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1577-1578; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3955

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Using the Edmonton obesity staging system to predict mortality in a population-representative cohort of people with overweight and obesity
Raj S. Padwal, Nicholas M. Pajewski, David B. Allison and Arya M. Sharma

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1059-E1066; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110387
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Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissions
Carl van Walraven, Alison Jennings, Monica Taljaard, Irfan Dhalla, Shane English, Sunita Mulpuru, Saul Blecker and Alan J. Forster

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1067-E1072; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110400
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Use of angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers and cancer risk: a meta-analysis of observational studies
Chan Yoon, Hyun-Sik Yang, Inpyo Jeon, Yoosoo Chang and Sang Min Park

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1073-E1084; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101497
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Mortality associated with withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a Canadian multicentre cohort study
Alexis F. Turgeon, François Lauzier, Jean-François Simard, Damon C. Scales, Karen E.A. Burns, Lynne Moore, David A. Zygun, Francis Bernard, Maureen O. Meade, Tran Cong Dung, Mohana Ratnapalan, Stephanie Todd, John Harlock and Dean A. Fergusson

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1581-1588; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101786
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Predictors of survival after cardiac or respiratory arrest in critical care units
Demetrios J. Kutsogiannis, Sean M. Bagshaw, Bryce Laing and Peter G. Brindley

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1589-1595; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100034

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The potential for misusing “genetic predisposition” in Canadian courts and tribunals
Roxanne Mykitiuk, Mark Pioro, Lilith Finkler and Jeff Nisker

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1601-1604; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110260

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Cases: Polypharmacy, multiple natural health products and hepatotoxicity
Kosta Cvijovic, Heather Boon, Walter Jaeger and Sunita Vohra

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1085-E1089; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091948
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Clinical Images: Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis
Joe Dylewski

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1090; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110203
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Clinical Images: Thoracic balls
Marc Garetier and Jean Rousset

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1091; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110529
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Primer: A patient with tremor, part 2: from diagnosis to treatment
Hrishikesh Kumar and Mandar Jog

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1612-1616; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101598
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Cases: Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in an adult with normal cerebrospinal fluid
Emmanuel Montassier, David Trewick, Eric Batard and Gilles Potel

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1618-1620; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090310
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Five things to know about...: Cataract surgery
Jonathan A. Micieli and Steve A. Arshinoff

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1621; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110549
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Clinical Images: Oral field cancerization
Giulio Fortuna and Michele D. Mignogna

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1622; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110172
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Clinical shorts
Diane Kelsall

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1623; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111491

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Remembering Dr. Wilder Penfield
Ian Hammond

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1627; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111-2076
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Remembering Dr. Wilder Penfield
David B. Walcott and Retired member

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1627; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111-2077
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Recommendations for stroke: 2010
Alexandre Ackaoui and Jean-Pierre Pellerin

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1627-1629; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111-2075
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Measurement of family health teams is underdeveloped
Angie Heydon and John McDonald

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1629; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111-2079

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Dilating pupils
CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1629; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111-2082

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Books: An operatic version of the Banting story
Ian Cameron

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1092; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110091
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Poetry: This again (or insomnia)
Michael Rowe

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) E1093; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110752
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Encounters: Congo bites
Kevin Pottie

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1631-1632; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110427
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Poetry: Whisper pectoriloquy
Daniel James

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1633; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111091

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Nuts, bolts and short-chain fatty acids
Monica Kidd

CMAJ October 04, 2011 183 (14) 1676; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110815

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