Department members successfully published their work in a wide range of high-impact journals between April 1 and July 31, 2023:
Ali, Huma, et al. LeBlanc, Constance. Leadership for change: participatory facilitation as a method to make organizational impact in equity, diversity and inclusion using the CAEP 2023.
Banks E, Campbell SG. Case of the month: The baby’s coming! Or, is it? CDN J Diagnosis 2023; 1-3.
Brown R, Goldstein J, Jansen JL, Travers AH, Carter AJE. Evaluating the Impact of a Novel Mobile Care Team on the Prevalence of Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Presenting to Emergency Medical Services in Nova Scotia. Cureus 2023; 15(4): e37280.
Brubacher JR, Chan H, Erdelyi S, Yuan Y, Daoust R, Vaillancourt C, Rowe B, Lee J, Mercier E, Atkinson P, Davis P, Clarke D, Taylor J, Macpherson A, Emond M, Al-Hakim D, Horwood C, Wishart I, Magee K, Rao J, Eppler J. High-‘n’-dry? A comparison of cannabis and alcohol use in drivers presenting to hospital after a vehicular collision. Addiction 2023 Mar 10.
Bryan, Jennifer, et al. LeBlanc, Constance. Leadership for change: working toward equity, diversity, and inclusion. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (2023); 1-4.
Cameron P, LeBlanc C, Mahalik. “Head of the Class” equity discourses related to department head appointments at one Canadian medical school Canadian Medical. CMEJ 2023.
Cho R, Purssell, R, Ronald Joe R, Wang YE, O’Sullivan F, Lin K, Rowe A, Moe J. Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Dosing at Insite Supervised Injection Facility in British Columbia: A Retrospective Cohort Study. CJA-JCA 2023; 13(4): 22-32.
Crocker CE, Emsley J, Tibbo PG. Mental health adverse events with cannabis use diagnosed in the Emergency Department: what are we finding now and are our findings accurate? Front Psychiatry May 2023; 14:1-9.
Dahn T, Fok PT, Wiemer H, Dutton DJ, Cole V, Lewis D, Liu T, Brunt KR, Hanlon R, Fraser J, Vaillancourt C, Atkinson P. Emergency department presentation changes due to the coronavirus disease pandemic in Nova Scotia, Canada. World J Emerg Med 2023;14(1):144–8.
Eastwood KW, Harris A, Armstrong JBP. A Disaster Medicine Course for Canadian Medical Students: First Implementation of a Large-Scale Mass Casualty Simulation. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (CJEM) 2023.
Eastwood KW, May R, Andreou P, et al. Needs and Expectations for Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine According to Canadian Physicians. BMC Health Service Research 2023.
Goldstein J, Rockwood K, Lee JS. Pre-arrest frailty and implications for cardiac arrest care. Resuscitation. 2023 Apr 10:109793. Editorial
Hurley KF, Fitzpatrick EA, Hatchette JE, Slaunwhite EM, Cherry JC. Impact of dexamethasone dose on return visits at a pediatric emergency department. CJEM Aug 2023. Letter
Johnson, Kirsten, et al. LeBlanc, Constance. Leadership for change: how medical associations are working toward equity, diversity and inclusion. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (2023); 1-4.
Kavsak PA, Clark L, Arnoldo S, Lou A, Shea JL, Eintracht S, Lyon AW, Bhayana V, Thorlacius L, Raizman JE, Tsui AKY, Djiana R, Chen M, Huang Y, Booth RA, McCudden C, Lavoie J, Beriault DR, Blank DW, Fung AWS, Hoffman B, Taher J, St-Cyr J, Yip PM, Belley-Cote EP, Abramson BL, Borgundvaag B, Friedman SM, Mak S, McLaren J, Steinhart B, Udell JA, Wijeysundera HC, Atkinson P, Campbell SG, Chandra K, Cox JL, Mulvagh S, Quraishi AU, Chen-Tournoux A, Clark G, Segal E, Suskin N, Johri AM, Sivilotti MLA, Garuba H, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Robinson S, Scheuermeyer F, Humphries KH, Than M, Pickering JW, Worster A, Mills NL, Devereaux PJ, Jaffe AS. Analytic result variation for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin: Interpretation and consequences. Can J Cardiol 2023 Apr 22:S0828-282X(23)00361-6.
Kim DJ, Bell CR, Jelic T, Thavanathan R, Heslop CL, Myslik F, Lewis D, Atkinson P, Chenkin J, Buchanan IM, Olszynski P, Sheppard G, Burwash-Brennan T, Lalande E. Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Literature Primer: Key Papers on Renal and Biliary POCUS. Cureus 2023 Apr 8; 15(4):e37294.
Kovacs G, Law A. Airway management in emergencies. 3rd Edition / Infinity Edition Open Access Textbook.
Lackie K, Miller S, Brown M, Helwig M, Picketts L, Stilwell P, Houk S, Graham L, Beatty L. (2023) Interprofessional collaboration between health professional learners when breaking bad news: a scoping review. [Manuscript accepted Feb 2023 for publication by JBI Evidence Synthesis—undergoing revisions for resubmission.] Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University.
LeBlanc C, Clory M, Murray J. Enhanced skills for the future of family medicine: The changing landscape. The College of Family Physicians of Canada, Blog Post May 16, 2023.
Leeies, M., Rosychuk, R. J., Ismath, M., Xu, K., Archambault, P., Fok, P. T., Audet, T., Jelic, T., Hayward, J., Daoust, R., Chandra, K., Davis, P., Yan, J. W., Hau, J. P., Welsford, M., Brooks, S. C., & Hohl, C. M. (2023). Intubation practices and outcomes for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19: a national observational study by the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN). Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine 2023; 25(4):335–43.
Lvovschi VE, Herkner H, Dumouchel J, Beroud S, Nekhili N, Miroux P, Auffret Y, Quay T, Smith A, Magee K, Daniel M, Jabre P. The Cochrane in emergency medicine and critical care: activities and adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Méd Intensive Réa 2022:31 (in press).
MacLeod A, Luong V, Cameron P, Burm S, Field S, Kits O, Miller S, Stewart WA. Case-Informed Learning in Medical Education: A Call for Ontological Fidelity. Perspectives on Medical Education. 2023; 12(1): 120–8.
McColl T, Paterson Q, Yiu S, Velji A, Woods R, Frank J, Magee K, Nath A, Russell M, Thurgur L, Ting DK, Zaver F, Cheung WJ. Ready for practice? National recommendations for emergency medicine transition to practice curriculum. CJEM 2023 Jun 30.
McIlveen-Brown, Emma, et al. LeBlanc, Constance. Leadership for change: a step-by-step pathway for developing local capacity for equity, diversity and inclusion. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (2023); 1-5.
Murray K, Murphy NG, Magee K. Case of the Month: On the hunt for Ramsay Hunt. CDN J Diagnosis July 2023; 40(3):103.
Price HL, Campbell SG. Isolated Lower Limb Weakness Following Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Case Report. Cureus 2023; 15(5): e38798.
Primavesi R, Patocka C, Burcheri A, Coutin A, Elhalwi AM, Ali A, Pandya A, Gagné A, Johnston B, Thoma B, LeBlanc C, Fovet F, Gallinger J, Mohadeb J, Ragheb M, Dong S, Smith S, Oyedokun T, Newmarch T, Knight V, McColl T. Call to action: equity, diversity, and inclusion in emergency medicine resident physician selection. CJEM 2023 Jun 27.
Sakles JC, Ross C, Kovacs G. Preventing unrecognized esophageal intubation in the emergency department. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2023 Apr 29;4(3):e12951.
Sampalli A, Kang J, Campbell S, LeBlanc C. Adherence to the Canadian CT Head Rule in a Nova Scotian Emergency and Trauma Center. Cureus 2023; 15(5): e39484.
Sarty J, Fitzpatrick EA, Taghavi M, T VanBerkel P, Hurley KF. Machine learning to identify attributes that predict patients who leave without being seen in a pediatric emergency department. CJEM 2023 Jul 28.
Sumner MW, Florin TA, Kuppermann N, Xie J, Tancredi DJ, Freedman SB; of the Pediatric Emergency Research Network PERN, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada PERC – COVID-19 Study Teams. Liver transaminase concentrations in children with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Clin Biochem 2023 May 30; 118:110588.
Hurley KF, Fitzpatrick EA, Hatchette JE, Slaunwhite EM, Cherry JC. Impact of dexamethasone dose on return visits at a pediatric emergency department. CJEM. 2023 Jun 29. doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00550-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37382768.
Kavsak PA, Clark L, Arnoldo S, Lou A, Shea JL, Eintracht S, Lyon AW, Bhayana V, Thorlacius L, Raizman JE, Tsui AKY, Djiana R, Chen M, Huang Y, Booth RA, McCudden C, Lavoie J, Beriault DR, Blank DW, Fung AWS, Hoffman B, Taher J, St-Cyr J, Yip PM, Belley-Cote EP, Abramson BL, Borgundvaag B, Friedman SM, Mak S, McLaren J, Steinhart B, Udell JA, Wijeysundera HC, Atkinson P, Campbell SG, Chandra K, Cox JL, Mulvagh S, Quraishi AU, Chen-Tournoux A, Clark G, Segal E, Suskin N, Johri AM, Sivilotti MLA, Garuba H, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Robinson S, Scheuermeyer F, Humphries KH, Than M, Pickering JW, Worster A, Mills NL, Devereaux PJ, Jaffe AS. Analytic Result Variation for High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin: Interpretation and Consequences. Can J Cardiol. 2023 Apr 23:S0828-282X(23)00361-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.04.013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37094710.
Leeies M, Rosychuk RJ, Ismath M, Xu K, Archambault P, Fok PT, Audet T, Jelic T, Hayward J, Daoust R, Chandra K, Davis P, Yan JW, Hau JP, Welsford M, Brooks SC, Hohl CM; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers, the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Intubation practices and outcomes for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19: a national observational study by the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN). CJEM. 2023 Apr;25(4):335-343. doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00487-1. Epub 2023 Apr 5. PMID: 37017802; PMCID:
Kim DJ, Bell CR, Jelic T, Thavanathan R, Heslop CL, Myslik F, Lewis D, Atkinson P, Chenkin J, Buchanan IM, Olszynski P, Sheppard G, Burwash-Brennan T, Lalande E. Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Literature Primer: Key Papers on Renal and Biliary POCUS. Cureus. 2023 Apr 8;15(4):e37294. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37294. PMID: 37168176; PMCID: PMC10166360.PMC10075161.
M Gottlieb, J Johnson, K Van Diepen, P Atkinson. Just the facts: POCUS assessment for deep venous thrombosis. CJEM. Vol. 25: 291-293. 2023