le 9 mars 1999 / March 9, 1999

JAMC 1999; 160(5)

© 1999 Association médicale canadienne / Canadian Medical Association

Communiqué de presse

Sujets d'intérêt

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Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef

Couverture: Les démons du sevrage alcoolique aigu peuvent être difficiles à vaincre. Le Dr Anne Holbrook et ses collaborateurs discutent de façons d'aider les médecins à diagnostiquer et gérer le sevrage alcoolique (page 675) et passent en revue des données probantes relatives à l'utilisation des benzodiazépines dans ce traitement (page 649).

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Nouvelles et analyses · News and analysis Fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosed by telelink in Manitoba "It's not alternative [medicine] to the patient" Pediatricians, psychiatrists slam pornography ruling South African hospitals win subscriptions Traditional healers face off with science In the news... Mammography accreditation growing trend Falls cause most acute care admissions Better online pediatric info Pulse: Smoking: an occupational hazard Patients' pressure helps bring brachytherapy to BC

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Correspondance · Letters Directives aux correspondants / Instructions to correspondents Show me the proof, Dr. Avery, M. Gordon More than milk, eggs and orange juice, S.V. Basrur, M-J. Makarchuk; response: M.S. Kramer What causes chronic fatigue?, R. Baschetti; A. Voth Life Quilt for Breast Cancer [Correction]

	Études · Evidence
643	Relation between hospital surgical volume and outcome for pancreatic resection for neoplasm in a publicly funded health care system, M. Simunovic, T. To, M. Theriault, B. Langer [abstract / résumé]
649	Meta-analysis of benzodiazepine use in the treatment of acute alcohol withdrawal, A.M. Holbrook, R. Crowther, A. Lotter, C. Cheng, D. King [full text / résumé]
659	Improved survival among HIV-infected patients after initiation of triple-drug antiretroviral regimens, R.S. Hogg, B. Yip, C. Kully, K.J.P. Craib, M.V. O'Shaughnessy, M.T. Schechter, J.S.G. Montaner [full text / résumé]

	Éditoriaux · Editorials
669	HIV clinical trials are not enough, M.E. Millson, A.R. Rachlis [full text]
671	More procedures, better quality of care? Is there a case for regionalization of pancreatic resection for neoplasm?, M.J. Wexler [full text]

	Éducation · Education
675	Diagnosis and management of acute alcohol withdrawal, A.M. Holbrook, R. Crowther, A. Lotter, C. Cheng, D. King [full text / résumé]
685	Prostate cancer: 12. The economic burden, S.A. Grover, H. Zowall, L. Coupal, M.D. Krahn [full text]

693	De l'Oreille Gauche · The Left Atrium A few bad apples One thousand words The osteotome Girl talk Grace under pressure

	Sur_le_Net@cma.ca · On_the_Net@cma.ca
697	CME looks toward the Internet, P. Sullivan

	Chroniques · Features
699	Cost no object as new agency tries to restore blood system's credibility, J. Hass [full text / in brief]
701	Alberta physician made a career of roughing it in the bush, J. Brooks [full text / in brief]
703	BC doctors ante up, sponsor aggressive media stand, B. Sibbald [full text]
705	Rural medicine needs cradle-to-grave strategy: blueprint, B. Sibbald [full text]

	Gens de cœur · Heart and Soul
756	The horse rescuer, A. Tempelman-Kluit [full text]