March 9, 1999 / le 9 mars 1999

CMAJ 1999; 160(5)

© 1999 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

Press release

Highlights of this issue

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Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef

Cover: Overpowering the demons of acute alcohol withdrawal can be difficult. Dr. Anne Holbrook and colleagues discuss ways to help physicians diagnose and manage alcohol withdrawal (page 675) and review the evidence for benzodiazepine use in treating it (page 649).

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News and analysis · Nouvelles et analyses 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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Letters · Correspondance Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants 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]

	Evidence · Études
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]

	Editorials · Éditoriaux
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]

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

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

	Features · Chroniques
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]

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