CMAJ/JAMC - May 2, 2000 / le 2 mai 2000

May 2, 2000 / le 2 mai 2000

CMAJ 2000; 162(9)

Highlights of this issue

Cover:
The older brother of cover artist Shane Armstrong underwent bilateral myringotomy with tympanostomy tube insertion, the most common operation among children in Canada. In this issue, Warren McIsaac and colleagues report a lack of consensus in managing such cases and suggest that the guidelines be revisited (page 1285).

Editorial
Letters
Research
Commentary
Review

The Left Atrium
News and Analysis
Deaths
Heart & Soul

	Editorial · Éditorial
1265	Tobacco in the courts [HTML / PDF]
1267	Le tabac devant les tribunaux [HTML / PDF]

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Letters · Correspondance [PDF]
Instructions to correspondents

Treating stroke R. Verbeek; response: A.M. Buchan, T.E. Feasby

Vitamin B₁₂ injections for the elderly F. Anello response: C.G. van Walraven, C.D. Naylor

Nothing to declare? F.W. Danby

Out of province, out of sight J.M. Tallon response: L.V. Til, L. Sweet

Delays in CPP payments to physicians K. Richter; response: K. Bedding

	Research · Recherche
1281	Anaphylactoid reactions and angioedema during alteplase treatment of acute ischemic stroke M.D. Hill, P.A. Barber, J. Takahashi, A.M. Demchuk, T.E. Feasby, A.M. Buchan [HTML / PDF]
1285	Otolaryngologists' perceptions of the indications for tympanostomy tube insertion in children W.J. McIsaac, P.C. Coyte, R. Croxford, C.V. Asche, J. Friedberg, W. Feldman [HTML / PDF]
1289	Development and validation of the Osteoporosis Risk Assessment Instrument to facilitate selection of women for bone densitometry S.M. Cadarette, S.B. Jaglal, N. Kreiger, W.J. McIsaac, G.A. Darlington, J.V. Tu [HTML / PDF]

	Commentary · Commentaire
1297	Ending waiting-list mismanagement: principles and practice S. Lewis, M.L. Barer, C. Sanmartin, S. Sheps, S.E.D. Shortt, P.W. McDonald [HTML / PDF]
1301	Why randomized controlled trials fail but needn't: a new series is launched D.L. Sackett, J. Hoey [HTML / PDF]

	Review · Synthèse
1305	Waiting for medical services in Canada: lots of heat, but little light C. Sanmartin, S.E.D. Shortt, M.L. Barer, S. Sheps, S. Lewis, P.W. McDonald [HTML / PDF]
1311	Why randomized controlled trials fail but needn't: 1. Failure to gain "coal-face" commitment and to use the uncertainty principle D.L. Sackett [HTML / PDF]
1315	Defusing the intra-abdominal ticking bomb: intestinal malrotation in children I.M. Kamal [HTML / PDF]
1318	Rheumatology: 3. Getting the most out of radiology G. Reid, J.M. Esdaile [HTML / PDF]

1329	The Left Atrium · De l'Oreille Gauche [HTML / PDF]
	Unmaking the ethics case (book review by C. Ells) Fiction by B. Deady Radical art from Mexico City Poetry by B. Chandra

1337	News and analysis · Nouvelles et analyses [PDF]
	Is Newfoundland's increased health spending part of premier's bid to become PM? Making her stamp on the globe Patient's choice: Doctor or nurse practitioner? Censoring breast cancer in San Francisco First Canadian live-donor lung transplants performed in Winnipeg Courts' views on MDs' standards of practice changing, rural docs warned PEI spending $4.2 million to boost physician supply Balancing controversy and intelligent debate in the media Pulse: The brain drain: a statistical snapshot NS radiation oncologists opt for salary On the Net: New and improved: CMA's guidelines infobase now at MDs' fingertips And the winner is . . . Research Update: A Starfish that stops deadly toxins Suicide linked to serotonin gene Public Health: Female genital mutilation Enter the hospitalist: new type of patient creating a new type of specialist Canada's new doctors turning backs on family practice "Why does such a big issue rest on the shoulders of two citizens?" FP asks after losing private medicine battle

1387	Deaths · Nécrologie

Heart and Soul · Gens de cœur

1388 MD helped bring fetal alcohol syndrome out of the closet in BC
H. Kent
[HTML / PDF]

Special Supplement · Supplément spécial

Cardiovascular disease risk factors
[HTML / PDF]

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