Abstracts Published and Presented At International Conferences and Meetings 2004

Brehaut J, Stiell I, Visentin L, Graham I, and Grimshaw J. Memory for and use of the Ottawa Ankle Rules. Medical Decision Making 2005;25(1)E13 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Medical Decision Making 26th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 2004.

Brehaut J, Graham I, Visentin L, and Stiell I. Factors affecting response to and completion of physician surveys. Medical Decision Making 2005;25(1)E41 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Medical Decision Making 26th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 2004.

Brehaut J, Stiell I, Visentin L, Graham I and Grimshaw J. How widely used is the Canadian C-Spine Rule by emergency physicians? Medical Decision Making 2005;25(1)E47 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Medical Decision Making 26th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 2004.

De Maio VJ, Stiell IG, Vaillancourt C, Wells GA, Nesbitt L, Beaudoin L, Spaite D. The epidemiology of cardiac arrest in schools: limited potential for PAD in a low-risk setting. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)607 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Denny CJ, Schull MJ, Szalai JP, Stiell IG. Socioeconomic status and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)590 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Morrison LJ, Vermeulen MJ, Kiss A, Nesbitt L, Stiell IG, Verbeek PR. Derivation of a termination-of-resuscitation guideline for emergency medical technician-paramedics and comparison with a published emergency medical technician-defibrillator guideline. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)588 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Stiell IG, Ong MEH, Nesbitt L, Jaffey J, Wells GA, Beaudoin T, for the OPALS Study Group. Predictors of survival for out-of-hospital chest pain patients in the OPALS Study. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)586 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Stiell IG, Brison R, McKnight RD, Clement C, Rowe BH, Wells GA, Lee JS, Dreyer J, MacPhail I, Holroyd B, Schull M, Eisenhauer M, for the CCC Study Group. How important is the gage 65h criterion in the Canadian C-Spine Rule? Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)572 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Stiell IG, Dreyer J, Clement C, Holroyd B, Lee JS, Wells GA, MacPhail I, Brison R, McKnight RD, Rowe BH, Schull M, Eisenhauer M, for the CCC Study Group. The role of the mental status examination in assessment of minor head injury. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)571 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Quinn JV, Stiell IG, McDermott DA, Sellers KL, Kohn MA, Wells GA. Prospective validation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule (SFSR) to predict patients with serious outcomes. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)529 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Stiell IG, Nesbitt L, Wells GA, Nichol G, Cousineau D, for the OPALS Study Group. Are any ALS treatments associated with better survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)524 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Nichol G, Stiell IG, Wells GA, Blackburn J, Huszti E, Nesbitt L, for the OPALS Study Group. A controlled study of the cost-effectiveness of emergency medical services for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an economic evaluation of the OPALS Study. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)523 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Huszti E, Nichol G, Stiell IG, Wells GA, Blackburn J, Bordeleau C, Nesbitt L, for the OPALS Study Group. What is the health-related quality of life after trauma? A longitudinal analysis of the OPALS Study. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)517 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Forster AJ, Rose N, van Walraven C, Stiell IG. Adverse events identified following an emergency department visit. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)459 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Stiell IG, Clement C, Wells GA, Eisenhauer M, Schull M, Holroyd B, MacPhail I, Dreyer J, Lee JS, Rowe BH, McKnight RD, Brison R, for the CCC Study Group. Comparison of the performance of the components of the Canadian CT Head Rule and the New Orleans Criteria. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)449 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Al-Salamah M, Stiell IG, Clement C, Wells GA, for the CCC Study Group. Motor vehicle collision characteristics associated with brain injury in mild head injury patients. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)567 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Gerein R, Osmond MH, Stiell IG, Nesbitt L, Campbell S, for the OPALS Study Group. What is the etiology of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest? Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)437 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Osmond MH, Klassen TP, Stiell IG, Correll R, Aronyk K, Reed M, Joubert G, Nijssen-Jordan C, Jarvis A, Pusic M, Kimoff L, Silver N, McConnell D, Bailey B, Hamilton M, Moher D, for the CATCH Study Group. A clinical decision rule for the use of head CT in children with minor head injury. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)449 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Kahale J, Osmond MH, Stiell IG, Nesbitt L, Maloney JP, Trickett J. What are the characteristics and outcomes of non-transported pediatric patients? Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)593 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Osmond MH, Klassen TP, Stiell IG, Correll R, Aronyk K, Reed M, Joubert G, Nijssen-Jordan C, Jarvis A, Pusic M, Kimoff L, Silver N, McConnell D, Bailey B, Hamilton M, Moher D, for the CATCH Study Group. Interobserver agreement in the assessment of children with minor head injury. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)572 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Perry JJ, Stiell IG, Wells GA, Mortensen M, Lesiuk H, Sivilotti M, Bullard M. The sensitivity of computed tomography for the diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage in ED patients with acute headache. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(5)435 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, FL, May 2004.

Tellier A, Marshall SC, Wilson KG, Smith AM, Garber B, Stiell IG, Coyle DA, O'Rourke K. Mild traumatic brain injury: the bias of sampling procedures and functional indices (Abstract). Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society 32nd Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2004.

De Maio V, Stiell IG, Vaillancourt C, Wells G, Beaudoin T, Nesbitt L, Spaite D. Locations of pediatric cardiac arrest: implications for public access defibrillation. Prehospital Emerg Care 2004;8(1)80 (Abstract). Presented at the National Association of EMS Physicians, Tucson, AZ, January 2004.

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