Stiell IG, Roy D, Pratt C, Grant S, Kitt TM, Yan B, Mangal B. Vernakalant Hydrochloride Injection (RSD 1235) Effectively Converts Acute Atrial Fibrillation to Sinus Rhythm Independent of Background Use of Oral Rate- or Rhythm-Control Medications, American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly, New Orleans, LA, October 2006.

Eagles D, Stiell IG, Clement C, Brehaut J, Kelly A-M, Mason S, Kellermann A, Perry J. An International Survey of Priorities of Emergency Physicians for Future Development of Clinical Decision Rules, American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly, New Orleans, LA, October 2006.

Eagles D, Stiell IG, Clement C, Brehaut J, Kelly A-M, Mason S, Kellermann A, Perry J. An International Survey of Emergency Physicians Knowledge, Use, and Attitudes Towards the Canadian C-Spine Rule, American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly, New Orleans, LA, October 2006.

Stiell IG, Clement CM, Grimshaw J, Brison R, Rowe BH, Schull M, Lee JS, Brehaut J, McKnight RD, Dreyer J, Eisenhauer MA, MacPhail I, Rutledge T, Letovsky E, Shah A, Clarke A, Ross S, Perry JJ, Wells GA. Controlled clinical trial to implement the Canadian C-Spine Rule. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S78 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Stiell IG, Walker R, Nesbitt L, Chapman F, Cousineau D, Christenson J, Bradford P, Sookram S, Lank P, Wells G. A randomizing controlled trial of fixed versus escalating energy levels for defibrillation. Resuscitation 2006;69:52 (Abstract). Presented at the 8th Scientific Congress of the European Resuscitation Council, May 2006.

Perry JJ, Stiell IG, Wells GA, Mortensen M, Sivilotti M, Bullard M, Symington C, Lesiuk H, Lee JS, Eisenhauer MA, Wiesenfeld L, Caytak J. A clinical decision rule to safely rule out subarachnoid hemorrhage in acute headache patients in the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S9 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Stiell IG, Walker R, Nesbitt L, Chapman F, Cousineau D, Christenson J, Bradford P, Sookram S, Berringer R, Lank P, Wells GA. A randomized controlled trial of fixed versus escalating energy levels for defibrillation. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S10 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Osmond MH, Klassen TP, Stiell IG, Correll R. The CATCH Rule: A clinical decision rule for the computed tomography of the head in children with minor head injury. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S11 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Osmond MH, Klassen TP, Stiell IG, Correll R. Interobserver agreement in the assessment of children with minorhead injury. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S13 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Cwinn M, Cwinn A, Forster AJ, Hebert G, Calder L, Nesbitt L, Stiell IG. Prevalence of information gaps for seniors transferred from nursing homes to the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S32 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

De Maio VJ, Coyle D, Stiell IG, O'Grady K, Vaillancourt C, Nesbitt L, Wells GA. Location-specific cost-effectiveness of public access defibrillation. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S64 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Vaillancourt C, Verma A, Trickett J, Crete D, Beaudoin T, Nesbitt L, Stiell IG. Effectiveness of dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions: successes and challenges. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S65 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Stiell IG, Nesbitt L, Pickett W, Maloney J, Dreyer J, Banek J, Brisson D, Munkley D, Wells GA. Does the out-of-hospital Glasgow coma scale score reliably reflect anatomic brain injury in major trauma patients? Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S66 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Nesbitt L, Stiell IG, Pickett W, Maloney J, Dreyer J, Munkley D, Banek J, Brisson D, Wells GA. Glasgow outcome score as a predictor of the functional independence measure in the OPALS Major Trauma Study. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S72 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Pan A, Stiell IG, Clement CM, Acheson J, Aaron S. The 3-minute walk test: an investigation into its use as a novel clinical decision tool for patients with congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or stable chest pain. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S78 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Stiell IG, Brehaut J, Clement CM, Grimshaw J, Graham I, Brison R, Rowe BH, Schull M, Lee JS, Perry JJ, Wells GA. Implementation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule: prospective 12-center cluster randomized trial with 11,104 patients. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S78 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Osmond MH, Stiell IG, Berg RA, Nadkarni V, Nesbitt L, Campbell S, De Maio V. Epidemiology and comparison of pediatric cardiac and respiratory arrest in the communities of the CanAm Pediatric Study Group. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S84 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Ong MEH, Osmond MH, Gerein R, Nesbitt L, Tran ML, Stiell IG. Comparing out-of-hospital clinical diagnosis of pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with etiology by coroner's diagnosis. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S85 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Perry JJ, Stiell IG, Wells GA, Mortensen M, Sivilotti M, Bullard M, Lesiuk H, Less JS, Eisenhauer MA, Wiesenfeld L, Caytak J. Interobserver agreement in the assessment of headache patients with possible subarachnoid hemorrhage. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S138 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Perry JJ, Stiell IG, Wells GA, Mortensen M, Sivilotti M, Bullard M, Symington C, Lesiuk H, Less JS, Eisenhauer MA, Wiesenfeld L, Caytak J. Arrival in the emergency department by ambulance for headache: a marker of high risk for subarachnoid hemorrhage. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S138 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Clement CM, Stiell IG, Rowe BH, Schull M, Brison R, Less JS, Leclair C, Wells GA. How valid is the concept of clinically unimportant lesions on computed tomography for minor head injury patients. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S142 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Vaillancourt C, Lavergne F, Beaudoin T, Stiell IG. Effectiveness of a paramedic assistant on enrollment rates for out-of hospital research studies. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S145 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Calder LS, Stiell IG, Forster A. Adverse events more common among patients admitted from high-acuity areas of the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S149 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Lang ES, Afililo M, Kovacs G, Stiell IG, Kahn SR, Dreyer J, Snyder B, Anderson D. Computed topographic pulmonary angiography compared with ventilation-perfusion lung scanning as initial diagnostic modality for patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: a randomized controlled trial. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S157 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Rodger MA, Raymond F, Nair R, Bredeson C, Jones G, Rasuli P, Makropoulos D, Wells PS, Stiell IG. Development and validation of a simple prediction rule to exclude pulmonary embolism. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S158 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Stiell IG, Roy D, Rowe BH, Pratt C, Dickinson G, Kitt T. Efficacy and safety of RSD1235 in the treatment of acute atrial fibrillation. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S162 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Clement CM, Stiell IG, Symington C, Dickinson G. Emergency department use of intravenous procainamide for patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13(5)S184 (Abstract). Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Stiell IG, Walker R, Nesbitt L, Chapman F, Cousineau D, Christenson J, Bradford P, Sookram S, Lank P, Wells G. A randomizing controlled trial of fixed versus escalating energy levels for defibrillation. Resuscitation 2006;69:52 (Abstract). Presented at the 8th Scientific Congress of the European Resuscitation Council, May 2006.

Osmond MH, Stiell IG, Berg RA, Nesbitt L, Campbell S, Nadkarni V, De Maio V, for the CanAm Pediatric Cardiac Investigators. Epidemiology of Pediatric Cardiac and Respiratory Arrest in the Communities of the CanAm Pediatric Study Group (Abstract). Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, San Francisco, May 2006.

Osmond MH, Klassen TP, Stiell IG, Correll R, for the CATCH Study Group. The CATCH Rule: A clinical decision rule for the use of CT head in children with minor head injury (Abstract). Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, San Francisco, May 2006.