Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Policy on the Application for, and Implementation of, Clinical Practice Guidelines by Harminder Singh, Grigorios I Leontiadis, Lawrence Hookey, Robert Enns, Lana Bistritz, Louis-Charles Rioux, Louise Hope, Paul Sinclair

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Hot Tub Lung Mimicking Classic Acute and Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Two Case Reports by Geetika Verma, Frances Jamieson, Pamela Chedore, David Hwang, Scott Boerner, William R Geddie, Kenneth R Chapman, Theodore K Marras

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Multimodality Imaging in the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Manifestations of Malignancy by Laura Jiménez-Juan, Jessica Leen, Rachel M. Wald, Elsie T. Nguyen, Andrew T. Yan, Anish Kirpalani, Bernd J. Wintersperger, Andrew M. Crean

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Donor age contributes more to the rheological properties of stored red blood cells than donor sex and biological age distribution by Olga Mykhailova, Mackenzie Brandon-Coatham, Sanaz Hemmatibardehshahi, Mahsa Yazdanbakhsh, Carly Olafson, Qi-Long Yi, Tamir Kanias, Jason P. Acker

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Comparison of Newly Diagnosed Ocular Hypertension and Open-Angle Glaucoma: Ocular Variables, Risk Factors, and Disease Severity by Yvonne M. Buys, Paul Harasymowycz, Rania Gaspo, Kenneth Kwok, Cindy M. L. Hutnik, Pierre Blondeau, Catherine M. Birt, Robert L. G. Piemontesi, Lisa F. Gould, Mark R. Lesk, Iqbal K. Ahmed

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Evaluation of Amplification Targets for the Specific Detection of Bordetella pertussis Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction by Mohammad Rubayet Hasan, Rusung Tan, Ghada N Al-Rawahi, Eva Thomas, Peter Tilley

“…BACKGROUND: Bordetella pertussis infections continue to be a major public health challenge in Canada. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays to detect B pertussis are typically based on the multicopy insertion sequence IS481, which offers high sensitivity but lacks species specificity.…”
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Addison’s Disease and Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Viktoriya Mozolevska, Anna Schwartz, David Cheung, Bilal Shaikh, Kapil M. Bhagirath, Davinder S. Jassal

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The Montreal General Hospital Pain Centre (1974-2000): The Contributions of Ronald Melzack by Mary Ellen Jeans, Joseph Stratford, Paul Taenzer, Sandra Lefort, Kathleen Rowat

“…The article begins with a recounting of those individuals and events that inspired Ron early in his 'pain career' to pursue his dream of a multidisciplinary pain centre, the first of its kind in Canada. The forces that helped shape the development of this centre and the challenges that had to be overcome are described.…”
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Comparison of Culture, Cytotoxin Assay and Two Eia Tests with Clinical Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea by Marilyn Binning, Michael A John, Berend C Schieven, Thomas W Austin, Robert Lannigan, Zafar Hussain

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus as a Sexually Transmitted Disease: Manitoba’s HIV Unlinked Seroprevalence Study by Laila Sekla, Gregory Hammond, Robert Tate, Walter Stackiw, Gudrun Eibisch, Sherlyn Shewchook

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Increased Moxifloxacin Utilization Associated with an Unrestricted Addition to a Drug Reimbursement Formulary: A Population-Based Analysis by Alissa Jade Wright, Fawziah Marra, Mei Chong, Catharine Chambers, William R Bowie, David M Patrick

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Validation of the GSFQ, a Self-Administered Symptom Frequency Questionnaire for Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by Pierre Paré, François Meyer, David Armstrong, Myron Pyzyk, Dan Pericak, Goeree Ron

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Use of LARA-urea Breath Test in diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children and Adolescents: A Preliminary Study by Andrew S Day, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Anthony R Otley, Linda Best, AnneMarie Griffiths, Philip M Sherman

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Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures? by Carlo de Olim, Denis Bégin, Louis-Philippe Boulet, André Cartier, Michel Gérin, Catherine Lemière

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CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network Co-Infection and Concurrent Diseases Core: Updated Canadian Guidelines for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Infection in HIV-hepatitis C Coinfected Adu... by Mark Hull, Stephen Shafran, Alice Tseng, Pierre Giguère, Marina B Klein, Curtis Cooper

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Predictors of Loss of Asthma Control Induced by Corticosteroid Withdrawal by Jose Belda, Krishnan Parameswaran, Catherine Lemière, Dennis Kamada, Paul M O'Byrne, Frederick E Hargreave

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Noninvasive Investigations for the Early Detection of Chronic Airways Dysfunction Following Lung Transplantation by Richard C Cook, Guy Fradet, Nestor L Muller, Daniel F Worsley, David Ostrow, Robert D Levy

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in an Extremely Tortuous S-Shaped Aorta by Shuangbo Liu, Olga Toleva, Amir Ravandi, Zlatko Pozeg, Alan Menkis, Malek Kass

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Loud Snoring is A Risk Factor for Occupational Injury in Farmers by James A Dosman, Louise Hagel, Robert Skomro, Xiaoqun Sun, Andrew G Day, William Pickett

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Effects of Hydrofluoroalkane and Dry Powder-Formulated Corticosteroids on Sputum Inflammatory Markers in Asthmatic Patients by Hans-Peter Hauber, Rame Taha, Celine Bergeron, Vladimir Migounov, Qutayba Hamid, Ron Olivenstein

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