Objective. —To examine the attitudes of health care workers regarding the withdrawal of life
support. Design. —Cross-sectional survey. Participants. —Attending staff, house staff, and …

Background Regionalization of trauma care services in our region was initiated in 1993 with
the designation of four tertiary trauma centers. The process continued in 1995 with the …

Background The purpose of the study was to compare the outcome of severely injured
patients who were transported directly to a Level I, tertiary trauma center with those who were …

: Percutaneous tracheostomy is increasingly being used for patients needing prolonged
ventilatory support. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of widespread …

The movement towards trauma care regionalization in Quebec was initiated in 1990, with
formal designation of three level I trauma centers in 1993. The purpose of this study is to …

… Adapted with permission from Posel N, Fleiszer D, Faremo S. Moving toward the development
of interprofessional e-cases. Slice of Life Conference, 18 th International Meeting for …

This retrospective study of multiple trauma patients requiring SICU admission was undertaken
to determine to what extent, if any, head injury affected patient outcome. One hundred …

… Machiedo (Bronx, New York): I'd like to congratulate the authors on a very nice presentation
on a topic that is obviously important. It's important, first, because our president really started …

… review their differential diagnoses, (b) explicitly compare, contrast and evaluate diagnostic
possibilities, (c) link each hypothesis with specific case findings and rationales and then (d) …

This study investigates the influence of two formula diets containing 20 g/100g diet of either
whey protein concentrate or casein or Purina mouse chow, on the humoral immune …