Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Papers
(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Resident recruitment in the COVID-19 era: factors influencing program ranking by residents applying to a family medicine-emergency medicine training program39
Self-isolation among discharged emergency department patients with suspected COVID-1935
Amplifying voices: providing quality critical care to Canada’s remote and rural children during pediatric transport30
The grey area30
Just the facts: point-of-care ultrasound in cardiac arrest22
Caring for the invisible and forgotten: a qualitative document analysis and experience-based co-design project to improve the care of families experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest22
Ready for practice? National recommendations for emergency medicine transition to practice curriculum21
Provision of immobilization or ice by paramedics in Southwestern Ontario18
CJEM debate series: #StillTheOne—while more challenging than ever, emergency medicine is still the best career path available for medical students13
Just the facts: invasive Group A Streptococcal disease in the emergency department13
Continuous naloxone infusion for the treatment of guanfacine toxicity in a 2-year-old male12
A new approach to follow-up of survivors of sexual assault in the emergency department?12
ATV associated injuries: any changes after 20 years?12
Global research highlights12
Early diagnosis of nonconvulsive status epilepticus due to lithium intoxication using 6-channel electroencephalography12
Emergency department ophthalmoscopy: physician confidence and clinical practices12
Effectiveness of caregiver educational materials for paediatric community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department: a qualitative study12
Effect of 12 mg vs 6 mg of dexamethasone on the number of days alive without life support in adults with COVID-19 and severe hypoxemia: the COVID STEROID 2 randomized trial11
Global Research Highlights11
People living with dementia deserve the best care possible in the emergency department11
Competency based medical education (CBME) in CCFP(EM) programs11
A system in crisis: exploring how recent emergency department closures influence potential access to emergency care in Ontario11
Management of a positive blood culture in the pediatric emergency department: a multicenter case-based survey11
Reduction of urea test ordering in the emergency department: multicomponent intervention including education, electronic ordering, and data feedback10
Prevalence of pain-related presentations in Canadian pediatric emergency departments10
2021 CAEP Acute Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter Best Practices Checklist10
Time to study time: informing the future of anaphylaxis observation duration10
Leadership for change: working toward equity, diversity, and inclusion10
Emergency department opioid discharge instructions: a multidisciplinary national Delphi study10
Just the facts: how to assess for cerebral venous thrombosis9
Development of a blended learning curriculum to improve POCUS education in a pediatric emergency medicine training program9
Medico-legal issues related to emergency physicians’ documentation in Canadian emergency departments9
Hematometra caused by ectopic pregnancy mimicking an intrauterine pregnancy diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasound: a case report8
Does the Canadian TIA Score adequately risk stratify patients for subsequent stroke and revascularization in the emergency department?8
Correction to: Impact of community paramedic interventions on transfers from long term care to emergency departments: results of a systematic review8
Patient opinion and acceptance of emergency department buprenorphine/naloxone to-go home initiation packs7
Describing a novel, national, vertical mentorship program for women in emergency medicine across Canada7
From “Airway scares me” to “I would say I’m pretty comfortable”: quality improvement for reducing time to obtain equipment for adult advanced airway management in a rural emergency department7
Tech the pressure off: streamlining ED discharges with digital solutions7
Two troponins, one troponin, none… the dawn of troponin-less decision aids7
Randomized trial comparing low- vs high-dose IV dexamethasone for patients with moderate to severe migraine7
Using cognitive load theory to develop an emergency airway management curriculum: the Queen’s University Mastery Airway Course (QUMAC)7
Emergency department resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in trauma patients with exsanguinating hemorrhage: the UK-REBOA randomized clinical trial7
Predicting the critical administration threshold in bleeding trauma patients7
The third intensive care bundle with blood pressure reduction in acute cerebral haemorrhage trial (INTERACT3): an interactional, stepped wedge, cluster randomized controlled trial7
Twenty-six years of machine learning for ECG: and we are not there yet7
Global Research Highlights7
Attitudes and acceptability of organ and tissue donation registration in the emergency department: a national survey of emergency physicians6
Unanswered6
How to assess and manage ulcerative colitis exacerbations in the emergency department6
Do patient outcomes differ when the trauma team leader is a surgeon or non-surgeon? A multicentre cohort study6
Repeatability, reproducibility, and diagnostic accuracy of a commercial large language model (ChatGPT) to perform emergency department triage using the Canadian triage and acuity scale6
Just the facts: seizure prophylaxis post-traumatic brain injury (TBI)6
Unpacking the connection between hospital operations and emergency department crowding and access block6
Optimal management strategies for primary headache in the emergency department6
Cardiac arrest caused by ruptured nonaneurysmal infectious aortitis6
Addressing microaggressions with simulation: a novel educational intervention6
Still6
Interprofessional clinical event debriefing-does it make a difference? Attitudes of emergency department care providers to INFO clinical event debriefings6
Just the facts: recognizing and managing delirium in older adults in the ED6
Women at the top: a qualitative study of women in leadership positions in emergency medicine in Canada6
Are we talking about practice? A randomized study comparing simulation-based deliberate practice and mastery learning to self-guided practice6
Prehospital tranexamic acid: more than just a PATCH for trauma systems?6
Diagnosis and management of wide complex tachycardia in the emergency department6
Efficacy of hand-held metal detectors in the detection and localization of ingested metallic foreign bodies in children5
When the patient wishes to leave5
CJEM Debate Series: #TriageAgain—are current triage methods dangerous?… if we cannot actually treat those triaged as urgent within a safe time frame?5
Our duty to learners in the emergency department5
A randomized double-blind trial comparing the effect on pain of an oral sucrose solution versus placebo in children 1–3 months old needing bladder catheterization5
Development and implementation of the Compassionate 1 Curriculum: an educational initiative to improve the delivery of care to patients receiving involuntary orders for mental health emergencies5
Caution Is Indicated When Using Fentanyl or Midazolam for Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department5
Global Research Highlights5
The hospital care and outcomes of long-term care patients treated by paramedics during an emergency call: exploring the potential impact of ‘treat-and-refer’ pathways and community paramedicine5
Air embolism case report5
Converting emergency physician management of patients with atrial fibrillation or flutter5
Canadian Emergency Department Best Practices Checklist for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Part 1: Cellulitis5
HEART + score: integrating carotid ultrasound to chest pain assessment in the emergency department5
From STEMI to occlusion MI: paradigm shift and ED quality improvement5
The value of MRI in transient ischemic attack/minor stroke following a negative CT for predicting subsequent stroke5
Investigation and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in older patients with delirium: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian physicians5
Impact of a high sensitivity troponin accelerated diagnostic protocol on the safety and emergency department length of stay of chest pain in an academic tertiary hospital: a quality improvement study5
The impact of alternate level of care on access block and operational strategies to reduce emergency wait times: a multi-center simulation study5
Safely reducing abdominal/pelvic computed tomography imaging in pediatric trauma: a quality improvement initiative5
Does targeting a higher versus lower MAP improve survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?5
Feasibility of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for rural and remote transfers5
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians position statement on care of older people in Canadian Emergency Departments: executive summary5
The ultrasound competency assessment tool for evaluation of early pregnancy with POCUS5
Measuring and improving atrial fibrillation and flutter care in Canadian emergency departments5
Injuries associated with e-scooter use in the City of Calgary: Canada joins an international conversation4
Investigations ordered for patients with and without an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD) in the emergency department4
Migraine-associated Takotsubo cardiomyopathy4
What is the risk of returning to the emergency department within 30 days for patients diagnosed with substance-induced psychosis?4
Current use of simulation for EPA assessment in emergency medicine4
Maintaining screen awareness: the identification of fat embolism with point-of-care ultrasound while performing a nerve block4
Overuse of pharmacological treatments for patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in the emergency department4
Just the facts: How to diagnose and manage acute preschool asthma in the ED4
Is the MEOWing of emergency department postpartum patients of diagnostic safety value?4
Idiopathic fascicular ventricular tachycardia in children: a challenging arrythmia worth recognizing4
Just the facts: whole bowel irrigation4
Different bodies, different care?4
Global research highlights4
Just the Facts: role of corticosteroids for patients with septic shock, community-acquired pneumonia, and acute respiratory distress syndrome4
Keeping healthcare running: fighting the forces that drag it down4
Suction-Assisted Airway Catheter Insertion for airway management in severe epistaxis: a case report4
Saving emergency medicine, part three: compassion4
Iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis presenting as left lower quadrant pain: a case report4
Vigilance and validity: the necessity of assessment system surveillance to ensure equity in emergency medicine4
“I am the doctor”: gender-based bias within the clinical practice of emergency medicine in Canada—a thematic analysis of physician and trainee interview data4
Establishing a virtual pediatric emergency department follow-up program: a novel strategy for improving access to care4
Using off-duty emergency physicians for paramedic consultation: a step forward with even greater potential4
One giant leap for cephalexin dosing, one small step for antimicrobial stewardship4
Trauma-induced coagulopathy, could cryoprecipitates improve outcomes?4
SHoC-IVC: Does assessment of the inferior vena cava by point-of-care ultrasound independently predict fluid status in spontaneously breathing patients with undifferentiated hypotension?4
Flow, icebergs and lifeboats…and the importance of system wide curricular change4
Global research highlights4
Anti-inflammatories as adjunct treatment for cellulitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis4
Delayed inflammatory reaction to dermal fillers after COVID-19 vaccination: a case report3
Diagnosis of a rare pediatric case of small-bowel obstruction secondary to a phytobezoar in a Meckel’s diverticulum aided by point-of-care ultrasound3
Global Research Highlights3
Letter to the Editor: The current state of emergency medicine is a long-term threat to EM residency training3
Family acceptance of community-based alternatives to emergency visits: an opportunity to support the medical home model of primary care3
Building a better mousetrap3
Just the facts: Evaluation and management of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis3
Co-designing a web-based education platform for patients with early pregnancy loss3
Parents’ perspective on pediatric emergency department visits for low-acuity conditions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional bicentric study3
Just the facts: diagnosis and management of intimate partner violence in the emergency department3
Crowned dens syndrome: a rare differential diagnosis of meningitis3
We can do better for children in distress3
Just the facts on healthier shift scheduling: “We’re tired of being tired”3
Attitudes, behaviour, and comfort of Canadian emergency medicine residents and physicians in caring for 2SLGBTQI+ patients3
Correction to: CAEP/ACMU 2021 Scientific Abstracts3
Andexanet for factor Xa inhibitor-associated acute intracerebral hemorrhage3
Who cares about the money: do health economic evaluation studies published in emergency medicine journals cut the mustard?3
Treatments, resource utilization, and outcomes of COVID-19 patients presenting to emergency departments across pandemic waves: an observational study by the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapi3
Evaluation of physicians’ current practices and awareness regarding the treatment of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis: results of a provincial survey3
Emergency department leadership considerations for the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic3
The role of partial resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in pre-hospital trauma3
Using quality improvement approaches to increase emergency department provider engagement in research participant enrollment during COVID-19 and opioid overdose public health emergencies3
Global Research Highlights3
Enigmatic Medicine: a proposed rebranding of emergency medicine3
Healthcare workers’ perspectives on a prescription phone program to meet the health equity needs of patients in the emergency department: a qualitative study3
Stop! Don’t put a chest tube in that. Point-of-care ultrasound diagnosis cardiac tamponade from an extracardiac tumor: a case report3
Foreign accent syndrome associated with left insula infarction after COVID-19 pneumonia3
Marine envenomation by a Pacific red octopus in Vancouver, British Columbia3
Effectiveness of intravenous prostaglandin to reduce digital amputations from frostbite: an observational study3
Cognitive load theory in action: e-learning modules improve performance in simulation-based education. A pilot study3
CAEP Position Statement Executive Summary3
Clinical failure in abscess treatment: the role of ultrasound and incision and drainage3
Interactive virtual cases for emergency medicine physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Alcohol and drug impairment in off-road vehicle crashes3
Building health literacy to help direct pediatric care choices effectively3
Global Research Highlights3
Pain management in emergency department older adults with pelvic fracture: still insufficient3
Antibiotic prescribing and outcomes for patients with uncomplicated purulent skin and soft tissue infections in the emergency department3
An overview of vasopressors for post‐intubation hypotension in critically ill adult patients: the lay of the land3
A POCUS-first pathway to streamline care for children with suspected ileocolic intussusception3
Global Research Highlights3
Providing palliative care at home aligns with the professional identity of paramedics: a qualitative study of paramedics and palliative health care providers3
Case report: unmasked Brugada pattern in a post-arrest patient after ketamine induction for intubation in the emergency department3
The use of vasopressors to reduce post-intubation hypotension in critically ill adult patients undergoing emergent endotracheal intubation: a scoping review3
Experiences of healthcare providers with a novel emergency response intubation team during COVID-193
Community healthcare appointments as an alternative to emergency department assessment: an exploration of family acceptability and preferences3
Exploring gender influences in the quality of workplace-based assessments3
Disparities in emergency department boarding: contrasting mental health and non-mental health patients3
Education about sexual and gender minorities within Canadian emergency medicine residency programs3
This is a call to action for all leaders in Emergency Medicine: men and women3
CJEM introduces Brief Quality Reports3
Global research highlights3
Predictors of 30-day recurrent emergency department visits for hyperglycemia in patients with types 1 and 2 diabetes: a population-based cohort study2
Busier emergency departments: same triage systems—can AI solve the “next-to-be-seen” problem?2
Noncompaction cardiomyopathy with Associated Pulmonary Embolism, Dextrocardia, and Poland Syndrome: A Rare Case Report2
Be polite2
Pediatric emergency department physicians’ perceptions of virtual mental health assessments for urgent needs2
Avoiding ED transport of elders: a need for an integrated multidisciplinary approach2
Author reply to: Pre-induction vasopressor use to reduce post-intubation hypotension2
Global emergency medicine: four part series2
Alternatives to the transfer of long-term care patients to emergency departments: a new kind of house call?2
Risk factors for acute appendicitis among adult patients with indeterminate ultrasound2
The trolley problem in the ED2
Equity, diversity, and inclusion in the emergency medicine workforce: benefits, barriers, and strategies2
A step-by-step approach to patients leaving against medical advice (AMA) in the emergency department2
Remember that patient you saw last week: characteristics and frequency of patients experiencing anticipated and unanticipated death following ED discharge2
When less is more: mitigating the harms and risks of over-testing through shared decision making2
Correction: Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of rapid HIV testing in Canadian Emergency Departments: a mixed methods study2
Facilitated peer mentoring to close the gender gap in academic emergency medicine2
Correction: Saving emergency medicine part two: better together2
Realist inquiry: a new way to think about overcrowding interventions2
Early prediction of ventricular fibrillation using electrocardiographic characteristics in prehospital suspected ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a case–control study2
Agreement and prognostic accuracy of three ED vulnerability screeners: findings from a prospective multi-site cohort study2
Just the Facts: Management of return of spontaneous circulation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest2
Emergency care clinical networks2
Violence against healthcare and public safety professionals: is bill C-321 a solution?2
Global Research Highlights2
What are Canadian emergency physicians’ attitudes and self-perceived competence toward patients who present with suicidal ideation?2
POCUS literature primer: key papers on aorta and deep vein thrombosis POCUS2
Laceration repair using intranasal ketamine: a phase 2 dose escalation clinical trial2
Health care impact of implementing a clinical pathway for acute care of pediatric concussion: a stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial2
Improving quality and safety in emergency department cardiac ultrasound: an urgent need for change2
#AIAuthorship. The CJEM debate: is there a place for generative AI in data analysis and writing within scholarly manuscript preparation?2
Evaluation of a prehospital endovascular therapy stroke bypass program2
Risk factors associated with 1-week revisit among emergency department patients with alcohol withdrawal2
Vitamin C deficiency in a 12-year-old male presenting with knee pain: a case report2
An evaluation of emergency pain management practices in fragility fractures of the pelvis2
Guide to writing and publishing a scientific manuscript: Part 1—The structure2
Lack of helipad infrastructure impedes timely access to care2
Medico-legal risk and use of medical directives in the emergency department2
Just the facts: integrating human and environmental factors in trauma resuscitation with Zero Point Survey2
Off-road vehicle crashes: dangers of alcohol and drug impairment2
Three exciting new publishing opportunities at CJEM2
Pediatric ED departmental complexity: a different approach to the concept of ED crowding2
A research grid to support clinician scientists in your emergency department2
Tubes, lines, and videotape: a new era for quality and safety in trauma resuscitation2
A multicenter prospective cohort study evaluating 30-day outcomes after an emergency department visit for hyperglycemia in Canadian adults with type 1 or 2 diabetes2
The ten commandments of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)2
Just the facts: POCUS assessment for deep venous thrombosis2
Reducing emergency department return visits for ultrasound imaging: a quality improvement initiative2
Responding to the war in Ukraine2
Can we leverage technology to enhance discharge communication in pediatric emergency departments?2
IFEM executive summary white paper of climate and ecological crisis2
Pre-induction vasopressor use to reduce post-intubation hypotension2
A reality check for emergency department crowding interventions2
Adding YEARS to optimize emergency department pulmonary embolism diagnostic workup2
The association between paramedic service system hospital offload time and response time2
To save emergency medicine, we must collaborate, innovate, and advocate2
Clinical adaptations for advanced career emergency physicians: an approach to support practice transition2
A picture is worth a thousand words, but only if you can see it2
Effect of bougie use on first-attempt success in tracheal intubations: a systematic review and meta-analysis2
Impact of virtual care on planned rechecks in a pediatric emergency department: a quality improvement project2
N-acetylcysteine for acetaminophen poisoning: translating poison center protocols to the bedside2
Video versus direct laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation of critically ill adults2
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