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Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2007
... back   Pandemics, from the Greek pan (all) and demos (people), are caused by the emergence of novel pathogens ... estimates, the influenza pandemic of 1918–19 killed more people worldwide (50 to 100 million) in a matter of months ... as having “felt it most” while “children and old people escaped entirely or were affected in a slighter ...
Back Page / BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS May 2006
... actually do anything for themselves. For example, other people gown them and put on their gloves; instruments are ... their garbled reports are interpreted and transcribed by people whom they never see and seldom acknowledge. The subtle ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jill Franklin, BA, December 2006
The majority of people with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) have some ... time, and the person may become increasingly disabled. [4] People with incomplete recovery 3 to 6 months ... At the same time, they should be reassured that most people recover completely from mTBI and they probably will ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philip Hassen, MPH, FCC, HSE, September 2006
... fundamental to improving patient safety. Wherever he goes, people (especially health care professionals) affirm their ... institute a reality. In the long term, it is going to take people in every part of the health system to build a stronger ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amy C. MacArthur, MHSc June 2006
... using a 2-tailed test with 5% alpha. Results Twenty-three people responded to the survey, for an overall response rate ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dr J. Mark Ansermino, FFA, MMed, MSc, FRCPC September 2006
... to develop solutions that meet the needs and desires of people in all walks of life. These organizations have ... what seemed impossible by making the complex systems people need in order to get on with their lives into ... to realize that technology cannot act independently of people to improve patient safety. There is little doubt that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Beever, MD June 2006
... and mortality. It is estimated that more than 700 million people become ill each year from mosquito-transmitted disease, and that 3 million people die from malaria, including one child every 30 ...  In response, numerous measures have been used to protect people from mosquitoes. On an international level, attempts ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janene Spring, RN, BScN, MSCN, March 2006
... of clinical symptoms. [3]  Thus, the actual number of people living with MS may be much higher than reported. Paty ... approach to cognitive retraining. Myth 6: People with MS are difficult patients Patients with MS are ... career and family planning years. Naturally, these young people may feel they have lost control of their lives and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP October 2006
... very rapid growth in wine production and the number of people employed. Wine industry workers in BC face specific ... The author would like to thank the following people at WorkSafeBC: Dr Celina Dunn for the support provided ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD June 2006
The global health of Aboriginal people is suboptimal when compared with the health of the ... disease among American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) people were more than twice those of other racial groups. [2] ... that indications for liver transplantation in Aboriginal people differed significantly from those of the overall liver ...