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Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Eddy, MD May 2005
... work and duty hours first proposed in the 1930s may become even more stringent. Human sleep requirements In ... about possible similar error rates in Canada led to the 2003 federal budget allocation of $10 million annually for ... be tolerated in any other profession where safety is an issue. Typical work weeks exceed 50 hours, while work weeks ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS November 2005
... at age 90 years. [3]  The duration of late disease may vary among individuals. Patients with late AD are more ... and treatment of which are discussed elsewhere in this issue (“Behavioral and psychological disturbances in ...  (accessed 8 May 2003) Late Alzheimer disease is characterized by severe ...
Letters / BY: Jack Burak, MD July/August 2005
... addressed was what I consider the single most important issue within our association: income disparity. I am informed ... seeing in the Okanagan and others be paid a pittance? One may respond that these groups are actually underpaid whilst ... was approved by a membership referendum in November 2003. —Jack Burak, MD BCMA President (Past) Letters Income ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael D.D. McNeely, MD, FRCPC, FCACB July/August 2005
... It is important to recognize that the race adjustments may be important modifiers. Further research regarding the ... of eGFR values is covered in the other articles in this issue.) Because the MDRD equation for calculating eGFR was ... Medicine developed a common approach, and in October 2003 almost all laboratories in the province began to use the ...
Letters / BY: Eric Smith, MD January/February 2004
... by Dr McGowan and Ms Nightingale on hospitalists ( BCMJ 2003;45[8]:391-394 ), which examined differences in patient ... dated July 2003. That the conclusions in this study may influence health care planning is worrisome and we feel ... Dr McGowan and Ms Nightingale for raising this important issue that needs to be debated fully within the medical ...
Letters / BY: H. Martin Gough, MD March 2004
Dr A. Krisman’s letter in the November issue of the  BCMJ [2003;45(9):431]  criticizing the cesarean section rate of ... interference were indolence, ignorance, and avarice. This may still be part of the problem, but I suspect that today ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Fung, MD, FRCPC November 2004
... tight blood sugar control with insulin therapy may not prevent all serious complications of diabetes and is ... who have received at least one islet transplant as of June 2003. Regarding the three primary indications for islet ... Transplant Program is involved in a study to address this issue by comparing outcomes in transplant recipients with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Howard Feldman, MD, FRCPC September 2004
... which allow for the exclusion of metabolic disorders that may adversely effect cognitive functioning though rarely ... contraindications (see articles referring to ChEIs in this issue:  “Current therapy,” and  “Treatment Efficacy ... Study methods and baseline results. Neuroepidemiology 2003;22:265-274. Our understanding of Alzheimer disease (AD) ...
Clinical Articles October 2004
... were published by Health Canada in 1998. [1]  In 2002 and 2003, the STD/AIDS Control Division of the BC Centre for ... reveals that practices concerning HIV test counseling may not be optimal. Common shortcuts in counseling—giving ... to generalize from this sample, primarily because of the issue of self-selection. Physicians who are more involved in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC January/February 2004
... respectively.  Other possible roles for BNP BNP may eventually have a role as a treatment agent, given that ... from the Framingham study specifically addressed this issue and looked at BNP and NT-ANP for detection of elevated ... Society has included a reference to BNP in its 2003 practice guideline (available at  www.ccs.ca  under ...