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Clinical Articles / BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD, September 2006
... adverse events in Canadian hospitals. [1]  Published in May 2004, the study was based on methods developed by ... 232 250 of the 2.5 million similar admissions in the year 2000 would have been associated with an adverse event. ... establish an estimate of the scale of the patient safety issue within Canadian hospitals, but improvements in safety ...
Premise / BY: Manfred Purtzki, January/February 2006
... possible due to the imposition of the “kiddie” tax in 2000, which removed the benefit of income splitting with ... types of shares are called stock dividend shares. They may have an issue price of $.01 per share and a redemption value of $100 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jill Franklin, BA, December 2006
... a surprisingly high rate of disability.” [3]  Symptoms may worsen over time, and the person may become increasingly ... criminal justice system then becomes involved as a health issue turns into a societal one (written communication, J. ... D. Learn to Remember. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books; 2000. Osborne CL. Over My Head: A Doctor’s Own Story of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... authors used data from two sources for the years 1995 to 2000: Canadian burn treatment centres and the Canadian ... cited serious and life-threatening ADRs to be a safety issue of concern. The effect of this apparent concern has ... difficulty of recognizing ADRs when they occur. Clinicians may believe another member of the health care team will ...
Letters / BY: Douglas C. Drummond, MD January/February 2005
In the September issue of this journal, several articles reviewed and endorsed ... have not proven their worth. To support their view, they may cite the AD2000 reported earlier this year. [2]  While ... that might be subsequently published such as the AD 2000 study in Lancet by Courtney and colleagues. [3]  As the ...
Letters / BY: Peter Rees, PhD, FRCPC December 2004
The authors of the BCMJ theme issue “The new era of treatable Alzheimer disease” ( ... and published in the Lancet were the findings of the AD 2000 Collaborative Group conducting an RCT on donepezil ... will have learned of AD 2000 in the lay press during May. Because of the publication time line of the  BCMJ  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Jarchow, MSW March 2004
... and 9% for females. [3]  This suggests that child abuse may present to health care professionals more frequently than expected. Investigating child abuse In 1999–2000, British Columbia child welfare authorities completed 24 ... has been difficult. Generally, retention has not been an issue. Once exposed to the interdisciplinary approach, most ...
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 ... The results of human islet transplant trials prior to 2000 were generally disappointing, with combined 1-year ... Transplant Program is involved in a study to address this issue by comparing outcomes in transplant recipients with ...
Letters / BY: Warren Bell, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP(LM) October 2002
... Dixon-Warren’s request, which appeared in the June 2002 issue [ BCMJ  2002;44(5):234], asking for feedback on the ... conventional practice. Phraseology in the brochure like “may not be effective or safe,” “have not been ... therapy” (Resch KI, Ernst E, Garrow J. J R Soc Med 2000;93:164-167). The authors submitted identical papers, of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erin E. Michalak, PhD October 2002
... decisions (see  Anderson and colleagues   in this issue). Although there is evidence for the efficacy of ... improved outcomes in patients with MDD. Further benefits may include better use of fiscal resources, optimal use of ... service utilization data for British Columbians 1999–2000.  A. MSP coverage in 1999–2000 Total population of ...