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Clinical Articles / BY: Greg McGregor, MD, FRCSC May 2000
... has resulted in pelvic recurrence rates of 10% or lower.[ 4 ] The technique of total mesorectal excision has been ... Survival rate after loco-regional recurrence is less than 4% at 5 years. Re-resection of local recurrence is possible ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2000
... following bites from rabid dogs. Each year, approximately 4 million people require rabies post-exposure prophylaxis.[ ... seek medical attention and returned to BC, where he died 4 months later. Respecting bats and maintaining a safe ... inhabit Canada and 16 species live in British Columbia.[ 4 ] In protecting humans from the risk of rabies, it is not ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Adam Lund, MD, MEd June 2000
... careers. Education How long has medical school been 3 or 4 years long? How much information do we still think we can ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC June 2000
... paid from this pool would then be on their payroll.[ 4 ]  To avoid this danger and to uphold the principle of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC June 2000
... medical education and clinical service provision.[ 2-4 ] Telemedicine seems poised to continue its momentum in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert T. Morrison, MD, FRCPC July/August 2000
... and others. Approximately 95% of the subjects were white, 4% Asian, and 1% black. Calculation of the SCORE index is ... recently restated the importance of BMD quantitation[ 4 ] where possible and when advisable. While a BMD ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP July/August 2000
... time” in rural communities have not yet worked.[ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 ] Review of the literature reveals that the problem ... 263 were listed for 3 years in a row, 225 were listed for 4 years in a row, and so on. The calculated comparative ... retention rates equals the proportion that stayed 2, 3, 4, or more years. In this example, year 1 comparative ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C.J. Sedergreen, MBBS September 2000
... a model other jurisdictions are seeking to emulate.[ 4,5 ] In the United States, for example, training programs ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Shayesta Dhalla, MD September 2000
... early diagnosis, the effect on mortality is less clear.[ 4 ] The additional screening procedures described in the  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Saw, MD, FRCPC October 2000
... reported as 5 to 8 cases per 100,000 population per year,[ 4 ] but the frequency of myocarditis as the direct cause is ... in  Table 2 . Patient 1 A 31-year-old male who consumed 4 to 5 beer per day presented with a 2-week history of ... an uncomplicated pregnancy) with dyspnea and cough for 4 weeks. She was admitted to hospital with pulmonary edema, ...