Clinical Articles /
BY: Chong S. Lee, MD, FRCPC
May 2001
... patients who have dyskinesia and those who do not. [9] Dopaminomimetic drugs Recent clinical studies show that ... more frequently in patients with younger age of onset. [3,9] Some reports suggest that patients who are treated ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Christopher Bozek MD, FRCPC
May 2001
... surgery unassociated with their PD, Pepper and Goldstein [9] found that these patients were significantly more likely ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: A. Jon Stoessl, MD, FRCPC
May 2001
... dose 1.5 mg to 4.5 mg/day) and ropinirole (usual dose 9 mg to 24 mg/day) are generally well tolerated and ... they are less likely to induce dyskinesias than levodopa. [9,10] Two recent studies suggest that the older agonists ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Stuart Fine, MB, FRCPC
June 2001
... study that demonstrated less adherence among teenagers. [9] However, another recent study of adherence in 44 ... (%) Methylphenidate Dextroamphetamine Both 48.6 22.9 5.7 56.4 34.5 14.0 .470 .238 .427 Time on medications in weeks 61.8 (56.9) 110.85 (111.84) .012 Symptom improvement (%) 82.9 71.4 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Teresa Marie Kope, MD, FRCPC
June 2001
... at 2 to 3 years of age by experienced clinicians. [9-11] Diverse factors complicate early identification. These ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: William J. Sullivan, BA, LLB, MCL
July / August 2001
... grounds as age ... physical or mental disability....”[ 9 ] Assisted suicide, pain relief, and the duty to treat The ...
Premise /
BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD
July / August 2001
... category, based on the combinations and types of ICD-9 codes that pertain to the individual over an extended ... this multiplicity of codes, the ACG system groups all ICD-9 and ICD-9 CM diagnosis codes into 32 clinically similar aggregated ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Janet Henderson, MB, BCh
September 2001
... The elimination half-life of rofecoxib varies from between 9 and 21 hours and also varies with dose. [6] Indications ... of 736 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip [9] with pain on walking. It also had an effect comparable ... NSAIDs in the treatment of arthritic symptoms [2,8,9,15] but with fewer of the adverse effects. Its ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Hugh Freeman, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACG
September 2001
... intestine may require several weeks or even months.[ 7,9 ] Epidemiology Celiac disease is a disorder that occurs ... dermatitis herpetiformis, and abdominal lymphoma. [ 9] Published data from Vancouver[ 16 ] documented the ... colitis)[ 21,22 ] or a complication (i.e., lymphoma).[ 9,23,24 ] The Canadian Celiac Association has chapters in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Joseph Noone, MD, LRCP&SI, FRCPC
September 2001
... to avoid being struck and to deal with being grabbed. 9. Summary and evaluation Highlight safe practice principles ...