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Clinical Articles / BY: Christopher R. Honey, MD, DPhil, FRCS May 2001
... excellent reviews on the history of neurosurgery for PD. [1,2]  In British Columbia, the surgical treatment of PD was ... (common to all stereotaxic operations at approximately 1%) and injury to the internal capsule or optic tract. A ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christopher Bozek MD, FRCPC May 2001
... immobility or other conditions. Gorell and colleagues [1]  reviewed the death certificates issued in Michigan ... incidence in PD patients than in age-matched controls. [1]  In this 10-year, population-based study, 27% of PD ...
Clinical Articles / BY: A. Jon Stoessl, MD, FRCPC May 2001
... in the basal ganglia that is disrupted in PD. [1]  However, these medications are also known to inhibit ... 15 mg to 40 mg/day) and pergolide (Permax) (usual dose 1.5 mg to 4.5 mg/day). These compounds are both ergot ... in patients with early PD. Both pramipexole (usual dose 1.5 mg to 4.5 mg/day) and ropinirole (usual dose 9 mg to 24 ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD May 2001
... satisfied, almost beatific smiles after haggling down to $1.75 for a Mickey and Goofy cream and sugar set, which I ...
Letters / BY: Eugene Leduc, MD May 2001
... parking placards to those who genuinely need them."[ 1 ] I take exception to two points made in this commentary. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Helena H. Ho, MD, FRCPC June 2001
... children have sensory and cognitive impairment as well. [1,2]  The prevalence has increased over the years from 4 to 5 per 10,000 to 1 in 500. [3,4]  These markedly increased prevalence rates ... is to introduce a clinical practice guideline ( Table 1 ) for physicians and specialists, promoted by BC’s ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stuart Fine, MB, FRCPC June 2001
... rate of ADHD has increased from 3% to 5% to about 12%. [1,2]  Also there has been a 2.5-fold increase in stimulant ... prescribed at the time of the interview; and on a scale of 1 to 7 (where 1 is poor and 7 is excellent) how they would rate the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Teresa Marie Kope, MD, FRCPC June 2001
... Manual of Mental Disorders IV-TR  (DSM-IV-TR), [1]  pervasive developmental disorder is the umbrella term ... criteria used. But because autism affects as many as 1 in 500 children, it can be considered a common disorder of ... patterns of behavior, interests, or activities See  Table 1  for more detail. The lack of social relatedness is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: William J. Sullivan, BA, LLB, MCL July / August 2001
... came into force in British Columbia on 28 February 2000.[ 1-4 ] These words and their antonyms are, in practise, used ... In British Columbia, the Representation Agreement Act[ 1 ] governs advance directives. If the patient has made a ... personnel respond to an emergency call. Updated as of 1 June 2001, the directive can now be combined with a “No ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Davidicus Wong, MD July / August 2001
... information can be gathered, illustrated in the  Table . [1] The attending physicians are asked to present the medical ... designed a substitute medical decision-maker card ( Figure 1 )[may be reproduced without permission and given to ...