Clinical Articles /
BY: Teresa Marie Kope, MD, FRCPC
June 2001
... with autism spectrum disorders. Boys are affected 4 to 5 times more often than girls, and more than 70% of autistic ... may prevent the development of maladaptive behaviors. [5,6] Further, early intervention provides support for ... the children who received a diagnosis of autism at 3.5 years. [15] The authors concluded that consistent failure ...
Editorials /
BY: Michael Goldberger, MD
June 2001
... but have been unable to accept a new patient in the past 5 years. Many of my colleagues have closed their practices. ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: William J. Sullivan, BA, LLB, MCL
July / August 2001
... (durable power of attorney), or a combination of the two.[ 5 ] The instructional advance directive tells the physician ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Dr Kimit Rai, MD, FRCSC
July / August 2001
... on continuing medical education? Can Pharm Market 1992;5:14-16. Conseil de l’Education Medicale Continue du ... and the pharmaceutical industry. Bioethics Bull 1995;4-5:1331-1334. Wazana A. Physicians and the pharmaceutical ...
Letters /
BY: Ray Baker, MD
July / August 2001
... in management of chemically dependent patients." [5] Substance use disorders are found in up to 30% of ...
Premise /
BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD
July / August 2001
... variants in the amount of resources consumed by patients. [5] Case-mix adjustment Because of the inadequacy of ... MSP uses 3-digit ICD codes versus more precise 4- and 5-digit ICD-9 CM codes), and the limited attention that has ... to age and gender categories, the ACGs have approximately 5 times the explanatory power in explaining resource use.[ 5 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Janet Henderson, MB, BCh
September 2001
... [4] particularly in the gastrointestinal tract. [5] A study of more than 8000 patients taking NSAIDs for rheumatoid arthritis found a 1.5% incidence of gastrointestinal complications. Nonsteroidal ... rifampin, and warfarin. Clinical trials Rofecoxib (12.5 mg or 25 mg o.d.) was found to have a clinical efficacy ...
Clinical Articles
September 2001
... and Surgeons,[ 4 ] and the Canadian Medical Association[ 5 ] for cardiologist numbers in BC, and the latter two ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Joseph Noone, MD, LRCP&SI, FRCPC
September 2001
... measures Step 4 Provide education and training Step 5 Conduct an annual review The provision of education and ... predisposing and precipitating precursors to violence. 5. Crisis communication The keys to effective crisis ...
Letters /
BY: Michael Alms, MB
September 2001
... Dr Mador’s comments that appeared in June [ BCMJ 2001;43(5): 263 ] I would like to remind readers, physicians, and ...