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Clinical Articles / BY: A.J. Pollard MBBS, MRCPCH, PhD, DIC January/February 2001
... to the national incidence in Canada[ 1 ] and the USA.[ 2 ] The highest incidence of disease is in the winter months ... of age suffer the greatest burden of disease ( Figure 2 ) with the peak incidence in most countries at 6 months to 2 years. An excess of disease is also noted in adolescents ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn L. Malone, MD, FRCPC January/February 2001
... cornerstone for prevention of institutional outbreaks.[ 2 ] In addition to vaccination, chemoprophylaxis with ... rates for residents remained constant over the 2-year interval ( Figure 1 ). In 1998–99, 616 of 680 ... immunization rates nearly doubled across PHC over the 2-year interval ( Figure 2 ). In 1998–99, 1444 of 5500 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Chris A. Speropoulos, BSc March 2001
... we do the following: 1. Identify and clarify client goals 2. Determine functional abilities 3. Run equipment trials 4. ... with vocational, educational, and daily care plans. 2. Determine functional abilities While he learned more about ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Charles Brasfield, MD, PhD, FRCPC March 2001
... between the ages of 7 and 15 became mandatory in 1920.[ 2 ] From one point of view the schools were an enlightened ... school syndrome. These criteria are reproduced in  Table 2 . Chrisjohn’s conclusions are worth quoting. "We really ...
Letters / BY: William E. Schreiber, MD March 2001
... of the new curriculum are in order. Over the past 31/2 years, the faculty has solicited and received student input ...
Letters / BY: Jeff Purkis, MD March 2001
See responses to this letter:  1 ,  2 ,  3 I just returned home from my 4-hour shift in our ...
Letters / BY: Michael Alms, MB March 2001
See responses to this letter:  1 ,  2 One often hears the claim that in Canada we enjoy the best ...
Premise / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC March 2001
... about the rationales that play a part in decision making.[ 2 ] Transparency is the hallmark of any fair process and all ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Benjamin C.L. Lai, MD, MSc April 2001
... in China to 657 in Argentina in door-to-door surveys,[ 2,3 ] and to vary from 100 to 250 in North America and ... in China in 1986 to 14.8 in Finland through 1968 to 1970.[ 2,4 ] The variation may partly reflect study design ... than in women in most studies, usually ranging from a 1.2:1 ratio up to a 1.5:1 ratio. Ethnic distribution The ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Doris J. Doudet, PhD April 2001
... number of surviving dopamine neurons in human subjects.[ 2,3 ] During longer scans (180 to 240 minutes), a more ... normal patients exposed to 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2,3,6 tetrahydropyridine (MPTP, a neurotoxin that selectively ... of patients following human fetal nigral grafts  Figure 2 .[ 11 ] Another potential use is to monitor the effects of ...