Letters /
BY: Philip M. Alderman, MD
March 2002
... 1224 standard incision vasectomies I reported in 1991. [ 4] It seems curious that Nirapathpongporn’s ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Andrew R. Woolfenden, MD, FRCPC
April 2002
... has AF, and the prevalence increases to 10% by age 85. [ 4] Overall, AF increases the risk of stroke fivefold compared to those without AF. [ 4] When associated with AF, other stroke risk factors (such ... or uncontrolled (RR 1.6) • Increasing age (RR 1.4 for each decade) • Diabetes (RR 1.7) Angina, prior ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kathleen M.N. Lee, RDN
April 2002
... United States guideline for the treatment of obesity. [ 4] The guideline is written for the general practitioner as ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Patricia Clugston, MD, FRCSC, FACS
April 2002
... improved aesthetic outcomes, and reduced cost. [ 3,4] Selection of immediate reconstruction patients is done ... have any patients undergo breast reconstruction and only 4% state the majority of their mastectomy patients choose to ... breast reconstruction will be one of the focal points of a 4-year BC and Yukon breast cancer public education project ...
Letters /
BY: G. Henderson, MB
April 2002
... calls, I do not have hospital responsibilities during that 4 hours. I left feeling quite refreshed and not in any way ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
May 2002
... syndrome, [3] generalized maculopapular eruption, [4] acute urticaria, [5] exanthematous eruption, [6] and ... preparation causing generalized maculopapular eruption. [4] Besides allergic reactions, complementary and alternative ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jiri Frohlich, MD, FRCPC
May 2002
... rates in both men and women with and without diabetes. [4] At all ages the CHD rate in patients with diabetes was ... levels 2. Serum HDL-cholesterol levels 3. Hemoglobin A 1C 4. Systolic blood pressure 5. Smoking Other risk factors ... B and low apo AI levels, increased the hazard ratio to 8.4 compared to hazard ratios for the individual risk factors ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mark Bigham, MD
May 2002
... 75% above the average historic (1990–2000) rate of 0.4 per 100 000 ( Figure 4 ). Fourteen of 28 (50%) serogroup C cases were in the age ... to a rate of 1.7 per 100 000 for this age group—2.4 times higher than the overall population rate. The primary ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP
May 2002
... with many rural areas remaining under-doctored. [4] Typical retention rates for British Columbia’s rural ... In the November 1989 survey, 10% of rural physicians and 4% of urban physicians indicated that they would no longer be ... the July 1998 survey, 24.5% of rural physicians and only 4% of urban physicians were planning to move their practices ...
College Library /
BY: Jim Henderson
May 2002
... establish that it was unavailable. The next day, it took 4.5 minutes to access, obtain and input passwords and credit ...