Clinical Articles /
BY: William J. Koch, PhD
July/August 2002
... with conditional prevalence of 12% and 11% respectively. [5] PTSD criteria were met at 3 months post-admission to ... throat, cardiovascular, and pulmonary symptoms. [11] In a 5-year follow-up study of 1007 young adult patients of a ... of PTSD. [29,30] Even physical health problems 5 years post-collision could predict the absence of PTSD ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Murray Allen, MD
July/August 2002
... as far as it will go in each direction, and hold for about 5 seconds. Then move it in the opposite direction as far as it will go and hold for another 5 seconds. • Repeat each exercise about five times for each direction (except #5 which can be done up to 100 times). • Expect some ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bogdan P. Radanov, MD
July/August 2002
... whiplash trauma can lead to any physical brain damage. [5,6] Patients who purport to have suffered mild traumatic ... were found bilaterally in the parieto-occipital regions. [5,6] This was initially presumed to be evidence of brain ... consciousness including post-traumatic amnesia less than 5 minutes) demonstrated perfusion deficits in frontal brain ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Robert Ferrari, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2002
... (healthy) groups were equal in their symptom reporting. [5] Even the group given only a collar for 3 weeks and no ...
College Library /
BY: Jim Henderson
July/August 2002
... that 6000 of 35 000 journal articles published in the past 5 years were focused on this topic. In the US, the Institute ... room physician and corroborated via the Internet. [5] These authors note that there are no other reports of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Andrew Eisen MD, FRCPC
September 2002
... demise, [3,4] and unknown environmental factors. [5] Aging is associated with free radical formation, which ... between 55 and 65 years of age [10] ( Table 1 ). About 5% to 10% of ALS is hereditary. At present only two abnormal ... 1113 637 476 Mean age (years) ± SD 60.6 ± 13.65 59.5 ± 13.9 61.65 ± 12.9 Minimum age (years) 14 14 17 Maximum ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Elissa Press, BA
September 2002
... and a viral load of 3320 copies/ml presented with a 5-month history of anal pain and rectal discharge. The ... was 2 cm and tender. He underwent a colonoscopy, and a 5 cm cauliflower-like, exophytic anorectal mass was noted. ... squamous cell carcinoma was treated with chemotherapy (5-FU) and radiation, which resulted in clinical improvement ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Carolyn A. Montgomery, MB
September 2002
... PID as compared to women who have never had the disease. [5] Evidence is increasing that acute PID with abdominal ... produce lactic acid, which maintains a low pH (<4.5) and inhibits the growth of most other vaginal bacteria. In ... to 0.4% to 1.0% with doxycycline or azithromycin and to 0.5% with metronidazole plus azithromycin. Unfortunately, the ...
Letters /
BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD
September 2002
... on encountering a near-lethal illness,”[ BCMJ 2002;44(5):278]. May I add that there is an aspect, and a very ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Theresa Isomura, MD, FRCPC
October 2002
... of psychiatric disorder is 25%. [2,3] Yet fewer than 5% of patients with identified psychiatric illness are ... psychiatry [4] and less than 1% to a community agency. [5] Family physicians have expressed frustration in ... 22%), psychosis (n = 9, 7%), adjustment disorder (n = 7, 5%), and substance abuse (n = 2, 2%). Two first-episode ...