Clinical Articles /
BY: Roey M. Malleson, MBBS, DFFP, MHSC
January/February 2002
... (IUD) can reduce the risk of pregnancy to less than 1%. [ 4] In Canada 30% of women will have had an abortion at some ... in each of two doses separated by 12 hours: Min-Ovral 4 white pills + 4 white pills Triphasil 4 yellow pills + 4 yellow pills ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Fikre Germa, MD, CCFP(EM)
January/February 2002
... in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in children. [ 4] A somewhat similar clinical definition of TB in adults ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mann Chandavimol, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2002
... that cause pericarditis can be categorized as follows: [4] • Vasculitis/connective tissue disease, such as ... responds to amino salicylic acid (650 mg every 3 to 4 hours) or indomethacin (25 to 50 mg four times a day taken ... percentage of the misdiagnosis dropped significantly to 1.4%; furthermore, acute pericarditis accounted for only 0.27% ...
Letters /
BY: Robert Grist, MD
January/February 2002
... cholesterol profile data from the PEPI prospective study.[4] I presented this information for patients to consider, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Samuel H. Krikler, MB, ChB, FRCPC
March 2002
... arthropathy) and mortality (hepatocellular carcinoma). [ 4,5] Iron overload disorders resembling HHC but which are ... mutations Lost to follow-up 1905 108 35 23 16 6 10 10 3 4 Objective: To measure the prevalence of iron overload in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Paul C. Adams, MD
March 2002
... disease may have been overestimated in previous studies. [ 4,5] If hemochromatosis is so common, why did this Vancouver ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Shubhayan Sanatani, MD, FRCPC
March 2002
... in a group called ‘screwballs.’” [4] Since these important descriptions, our knowledge about ... with no ventricular arrhythmias or heart block on day 4 had a benign course. [ 24] In 1998, Schwartz et al. ... 3 3p21-24 SCN5A Sodium ~5% Sleep Late onset of T wave LQTS 4* 4q25-27 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Sinusoidal T wave ...
Editorials /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
March 2002
... P3 initiatives by health economists and others). About 4 years ago I wrote on these pages that the BC government and ...
Letters /
BY: Frederick Spohn, MD
March 2002
... a few years ago were costing the BC Medical Plan some $4 million annually with very little health benefit to our ...
Letters /
BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD
March 2002
... this case, breech presentation at term occurs in about 4%—has been clearly demonstrated in other fields such as ...