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Clinical Articles / BY: Roey M. Malleson, MBBS, DFFP, MHSC January/February 2002
... family planning. A copper-bearing IUD may be offered 5 days after unprotected intercourse at any time during the ... intercourse followed by a second dose 12 hours later. [ 5]  The two options are: • Combined estrogen/progestin ... pills providing 0.1 mg of ethinyl estradiol and 0.5 mg of levonorgestrel in each of two doses separated by 12 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fikre Germa, MD, CCFP(EM) January/February 2002
... phase of 300 mg isoniazid, 600 mg rifampin, and 1.5 g pyrazinamide, followed by isoniazid and rifampin alone in ... On the evening of admission her temperature climbed to 38.5°C and she exhibited a decreased level of consciousness. ... British Columbia, corresponding to an incidence rate of 10.5 per 100 000 population. This peak in incidence was ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mann Chandavimol, MD, FRCPC January/February 2002
... nitrogen (BUN), but the ultimate cause remains unknown. [5] In the pre-thrombolytic era, postmyocardial infarction ... be tapered off after the patient has been asymptomatic for 5 to 7 days. [1]  Corticosteroids may be helpful if the pain ... infarction, the rate of misdiagnosis ranged from 5.8% (in the GISSI trial [11 806 patients]) to 10.5% (in the ...
Letters / BY: John Rees, MD January/February 2002
On 2 October 2001, at about 5:30 p.m., I received a telephone call that appeared on my ...
Letters / BY: Robert Grist, MD January/February 2002
... not provide protection against MI were largely unheeded.[5] More recent information however, such as the latest review ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul C. Adams, MD March 2002
... transferrin saturation has been estimated to be as low as $5. The cost of the genetic testing can be as low as $20, and ... may have been overestimated in previous studies. [ 4,5] If hemochromatosis is so common, why did this Vancouver ... non-expressing homozygote has been estimated to range from 5% to 50% of cases and is particularly common in women. At ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Shubhayan Sanatani, MD, FRCPC March 2002
... by mutations in the genes that encode for ion channels. [5-8]  Syncope and sudden death occur in young individuals ... approximately 40% of new cases are sporadic. However, 5% to 10% of both genotyped and symptomatic family members ... in genotyped Phenotype triggers Phenotype ECG LQTS 1 11p15.5 KCNQ1 (KVLQT1) Potassium ~45% Activity, emotions Smooth, ...
Letters / BY: Philip M. Alderman, MD March 2002
... or are laudatory testimonials by its practitioners. [ 5,6]  The 1999 study Dr Rich refers to was authored by Dr ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew R. Woolfenden, MD, FRCPC April 2002
... (such as hypertension) increase the risk further. [ 5]  More than 90% of thromboembolic events in AF patients ... primary stroke-prevention trials in AF patients. [ 5]  The presence of any of these clinical features conferred ... or transient ischemic attack (TIA) (relative risk [RR] 2.5)  •  History of hypertension—controlled or ...