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Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel Lin, BSc May 2003
... and reliability of these structured interviews, [4,5]  while in other studies they are used as methods to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Terence W. Anderson BM, BCh, FRCPC, PhD May 2003
... for a female is around 9 years (Canada 9.3; England 8.4; US 9.1). Two experienced doctors have given their opinion on Dorothy’s life expectancy: one has suggested 4.2 years; the other 1.8 years. Each estimate was based on a ... figure declines a further 22% by age 80 (to 52%; 4.2 years vs 8.1 years). The second and third lines in Figure ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: M. Fyfe, MD, MSc May 2003
... Fatality among reported, symptomatic cases ranged from 4% to 6%. Although most WNV infections follow a mosquito ... two tubes without any preservatives. It should be kept at 4°C or frozen for transport to the BCCDC laboratory. Include ... syndrome donated or received blood in the previous 4 weeks. BCCDC and regional medical health officers will ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stuart Johnston, MD May 2003
... spectrum of urban-based specialists and subspecialists. [4]  It is this promise of equalizing access to health care ... to Stoney Creek was in place (approximately $300 per 4 hours). The original plan was to have a clinical ... a finding consistent with other telehealth projects. [4,6-8,24-27]  At the time the project was completed (28 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: K. Pielak, RN, MSN June 2003
... program is planned. Infants will be immunized at 2, 4, 6, and 18 months of age.  • Meningococcal C conjugate ...
Letters / BY: Tom Pickles, MD, FRCPC June 2003
... had made the wrong decision. A second, more recent study [4]  looked at the impact on quality of life of both forms of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John H. Hay, MB July/August 2003
... alone. [3]  The more recent Dutch rectal cancer trial [4]  showed that a similar short course of preoperative ... of 5-fluorouracil (5FU). Reassessment is recommended 4 to 6 weeks after the treatment is finished, by which time ... chemotherapy being given during radiation as a bolus over 4 successive days. One approach to improve the efficacy of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David Malfair, MD July/August 2003
... Benign nodes are typically oval and small (size less than 4 mm). Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance is ... distal spread, especially to the liver and lung bases. [4]  Accuracy of CT for staging the extent of local spread is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Norman Phillips MSc July/August 2003
... trials at reducing colorectal cancer mortality. [2-4]  FOB is not very effective at detecting polyps and ... following observations by Hardcastle and colleagues. [4] The sensitivities and specificities of the screening tests ... population. The results are presented in  Table 4 . As anticipated FOB identified fewest polyps but still ...
Editorials / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD July/August 2003
... local recurrence rates are about 16%, [1]  compared to 4% to 8% in trials using preoperative adjuvant radiation and ... the surgical technique total mesorectal excision (TME). [2-4]  The Netherlands, [2]  Sweden, [3]  and Norway [4]  have all achieved marked reduction in local recurrence ...