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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kathy McInnes, BSc(Pharm) September 2003
... Serum creatinine (umol/L) × 0.81   Since 1997, more than 1.2 million digoxin prescriptions have been dispensed to over ... fibrillation to help control ventricular response rate. [1,2]  The 2001 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus ... maintenance dose in adults is 0.125 mg to 0.25 mg daily. [1]  Recent information indicates that levels above 1.3 ...
Editorials / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... in BC. Our overall local recurrence rates are about 16%, [1]  compared to 4% to 8% in trials using preoperative ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John R. Graham, PhD October 2003
... year. External research does not support these claims. [1,2] Schneeweiss and colleagues claim savings of $6.7 million ... ACE inhibitors, whereas Grootendorst and colleagues claim $1.2 million per year in the first 2 years, a huge difference. ... has been 30% more than in the rest of Canada ( Table 1 ). Furthermore, private spending has shown a similar ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel W.L. Lai, PhD October 2003
... group in this country with a total population of more than 1 million. [1]  In British Columbia, 43.7% of visible minorities ... of the Chinese-Canadians in British Columbia in 2001 [1]  and that have the longest history of residency of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brian McGowan, MD October 2003
... required or staffed, which translates into more than $1 million potential cost savings. Analysis A 3-month ... used 10 288 hospital days (average length of stay: 10.1 days) whereas the family physician patients used 11 118 ... change in patient flow throughout the hospital within 1 year of the program start, with discharges occurring evenly ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gillian A. Willis, MPS October 2003
... used to treat chronic digoxin poisoning was 3 (range 1 to 8). Following both acute and acute-on-chronic ... ingestions, the median number of vials used was 7 (range 1 to 20 for acute and 1 to 22 for acute-on-chronic). The current cost of Digibind ...
Clinical Articles / BY: M. Ryan, MSc November 2003
... for all questions in the TFS is the same. Questions 1 through 7 are scored out of 10 and question 8 is scored out ... population during the first year are shown in  Table 1  . One fact not shown is the large gender discrepancy ... had body mass index (BMI) less than 19 (F = 4.3%, M = 1.0%;  P  = .002), and a BMI between 20 and 26 (F = 69.8%, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: N. Miller, BSc/BPHE November 2003
... high injury rates. For example, Macera and colleagues [1]  reported that 24% to 65% of runners can expect to ... lower limb and pelvis is very high. Kangoo Jumps ( Figure 1 ) are an example of new technology using a cantilever ... (designated NG; n = 13; age 28.8 ± 4.7 years; weight 75.1 ± 25.2 kg). Both groups completed the same training ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rezmovitz, MSc November 2003
... of people older than 80 fall at least once per year. [1-4]  Research indicates that the decrease in functional ... Subjects in the training group (n = 22) were assigned to 1-hour workouts consisting of strengthening and stretching ... was given six trials of platform stability: A Eyes open, 1.0 psi  B Eyes open, 2.5 psi  C Eyes open, 4.0 psi  D ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Judith Isaac-Renton, MD, DPH, FRCPC November 2003
... concern following waterborne outbreaks in Walkerton [1,2]  and North Battleford. [3,4] Cryptosporidiosis (long ...