Clinical Articles /
BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC
April 2004
... to 5% [1] and concurrent chlamydia infection is common. [4] The incubation period is usually 2 to 7 days. [4] In prepubertal girls, the lack of estrogenization and ... in this population, since false-positives can occur. [1,4-6] Because of the high prevalence of penicillin-resistant ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP
May 2004
... Coola is served by three physicians at any given time. [4] The Bella Coola Valley and Bella Bella (a similar-sized, ... population, standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of 1.4, the potential years-of-life-lost standardized rate ... review of the Bella Coola Clinic population reveals 98.4% of the aboriginal people are First Nations people and ...
Letters /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
May 2004
... patients to perceive (or report) symptomatic relief. 4. There was no control group to see if perhaps the simple ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: D.B. Clement, MD
May 2004
... positive ultrasound findings and patient symptoms. [3,4] The examining physician must consider that seronegative ... shock waves can be generated in three ways ( Figure 4 ), each with distinct focal characteristics: • ... dropped from 6.9 points to 1.5 points compared with 7.0 to 4.4 points in the placebo group. The P value was >0.0001. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH
May 2004
... and academic detailing by outreach nurses and physicians. [4] Outreach nurses are offering syphilis testing at ... remains penicillin G benzathine (trade name Bicillin) 2.4 million units i.m. [11] Doxycycline 100 mg p.o. b.i.d. ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Martin Pusic, MD
June 2004
... reasoning of a single University of Pittsburgh internist. [4] The program takes historical and physical findings and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Alan Brookstone, MD
June 2004
... per physician to support IT costs in doctor offices. [4] While it is possible to demonstrate labor and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jonathan Burns, MD, CCFP(EM)
June 2004
... PC T1000 $2500 and up Windows XP to Tablet PCs 256 MB 10.4 inch color LCD Built in 802.11b (Wi-Fi) available Laptop ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mark Bigham, MD
June 2004
... birds, mosquitoes, or humans in BC up to early 2004, [4] public health officials are anticipating and actively ... [8,10-12] During 2002 there were 23 cases in the US and 4 cases in Canada of probable or confirmed TT-WNV. [11] The ... for suspected WNV infection if they recently (i.e., within 4 weeks) donated or received blood or a blood product. If so, ...
Clinical Articles
June 2004
... for full version) www.epocrates.com Memory requirement: ~4.5 MB This is the most popular drug reference for the Palm, ... Lexidrugs (US$75) www.lexi.com Memory requirement: ~4.5–8 MB for full database This comprehensive drug ... iSilo (US$12.50) www.isilo.com/ Memory requirement: ~0.4 MB for iSilo reader application This compact reader ...