Clinical Articles /
BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC
April 2004
... is common. [4] The incubation period is usually 2 to 7 days. [4] In prepubertal girls, the lack of ... (50 mg/kg, maximum, 2 g) in 4 divided doses per day for 7 days, or azithromycin (20 mg/kg, maximum, 1 g) in a single dose. [4,7] Chlamydia Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate ...
Letters /
BY: John R. McLeod, MD
April 2004
... program [see BCMJ 2003;45:391–394 and 2004; 46:7–9 ]. The main reason is the changes that have occurred ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP
May 2004
... not be moved to act on the betterment of its own health. [7-9] If comprehensive health data were available at the ... diseases 69 32.9% 9975 35.9% Cancer 44 21.0% 7707 27.7% External causes 37 17.6% 1780 6.4% Digestive system diseases 12 5.7% 974 3.5% Respiratory system diseases 11 5.2% 3125 11.2% ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: D.B. Clement, MD
May 2004
... changes to the generation and type of shock waves. [7] The mechanism by which ESWT may have a positive effect on ... led to a variety of review articles and meta-analyses. [7-9] The wide range in the quality of the research methods ... group 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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH
May 2004
... cases and contacts and to improve mapping of the disease. [7,8] Community forums and messaging aimed at the MSM ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Martin Pusic, MD
June 2004
... of decision rules into a computer-readable format. [7] Consider the following example from the Brigham and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mark Bigham, MD
June 2004
... by an infected mosquito and lasting for approximately 7 days (range 1 to 11 days). [6-8] Most WNV infections are ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: M. Fyfe, MD, MSc
June 2004
... serum collected 14 days to 21 days later. Serum (7 mL to 10 mL) should be collected in a pink-top tube and ... • Acute plasma collected on presentation. Plasma (7 mL to 10 mL) should be collected in a purple-top tube and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Gary W. Dunn, BA, LLB
July/August 2004
... about being recorded when providing patient care. [7] Would, for example, the recording of a physician’s ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2004
... consulting physician when the consultation need arises. [6,7] The disadvantages of JITCOD include the high cost of ensuring the availability of consultants on a 24/7 basis, and not knowing yet whether the volume of cases ...