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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bruce Gamage, RN, CIC September 2004
... to provide a turnaround time for results in approximately 4 hours. This rapid turnaround time may lead to decreased ...
Editorials / BY: Howard Feldman, MD, FRCPC September 2004
... The systematic reviews of the Cochrane Collaboration [2-4]  now recognize converging evidence of efficacy for ...
Letters / BY: John W.H. Legge, MBBCh September 2004
... of plantar fasciitis” with interest ( BCMJ 2004;46[4]:174-178 ). I am a plastic surgeon in New Westminster and ...
Letters / BY: A. Krisman, MD September 2004
... with considerable sympathy Dr Manes’ letter ( BCMJ 2004;[4]:168-169 ). Later in the day I read the two-page spread in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Edna Durbach, Ed.D October 2004
... read it and sign it. Place the signed form on the chart. 4. Give the requestor the chart for review. Exceptions The ... guardian) to access the chart has not been given freely. 4. The chart has been secured for medical-legal reasons. The ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Charmaine Kim-Sing, MD, ChB, FRCPC October 2004
... 20% to 40% lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer. [3,4]  A true-negative test occurs only when there is a known ... group <49 1.09 1.32 1.27 1.58 ≥50 0.76 3.05 2.46 4.71 Managing your breast cancer risk High-risk women  Your ...
Clinical Articles October 2004
... data on HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). [2-4]  Other studies have used focus groups to assess the ... important” for HIV counseling (7.2%) or STI counseling (4.6%; P<.001). Comments about the guidelines included, “The ... median time spent on discussing a nonreactive result was 4 minutes. Patients with positive or reactive results to an ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC October 2004
... in women aged 16 to 49. The 90th percentiles were 1.4 ppb (7 nmol/L) and 6.2 ppb (31 nmol/L) respectively. [4]  We lack comparable population-based survey data for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC November 2004
... in children under 5; the reason for this remains unclear. [4] Risk factors Both genetic [5]  and environmental factor ... only (i.e., no intervention) or parenteral insulin (4 days of intravenous insulin annually and twice-daily ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP November 2004
... artery disease, stroke, or peripheral vascular disease. [3,4]  Recent studies have shown that keeping blood sugar ... All patients 0 28 51 79 1 11 3 14 2 11 1 12 3 7 0 7 4 7 1 8 5 4 0 4 6 2 0 2 8 1 0 1    Table 2. t test statistics on ...