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Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC January/February 2004
... sites in the cardiovascular system ( Table 3 ). [4-5] Ventricular dysfunction includes both diastolic and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paula Braitstein, MA, MSc January/February 2004
... liver, and can cause varying degrees of hepatotoxicity. [4,5] In addition, viral coinfection with either hepatitis B or ... of transmission of HIV is low (0.3%, 95% CI: 0.2% – 0.5%), and is substantially lower than the risk of transmission ... 15 months; rejection after protease inhibitor stopped at 1.5 years; post-op pancreatitis; unknown at > 4.5 years Neff et ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Teresa Clarke, MD January/February 2004
... of acupuncture in the treatment of fibromyalgia. [5]  One randomized controlled trial [6]  demonstrated that ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC January/February 2004
... monitor children during this transition. All children aged 5 years or less, living in at-risk communities, will be ... having at least one case of active TB within the last 5 years. All children born after 1 June 2003 in these ... will be offered TST at 10 months, then yearly until age 5. Positive TSTs will prompt treatment for latent TB ...
Editorials / BY: Eric M. Yoshida, OBC, MD, MHSc, FRCPC January/February 2004
... durable abstinence after successful rehabilitation. [5]  When one adds systemic metabolic diseases, such as ...
Letters / BY: Eric Smith, MD January/February 2004
... was 72.6 years and that of the hospitalists’ was 64.5 years. One can easily argue, on this basis alone, that the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC March 2004
... can result in significant intracranial injury or death. [3-5] Shaken baby syndrome occurs primarily in children younger ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean Hlady, MD, FRCPC March 2004
... needs are not met, resulting in harm or potential harm. [5]  It occurs in the following situations: • When a parent ... health problems inadequately identified or treated? Yes No 5. Are the child’s educational needs being neglected? Yes ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Jarchow, MSW March 2004
... The  B.C. Handbook for Action on Child Abuse and Neglect [5]  recognizes the important role health care professionals ... , [10]  which presents findings regarding the death of 5-year-old Matthew Vaudreuil. “Autopsy showed that Matthew ... • 1 FTE social worker • 0.8 FTE nurse  • 0.5 FTE child life specialist • 2 psychologists • 1 FTE ...
Letters / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD March 2004
... not use a keyboard without looking at the keys and that 5% had not used a computer mouse! —H.E. Woolley, MD ...