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Clinical Articles / BY: Deirdre Ryan, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC March 2005
... use of minor tranquilizers at low doses (e.g., lorazepam 0.5 mg) may be helpful for insomnia. Careful monitoring during ... with the majority of studies favoring a 10% figure. [5] Several key risk factors have been identified as major ... or decreases in appetite. 4. Insomnia or hypersomnia. 5. Psychomotor agitation or retardation. 6. Fatigue or loss ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ian L. Mitchell, MD, FRCP March 2005
... within 90 days of a TIA. Because 50% of these patients (5% of all TIAs) will have their stroke within 2 days of the ... (Zocor) 40 mg STAT then OD. 4. Ramipril (Altace) 2.5 mg STAT or perindopril erbumine (Coversyl) 2 mg STAT then ... but the risk of side effects is outweighed by the 2-day 5% stroke risk. One must use clinical judgment if relative or ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Aleina Tweed, MSc March 2005
... spreads rapidly to peak within 2 to 3 weeks, and lasts 5 to 10 weeks. Community attack rates range from 10% to 20%, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2005
... or from physical inactivity? Children who watch over 5 hours of television a day have an obesity rate 8.3 times ...
Editorials / BY: Shaila Misri, MD, FRCPC March 2005
... postpartum women since Hippocrates first described them in 5 AD. Several reproductive psychiatry programs are now in ...
MDs To Be / BY: Paul Dhillon, MBBChBAO, LRCP&SI, EMDM, CCFP, DRCOG, DTM&H(Lon), FRGS March 2005
... said I was way too smart to be a family doctor.” [5]  Even if students enter medical school with the intention ... the subspecialties” is overshadowing general practice. [5]  Rosser states that “most medical students buy into the ... the system won’t function...we need the gatekeepers.” [5] Où sont les gardiens? So where are the gatekeepers going ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2005
... men. The estimated incidence rate for men aged 40 to 50 is 5 per million, and 17 per million for men in their 70s and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maria Corral, MD, FRCPC April 2005
... therapy for 16 women with antepartum depression for 3 to 5 weeks. [2]  After 3 weeks of treatment, mean depression ... groups, those receiving morning bright light treatment for 5 weeks, and those receiving morning red light treatment (placebo) for 5 weeks. The study found that all 18 patients improved with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Xanthoula Kostaras, BSc April 2005
... psychotropic drug use during pregnancy was approximately 3.5%. [1]  At the time, benzodiazepines accounted for the most ... that milk plasma concentrations vary from 0.1% to 0.5% of the maternal dose for different benzodiazepines. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Patti Dods, MET April 2005
... greatest cause for concern in BC. Particles that are 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter (PM 2.5 ), are able to penetrate deep into the lungs. Exposure to PM 2.5  has been linked to many adverse health effects including ...