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Clinical Articles / BY: Yulia Lin, MD, FRCPC June 2005
... in this situation. • Use platelet transfusions where the above methods are inappropriate or ineffective. Patients with ... or coagulopathy, the platelet count should be maintained above 20 x 109/L. If there is significant bleeding, the platelet count should be maintained above 50 x 109/L.  For patients with thrombocytopenia due to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Laura MacDougall, MSc June 2005
... syndrome than pneumonia. In the US study referred to above, an alternative diagnosis was made in 55 of the 105 ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB July/August 2005
... land.” A year ago I ended an editorial with the sentence above. I was one of the few who believed that the sacred cow ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nancy Craven, MD, CCFP July/August 2005
... that being older than 60 years combined with any of the above risk factors multiplies the risk of developing kidney ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG September 2005
... for students to learn how to put the patient’s interests above all others is by apprenticing with an experienced ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC September 2005
... number of remote soothsayers ensconced in ivory towers. Above all, tangible resources, not muscle, must be mobilized ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David A. Wood, MD, FRCPC October 2005
... on initial presentation should immediately start on the above medications prior to any testing. A timely referral to ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD October 2005
... heck to write about (what with all my preoccupations noted above) was compounded and magnified by the fact that I had ...
Clinical Articles / BY: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC November 2005
... in 2000. In addition to describing the symptoms listed above, his wife indicated he had become sexually ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB November 2005
... areas of practice. I will leave the interpretation of the above figures open for debate, but they may explain why newly ...