Premise /
BY: David Snadden, MBChB, MCISc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP (Edin)
June 2005
... that are marginalized or experiencing relative poverty. [5] These figures suggest that the difference in health ...
Editorials /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
June 2005
... not many of our readers use our online journal (5%). This result seemed to fly in the face of international ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Duncan Robertson, MD, FRCP, FRCPC
June 2005
... • 10% of seniors’ falls lead to serious injury and 5% lead to fractures. • 20% of seniors with hip fractures ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
June 2005
... infections may occur after oral sex. Approximately 5% to 10% of the general population carries the bacteria in ... C infections. It is given in adults as a single dose of 0.5 mL IM given in the deltoid. The most common side effects of ...
Back Page /
BY: Jonathan Down, MBBS, MHSc, DCH, FRCPC
June 2005
... known that diet may affect an individual’s behavior. [5] Until Whitecrow, I hadn’t appreciated how much it ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Yulia Lin, MD, FRCPC
June 2005
... Platelet products Platelets have a shelf life of 5 days and are stored at 20°C to 24°C with continuous ... should increase the platelet count of a 70 kg adult by 5 x 109/L. [3] Response to platelet transfusions should be ... increment (CCI) as shown in the Figure . A CCI of >7.5 at 1 hour after transfusion or >4.5 at 20 to 24 hours after ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Laura MacDougall, MSc
June 2005
... early symptoms and a febrile prodrome lasting 3 to 5 days. Fever is usually accompanied by chills and myalgias. ... America, particularly Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. [5] HPS is not known outside of the Americas. Other viruses ... disturb contaminated soil, litter, or nesting materials. [5] Another rare but potential route of transmission ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David B. Miller, MD, FRCPC
June 2005
... Other SAE 12% 10.2% –1.8%* Trial B Primary endpoint 5.0% 10.2% 5.2% SAE 20% 20% 0% Other SAE 15% 9.8% –5.2%* * (–) suggests harm Table 2. Adding SAE to the ...
Obituaries /
BY: Robin R. Love, MD
July/August 2005
... teaching his kids to water-ski behind a sailboat with a 7.5 horsepower motor, a seven-story tree house, and the ability ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Michael D.D. McNeely, MD, FRCPC, FCACB
July/August 2005
... be used alone to assess the level of kidney function.” [5] A major advantage to the use of the eGFR is that the ... to reproduce multiple results on the same sample within 5%. The study allowed the computation of a factor for each ...