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Clinical Articles / BY: Jana Patenaude, BSc, MSc October 2005
... According to a report issued by Health Canada in 2002, 4.8% of Canadians, 20 years of age and older, had type 2 ... British Columbia, the prevalence rate is approximately 4.9%. [2]  There is considerable agreement among those who ... has almost doubled in 20 years, going from 2.8% in 1980 to 4.5% in 2000. [3]  In British Columbia, it is estimated that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David A. Wood, MD, FRCPC October 2005
... patients with diabetes were treated for hypertension. [4]  The Diabetes Atherosclerosis Intervention Study of ... hemoglobin <5%, BP <130/80 mmHg, total cholesterol levels <4.5 mmol/L, and triglycerides <1.7 mmol/L. In addition, the ... <2.5 mmol/L and a total: HDL cholesterol ratio of <4.0, or apolipoprotein B <0.9 g/L. Measurement of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Cynthia Fan, MD October 2005
... such guidelines, [1-3]  but controversy continues. [4,5] In October 2002, the BC Ministry of Health Services, ... controlled trials and meta-analyses examining this issue. [4-16]  The most recent attempt to answer the question of ... 28 days in 6997 critical care patients receiving either 4% albumin or normal saline for fluid resuscitation. [17] ...
Obituaries October 2005
Dr Michael Wolochow died 4 September 2005 at Vancouver General Hospital. Born in ...
Premise / BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC October 2005
... periods in the range of an elephant. The News Flash for 4 April 2005 is titled, “MDs set wait list benchmarks.” ... Ms Patricia Vepari makes some chilling observations. [4]  The former dean of Medicine at the University of ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP October 2005
... Medical and Return-to-Work Planning Assessment (MARP) 9.4 37.73 * “Injured worker satisfaction survey score” is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS November 2005
... years for people diagnosed with AD at age 65 years to 3.4 years for those diagnosed at age 90 years. [3]  The ... in late disease is the Severe Impairment Battery (SIB), [4]  although its application in day-to-day conditions may ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha Lou Donnelly, MD, CCFP, FRCPC November 2005
... and intrinsic neurobiological aspects of the disease. [4] Assessment tools In physicians’ offices or institutions, ... of behavioral problems in Alzheimer disease vary widely. [4,11]  This undoubtedly “relates to the fact that there is ... and an underestimation of ‘deficit’ symptoms.” [4] In a population-based study of psychiatric phenomena in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC November 2005
... features, and sensitivity to psychotropic medication. 4. Each of the underlying pathologies has potential ... are likely to respond well to this form of treatment. [4-6]  The attempt made to optimize management of vascular ... only be determined through neuropathological examination. 4. At present there are no specific treatment strategies for ...
Editorials / BY: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC November 2005
... been reported that statins can have a similar effect. [3,4]  Not all neurodegenerative disease, however, is Alzheimer ...