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Clinical Articles / BY: Patty Daly, MD, FRCPC June 2007
... to hands for 15 minutes. Virus can survive on hands for 5 minutes after transfer from environmental surfaces, ... use otherwise during a pandemic is still under review. [5]  A stockpile of N95 respirators in the office setting may ... with seasonal influenza A are generally infectious for 5 days after onset of symptoms; this may be different during ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patty Daly, MD, FRCPC June 2007
... who died) has been estimated to have been less than 5%. [3]  No antivirals or antibiotics were available at the ... care demand is described in the accompanying  box , [5,6]  “Estimating the impact of pandemic influenza on the ... and 6 people died, resulting in the culling of 1.5 million birds (practically the entire poultry stock in the ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD July/August 2007
... a bottle containing 240 pills (500 IUs) only costs around $5. I guess I will have to look elsewhere for an investment ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ingrid Söchting, PhD, July/August 2007
... among Aboriginal people than any other racial group, [5,6]  and while a number of studies have shown a link ... age of the subjects at the time of their assessment was 48.5 years with a range of 17 to 81 years. The mean age at which ... before residential school attendance were mothers (37.5%), followed by fathers (31.2%), employers (12.5%), ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul Ian Steinberg, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2007
... to the psychoanalytic treatment of psychosis. Beitman [5]  addresses the integration of pharmacotherapy and ... provocative.  Violet was treated with olanzapine (5 mg q.h.s). This produced a considerable improvement in the ... Small doses of atypical neuroleptics, such as 1.25 to 5 mg olanzapine, 6.25 to 25 mg quetiapine, or 1 to 2 mg ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle P. Wong, MD July/August 2007
... in patients when the INR or the PTT is greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of the reference range.  [5] • Patients who have received plasma should have their ... approximately 12 hours after vitamin K administration. [5]  (Grade B recommendation, Level IIa evidence.) Liver ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP September 2007
... from certain work practices, such as: • Recapping: 5% of needlestick injuries occur when workers recap used ...
Obituaries / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD September 2007
... for summer vacations and family reunions. For the first 5 years transportation to Sakinaw was via float-equipped ...
News / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... ICBC agreed to increase the CL19 Medical Report fee by 3.5% on 1 August 2007 and a further 3.5% on 1 August 2008, for a total increase of 7.12% over 2 ...
Letters / BY: M.S. (Bud) Wolochow, MD, September 2007
... our brilliant bureaucrats as I do, I’d have risked 5 years in the pokey—honest citizens aren’t allowed to ... as our culture of safety. In a more serious vein (not that 5 years up the lazy river isn’t serious), I enjoyed your ...