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Clinical Articles / BY: John A. Dufton, DC, MD, October 2007
... of diabetic complications in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.[ 7-10 ] Futhermore, a randomized controlled ... antidepressant therapy in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes improved glycemic control.[ 10 ] US data on health ... have between 51% and 86% higher health care costs.[ 2,3 ] Many of these previous studies, however, relied on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nadejda Droubatchevskaia, MD, October 2007
... fibrinogen replacement in a small volume is desirable.[ 2-4 ] (Level IV evidence, grade C recommendation.) von ... before resorting to the use of cryoprecipitate.[ 2-6 ] Dosing: • vWD disease (as a second-line therapy—see ... 41 cases. Hemostasis may be achieved with levels as low as 2% to 3%. Compared with the half-life of other coagulation ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC October 2007
... risk of transmission through blood products is < 1 in 2 million per unit. The vast majority of new infections (80% ... high HCV incidence rate of 37.3 per 100 person-years.[ 2 ] The risk of transmission through needle-stick injury is about 2%. Transmission can occur through non-sterile piercing or ...
Case Report / BY: Tony Wilson, MD, October 2007
... pressure sores on her sacrum and hips ( Figure 2 ), the consequence of a prolonged hospital stay. She ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG October 2007
... essential qualities were (1) having clear ethical values, (2) putting patients first, (3) constantly trying to improve, ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD October 2007
... long to do something so important. I have power walked 11/2 hours every day, worked hard physically virtually every ...
Obituaries / BY: Graham Bryce, MD, October 2007
... an opportunity he would otherwise not have had. After only 2 years of pre-med studies at McGill, Ken began medical ... interned at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and then took a 2-year contract as physicians for the Demerara Bauxite Co. in ...
Premise / BY: Michael A. Ross, MD, FRCSC October 2007
... Galen established a fearsome, unquestionable authority. 2. The bondage of belief. The education we receive formally, ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, October 2007
... Ever since, most years we have returned to St. Lucia for 2 weeks in November. St. Lucia, for those who have not had ... the office at the end of November, fully replenished by a 2-week dose of vitamin D. I hope many of you are able to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD November 2007
... primary care and increasing interest in subspecialties. [2-4] As medical science and technology have become more ... 27.9% (39/140) for the physicians. Of the respondents 54.2% were male. The demographic characteristics of all ... A summary of these findings is shown in   Table 2 . Medical students.  Family medicine was selected as the ...