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Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC March 2008
... and allergic reactions from CAM and dietary supplements,[ 5 ] and regulation[ 6 ] have been raised. Prescription drugs[ ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Jonathan Fenton, MD, FRCS, March 2008
... Low Back Pain and Work-related Asthma. Each of these 1.5-hour sessions is accredited for 1.5 Mainpro-C credits (=3 Mainpro-M1 credits). The foundation ...
Premise / BY: Benedikt Fischer, PhD, April 2008
... population of 1500 to 2000 injection drug users (IDUs).[ 5 ] This population is characterized by several key high-risk ... prevalence rate of 15.4% and an HCV prevalence rate of 68.5% among Victoria IDUs—rates substantially higher than for ...
Premise / BY: Jamie Graham, April 2008
... They are better—not a lot, but better than they were 5 years ago. It is not entirely because of the SIS, but that ...
News&Notes / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, April 2008
... framework is built; the framework looks out over a 3- to 5-year planning timeframe. The BCMA’s strategic ... of Phy­sician Master Agreement and subsidiaries 5. Improved BCMA governance process 6. Improved support for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM April 2008
... ( www.cdc.gov/malaria/ ).  Symptoms usually start within 5 to 16 days (varies from species to species) after being ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Wen Q. Gan, MD, MSc, April 2008
... of limb muscles. These patients may also have osteopenia.[ 5 ] Most patients with COPD have an increased metabolic ... suggested as clinically relevant) is associated with a 5.1% increase in all-cause mortality.[ 15 , 16 ] Charlson ... 79% for the highest quintile group during the period of 7.5-year follow-up.[ 18 ] Conclusions COPD is no longer ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Don D. Sin, MD, MPH, FRCPC, April 2008
... especially in elderly patients with comorbidities. Nearly 5% of all patients undergoing noncardiac surgery experience ... of longer than 40 or more pack-years increases the risk 5.7-fold or by 470%). • A history of COPD (this increases ... time of 9 seconds or more (this increases the risk 5.7-fold or by 470%).  • Surgical time of 2.5 hours or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Frank Ervin, MD, FRCPC, April 2008
... had mild to moderate COPD and were followed for 14.5 years. Of 5887 patients, 731 died. The most frequent causes ... 2 ]  A trial of the index followed 625 patients over a 5-year period during which 162 (26%) died. Survivors averaged ... members of the BODE cohort were, only 26% died during the 5-year trial. Most patients survived for several years. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nabil Al Lawati, MD, MRCP, April 2008
... pulmonary disease (AECOPD) account for over 1.5 million physician visits annually in Canada and are the ... exceeds $1.67 billion[2] and is likely underestimated.[ 5 ] In addition, fre­quent exacerbations are an important ... for those with life-threatening episodes of AECOPD ( Table 5 ). The survival is relatively good, with mortality ranging ...