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Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2008
... my wallet before I forgot where I had put the darn thing (5 minutes ago). About a nanosecond later I decided to start ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Clifford Fabian, FRCPC, FRCSC, FACS September 2008
... by meeting a target set in 1999 to fill 5% of the annual complement of funded seats with Aboriginal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Bates, MDCM, CCFP September 2008
... in spite of an increase in BC’s population from about 2.5 million in 1980 to 4 million in 2000, UBC’s first-year ... numbers through the creation of regional campuses.[ 5 ] It remains to be seen whether the citizens of Prince ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David Snadden, MBChB, MCISc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP (Edin) September 2008
... gaining admission to medical school in the first place.[ 5 ] In fact, the NMP now uses a rural and remote ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert W. Armstrong, MD, PhD, FRCPC, September 2008
... engagement in all aspects of professional practice.[ 5 ] As argued by Stern and Papadakis, “students need to see ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Eric Webber, MD, FRCSC, September 2008
... foreign-sponsored residents has declined during the past 5 years. There are currently a total of 73 foreign-sponsored ... the residency programs at UBC has been well under way for 5 years, and has been very positive overall for both the ... of residency programs at UBC has been well underway for 5 years. The ex­panded programs have provided critical ...
Letters / BY: Kristin Sivertz, MD, FRCPC October 2008
... the country. After the second iteration of CaRMS, 99.5% of all our students who participated matched to a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan A. Hoag, BSc, October 2008
... and physical examination has a sensitivity of 90.4%.[ 5 ] Prostate cancer screening has resulted in earlier ... screening practices.  Of physicians aged 56 and older, 38.5% reported that guidelines do not influence their screening ... PSA testing and DRE should be used in combination, only 59.5% are using them together as their initial screening tool.  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, October 2008
... which is estimated to occur in up to 50% of patients.[ 4 , 5 ]  Paravalvular extension of the infection, which is also ... may lead to conduction abnormalities and heart block.[ 4 , 5 ] Embolic complications such as stroke, peripheral arterial ... but surgery may be required in up to 50% of cases.[ 5 , 7 ]  Indications for surgery include factors related to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nupura Krishnadev, MD, October 2008
... occurred with clozapine (4.0 kg) and olanzapine (3.5 kg), while zipra­sidone produced the smallest weight ... a significantly increased prevalence of diabetes.  In a 5-year naturalistic study of 82 patients treated with ... the lipid abnormality most consistently reported.  In a 5-year study of 82 patients treated with clozapine for 1 ...