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Clinical Articles / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD January/February 2008
... from a Monospot test were negative. Random glucose was 7.0 mmol/L with follow-up fasting at 5.5 mmol/L. Assessment ... follow-up urine mercury test found a level of 56 nmol/L at 7 months postadmission. A toxicologist at the Poison Control ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Neal Shahidi, January/February 2008
... but lacks efficacy in young children.   In 2001 a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PCV7, was licensed ... of British Columbia was relatively stable at between 7.5 and 8.5 cases per 100000 population (see  Figure 1 ). In ... P  < .0001), while the rate for 1-year-olds fell from 134.7 to 14.9 cases (x2 = 68.5  P  < .0001), and the rate for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC January/February 2008
... year infectious syphilis rates began to rise in BC, to 7.7 cases per 100000 in 2006. Most recently, this epidemic has ...
Letters / BY: Doug McGhee, MD January/February 2008
... same environmental standards must apply to any inserts. 7. Offer members incentives to de­cline inserts (reducing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat G. Camp, MSc, PT, March 2008
... bronchitis and/or emphysema in British Columbia is 4.7% for men and 5.9% for women aged 40 years or older.  These ... study will estimate the prevalence of COPD in Vancouver[ 7 ] and other Canadian cities.  Preliminary results from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Al Talag, MD, March 2008
... result in a progressive in­crease in FRC ( Figure 1 ).[ 7 ] This phenomenon is called dynamic hyperinflation, and is largely responsible for exercise limitation in COPD.[ 7 - 11 ] Gas exchange disturbances Perturbations in gas ... in 1 second to forced vital capacity) ratio is less than 0.7 L, a situation usually accompanied by a reduction in FEV 1 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Al Talag, MD, March 2008
... pulmonary vascular resistance in edematous patients.[ 6 , 7 ]  Continuous oxygen therapy reverses polycythe­mia and ... and • A 3-point reduction in the dyspnea score on the 7-point Borg Scale; or an SpO2 less than 80% with ambulation ... to COPD patients with severe exacerbations (pH less than 7.3) or those who remain excessively dyspneic despite ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Don D. Sin, MD, MPH, FRCPC, March 2008
... (e.g., after 400 ug of salbutamol [Ventolin]) is 0.7 L or less.  Severity of COPD is established by a ... physicians’ office can help 5% to 10% of smokers quit.[ 7 ] Drug therapy is often needed for the remaining smokers. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rob Gair, BSc (Pharm), March 2008
... or encephalopathy and his blood lead level was 3.7 µmol/L.  For the previous six weeks the patient had been ...
ICBC / BY: Glenyth Nasvadi, MA, March 2008
... and 90% intended to continue driving in these conditions.[ 7 ] Identifying at-risk drivers One study has shown that, due ...