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President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD October 2009
... for your at-risk patients (pregnant, CDM, compromised). 7. Encourage non-urgent patients or those having a routine ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Craig Martin, MD, October 2009
... date, management of this disorder remains a challenge.[ 6,7 ] While the most recent medical evidence supports moderate ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS November 2009
... equivalent outcomes to those in academic hospitals.[ 6,7 ] We sought to examine the outcomes of two community ... facility in the literature, reported at 3.1 to 9.3 days.[ 7 ] To our knowledge there are also no other studies that ... invasive surgery.   A 2005 study by Do and colleagues[ 7 ] describes a large series performed by three community ...
Letters / BY: Albert W. Chan, MD, FRCPC, November 2009
... and Lownie in Ont­ario  (“Re: CAS” BCMJ 2009;51[7]:284)  to the original article (“Carotid artery stenting ...
News / BY: Laura Weingarten, BA, November 2009
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, December 2009
... =.09) and risk of stroke (OR 0.5; CI 0.14–1.83; P =.30).7 Similarly, there was no difference in quality of life ... a significant reduction in cardiovascular mortality (2.7% vs 3.9%) arrhythmia-related mortality (1.1% vs 2.1%) as ... cardiovascular and arrhythmia-related mortality benefit (2.7% vs 3.9%; HR 0.71; CI 0.51–0.98; P=.03; and 1.1% vs 2.1%; ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn J. Borugian, PhD, December 2009
... majority of respondents (68.6% for urban practices and 59.7% for rural practices, P<.001) reported that they recommend ... age group of women to whom they recommend mammography, 73.7% of physicians chose the 40 to 79 age group ( Table 3 ).  ... and 2.6% chose the 50 to 65 age group, meaning that 21.7% of respondents chose groups that exclude women in their ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC December 2009
... fatalities in British Columbia in 2006 and that 168 (36.7%) were alcohol-related.[ 1 ] At least once every 3 days a ... driving after drinking in the past 30 days rose from 14.7% in 2005 to 18.1% in 2008 (representing over 4 million ... study sites around BC has increased from 2.0% in 1995 to 2.7% in 2008.[ 7 ] Millions of Canadians continue to drink and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD December 2009
... from onset of symptoms, H1N1 remains infectious for up to 7 days. And just how virulent is it? Al­though the majority ... at work and should stay away from the office for at least 7 days from the onset of symptoms. WorkSafeBC Occupational ...
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