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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2010
... health care provider within 1 to 2 weeks of birth, at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months, then once per year for ... and frame size, and use of good clinical judgment.[ 4,5 ] Care must be taken not to confuse heavy musculature ...
News April 2010
... who are either undiagnosed or untreated for HIV. The 4-year, $48-million pilot called Seek and Treat is the first ...
Obituaries / BY: M. Graham Clay, MD, April 2010
... Bud became a director of the BCMA, a position he held for 4 years. He also joined the Negotiating Committee in 1973, ...
Premise / BY: Judith Marois, April 2010
... trust, honesty, confidenti­ality, and mutual respect.”[ 4 ] While all the pro­vinces agree that physician behavior ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD April 2010
... 3—Neurologic signs of nerve compression. • Grade 4—Signs of major pathology. Diagnosis of NSNP • Red ... grade 3 may require elective investigation, and grade 4 requires immediate investigation. • Reliable and valid ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ellamae Stadnick MD, MSc, FRCPC, May 2010
... 55% of the age-predicted peak, is a relative indication.[ 4 ] Individuals who may be consider­ed for cardiac ... contraindications to cardiac transplantation ( Table 3 ).[ 4 ] Pulmonary hypertension is one of the most important. ... synthesis inhibitor such as my­cophenolate mofetil.[ 4 ] In the absence of rejection, prednisone is frequently ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
... been excellent, with 1- and 10-year graft survival at 96.4% and 77.7%. Results in high-risk patients have also ... in which the likelihood of rejection is very high.[ 4,5 ]  In addition to the introduction of potent ... a chain of transplants.  In the example shown in  Figure 4 , the use of the LAD kidney allows a four-way exchange to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP, May 2010
... patients with a distinct improvement in quality of life.[ 4 ]  Today orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has become ... + 11.2[Ln INR] + 9.6[Ln serum creatinine (mg/dL)] + 6.4).  High MELD scores are associated with a poor short-term ... criteria excluded the largest number of patients (39, 53.4%) followed by unsatisfactory social support (12, 16.4%), ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer M. Wilson, MD, FRCPC, May 2010
... 3 ] and the use of donor organs after cardiac death.[ 4 ] One exciting new approach that may increase the supply of ... diet, and exercise. Patients are reassessed every 3 to 4 months by the transplant team to ensure that they remain in ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP May 2010
... choice for patients and their substitute decision-makers.[ 4 ]  It is quite clear that the outcomes with CPR are dismal ...