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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2010
... Chile was hit by an 8.8 quake, then Turkey was struck by a 5.9 quake. The world has mobilized its resources to try and ...
News April 2010
... could avert as many as 173 HIV infections in the first 5 years, which in turn, represents about $65 million in ...
News April 2010
MSP has confirmed that the 2010/11 (year 5 fee increase) fees will be im­plemented on schedule, ... for non-insured services (A-lettered items) increased by 2.5% on 1 April 2010. These new fees are also posted at  ...
Premise / BY: Judith Marois, April 2010
... discussion with family members of the patient.”[ 5 ] Alberta In Alberta acceptance of gifts that are “small, ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD April 2010
... provides. Knowing that the favorable impression increased 5% means we’re on the right track, but that we still have ... job of supporting member services and needs—that’s up 5% from 2 years ago.  As well, 95% say their call to the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ellamae Stadnick MD, MSc, FRCPC, May 2010
... More than 70% of patients survive the first 5 years following transplant ( Figure 1 ). Increasing ... affect long-term survival.  At any given time there are 5 to 15 patients on the active transplant list. The average ... in the hospital after transplantation, including 3 to 5 days in the ICU. This is followed by weekly outpatient ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
... to meet patient needs, and waiting times are in excess of 5 years after starting dialysis. This leads to morbidity in ... 20% of low-risk patients required steroids over the past 5 years.  The steroid-free regimen has contributed to ... in which the likelihood of rejection is very high.[ 4,5 ]  In addition to the introduction of potent antirejection ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP, May 2010
... led to current 1-year survival rates of 85% to 95% and 5-year survival rates of 75% after liver transplantation in ... takes the form of urea cycle defects in adolescence.[ 5 ] Approximately 400 liver transplants are performed in ... a few years of transplantation. However, most studies show 5-year survival rates in HCV-positive recipients to be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer M. Wilson, MD, FRCPC, May 2010
... transplanted if they demonstrate adequate function.[ 5 ] Preliminary in vitro data suggest that damaged donor ... condition affects approximately 50% of patients within 5 years of lung transplantation, and its development leads to ... a median survival for lung transplant recipients of 5.5 years, or 7.1 years conditional to surviving the first ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Dustin Li, May 2010
... group and have seen little fluctuation in the past 5 years. Fluoroquinolones and trimethoprim/sulfonamides are ...