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News&Notes / BY: Jeremy Smith, May 2010
... the EMR. Physicians used to receive test results in 3 or 4 days. Now the clinic gets the results on the same or next ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, May 2010
... Smith PITO Program Director This article was corrected 4 May 2010. —ED.   Physician Information Technology Office ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, May 2010
... old, you write a placement exam. I started at the grade 4 level. From a young age I had an interest in the sciences ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Douglas Cochrane MD, FRCSC, June 2010
... death rate for inpatient surgery is in the order of 0.4% to 0.8% and the rate of major complications varies from 3% to 17%.[ 3 , 4 ]  Of these cases, at least 50% could be prevented by ... with respect to complications and in-hospital mortality.[ 4 ]  The study examined complication rates in 3700 patients ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... cardiac death (SCD) outside the coronary care unit.[ 4 ]  SCD is the initial presentation of cardiac disease in ... Mirowski was born 14 October 1924 in Warsaw, Poland.[ 4 ] The story of his early life is nothing short of ... the number needed to treat to save one life over almost 4 years of follow-up was 14 patients,[ 24 ] and the cost per ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH June 2010
... period from July 27–August 3, temperatures as high as 34.4°C were measured at Vancouver International Airport; during ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Carl Shearer, MD, June 2010
... in a recently published randomized controlled trial[ 4 ] to significantly decrease injuries in adolescent female ...
News June 2010
... Agency of Canada, traumatic brain injuries account for 4% of emergency room visits for skateboarding and in-line ... the eyebrow. The side and chin straps should be snug.  4.  People of all ages should wear a helmet when they ride. ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD June 2010
... to think you are indispensable, go for a long walk.  4. Your effectiveness as a physician is directly and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Bayliss, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2010
... ASA gum after tonsillectomy and tooth extractions.[ 3 , 4 ] In 1950, he published a case series of 400 patients ... was no significant difference in CV events after just over 4 years of follow-up. However, the event rate was 3 times ...