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Clinical Articles / BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP, May 2010
... of tacrolimus as an alternative to cyclosporine[ 2 ] and the introduction of other immunosuppressive agents, ... mean longer waiting times for very ill patients ( Figure 2 ). In recent years the rate of death on the wait list has ... natural logarithm: (3.8[Ln serum bilirubin (mg/dL)] + 11.2[Ln INR] + 9.6[Ln serum creatinine (mg/dL)] + 6.4).  High ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer M. Wilson, MD, FRCPC, May 2010
... by the relatively small cadaveric organ donor pool.[ 2 ] Hence 20% to 30% of potential candidates die on the ... has improved dramatically over the past decade ( Figure 2 ) thanks to many innovations in perioperative donor and ... when patients are anticipated to have a less than 50% 2- to 3-year predicted survival.[ 12 ] The chance of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Dustin Li, May 2010
... increased among S. pneumoniae over the past decade, from 2.0% in 1999 to 18.9% in 2009 ( Figure 2 ). • Enterococcus spp. isolates remain highly ... vancomycin, and nitrofurantoin (>98%). One-quarter (25.2%) of all isolates remain ciprofloxacin resistant, although ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP May 2010
... hospital and community regardless of medical condition.[ 2 ] But by the mid-1970s doctors were aware of its limited ...
Letters / BY: John Dale, MD, May 2010
... of competence, autonomy, and beneficence” [ BCMJ 52(2):92-94 ], we are given a conclusion before an argument.  ...
Letters May 2010
... author of this article on medical ethics [ BCMJ 2010;52(2):92-94 ] seems a little confused. It seems that she argues ... (1) competence is irrelevant because it cannot be proven, (2) autonomy in euthanasia cannot exist because the patient is ...
News May 2010
... with HIV in the US in 2006, even though MSM are only 2% of the adult population. News Gay men still more likely to ...
News May 2010
... that pregnant residents and employees have at least 2 consecutive days off per week and work no more than 5 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Douglas Cochrane MD, FRCSC, June 2010
... of an estimated 234 million surgical procedures annually.[ 2 ]  The increased frequency of cardiovascular disease, ... Their preoperative briefings, which each took less than 2 minutes, were designed to formulate and share the operative ... and risks associated with the surgery of children ( Figure 2 ). Conclusions The use of a simple checklist is efficient ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... to see the first coronary care units opened in 1962.[ 2 ] While considerable attention was being paid to the ... company in 1970 to further develop the ICD, but after 2 years the company decided there was no market for the ... The number needed to treat to prevent one death over 2 years was 12 patients and the cost per life-year saved by ...