Clinical Articles /
BY: Robert McCormack, MD, FRCSC,
November 2010
... outcome was the validated, disease-specific WOMAC score.[ 7 ] The bottom line is that the trial addressed most of the ... to be underestimated and have ranged in some series from 7% to 31%, with a higher prevalence in older patients.[ 8 ] ...
Clinical Articles
November 2010
... approach, and the direct anterior (Hueter) approach.[ 7 ] Often these surgical approaches require the surgeon to ... neck fracture (risk 0.8%–1.5%)[ 24 , 25 ] ( Figure 7 ). • Elevated levels of serum and urine cobalt, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Daniel H. Williams, MSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth),
November 2010
... requiring the use of a posterior stabilized component. 7. Lateral collateral ligament release from its femoral ... jig is used to cut the distal femur in between 5 and 7 degrees of valgus relative to the anatomical axis. This ... current use in Norway is between 89% and 95%[ 1 ] and the 7-year rate in Australia is 95.7%.[ 2 ] Of note, purely in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
November 2010
... and then levelled off. Between 2005 and 2008 we saw an 8.7% reduction in antibiotic use with acute sinusitis and a ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC
November 2010
... between 1992 and 2000 were convicted of impaired driving.[ 7 ] The second study found that the conviction rate for ... 8 ] The third study reported a conviction rate of only 6.7% for all alcohol-impaired drivers injured in a crash who ... 9 ] Follow-up over a 41/2 year period indicated that 30.7% of the injured impaired drivers were engaged in subsequent ...
Physician Spotlight /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
November 2010
... recovered after treatment, and she lived for a further 7 years. First successful hemodialysis with Kolff’s machine ... functioning reported by Drs Palmer and Price in 1957.[ 7 ] The treatment of acute renal failure by hemodialysis was ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: P. Terry Phang, MD
December 2010
... findings, and standardized pathology reporting.[ 7 , 8 ] World experts from the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Kristin DeGirolamo, Pharm MD
December 2010
... the procedures, edit, narrate, and finally produce 5- to 7-minute instructional videos. Once produced, these videos ...
News
December 2010
... amount of $2541. Using the highest tax bracket in BC of 43.7%, this GP would have paid $1110 in tax for a monthly ...
News&Notes /
BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD,
December 2010
... of a northwest passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic.[ 7 ] After traveling to South Africa (Cape Town), Australia, ... British claims of sovereignty against Spain.”[ 7 ] Despite this Vancouver did not receive much welcome ...