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Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC January/February 2010
... 10–14), moderate (pH 7.10–7.29, bicarbonate 5–9), and sev­ere (pH <7.10, bicarbonate <5). Endocrinologists may feel comfortable treating mild DKA ... it has been observed in adults as well. Approximately 0.5% to 1.5% of children presenting with DKA will develop ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, January/February 2010
... impairment” in at least two areas of life functioning.[ 5 ]  A very useful and reliable source of information ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD January/February 2010
... made up about 12% of the population, compared with 5% in 1921. By 2025, it is predicted that one-quarter of the ...
Letters / BY: W.T. Wong, MD January/February 2010
... well designed and useful. However, I fail to see how item 5, “Know the temporary fees and bill them accordingly” ...
News January/February 2010
... in almost every case, they will come to an end at about 5 months. Each of the letters in the word PURPLE refers to ...
News&Notes / BY: Fred Bass, MD, DSc January/February 2010
... of, their addiction. They would love your support, even 2.5 minutes’ worth of knowing and caring about their ... effects from this remarkable increase NRT provided.[ 4,5 ] The central theme in these studies is that for smokers ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Paul K.B. Dagg, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2010
... of side effects and toxicity.  Banerjee and colleagues[ 5 ] reviewed eight cases of sudden death in psychiatric ...
Premise / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, January/February 2010
... medicinalis. At each feeding a leech can ingest about 5 to 10 ml of blood, almost 10 times its own weight. The use ... the organ of the body that was deemed to be inflamed.[ 5 ] his therapy was very popular in Europe in the 1830s, especially France, where 5 to 6 million leeches per year were used in Paris alone and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC March 2010
... guidance to place radioactive sources (“seeds” 0.0834.5 mm in size) directly into the prostate to deliver radiation to the entire prostate plus a margin 3.0 to 5.0 mm beyond the anatomic prostate to account for ... CME lectures, and industry and peer-reviewed funding of $2.5 million for the development of image-guided brachytherapy ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Green, MD, FCFP March 2010
... was changed to a 48-hour work week on 1 August 2009.[ 5 ] In Canada, there is no similar legislation, but ... similar to those asked by Morris-Stiff and colleagues.[ 5 ] The first part of the questionnaire asked for numerical ... to master procedures.” Respondants used a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 indicating “Strongly disagree” and 5 indicating ...