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Premise / BY: Jamie Graham, January/February 2011
... will not endanger the subject’s life or health.  2) That, in the doctor’s expert opinion, the subject is ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD January/February 2011
... TBIs, including concussions, among children ages 5 to 18.[ 2 ] This would equate to about 2000 cases per year in BC. ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Ray Lewans, MD, January/February 2011
... How would you like to die? Quickly and painlessly but with 2 weeks’ notice so I can clean out my closets and storage ...
WorkSafeBC January/February 2011
... the probability of return can be as low as 50%. After 2 years, the probability of return diminishes to only 10%. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan W. Brunner, MD, FRCPC March 2011
... of aortic dissection is estimated to be approximately 2.9 cases per 100000 patient years.[ 1 ] Dissection occurs ... aged 60 to 80, and is slightly more common in men.[ 2 , 3 ] It is also associated with hypertension and collagen ... chronic hypertension, which is present in 75% of cases.[ 2 ]  Elevated arterial pressures lead to intimal thickening, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, March 2011
... valid, and clinically practical to administer.[ 2 ]  In a review by Molnar and colleagues to determine ... make decisions regarding medical fitness to drive.”[ 2 , 3 ] One research group has concluded that “in an area ... mandates a medical examination at age 80 and every 2 years thereafter to maintain a class 5 driver’s ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2011
... 35% of specialists opted first to test for LD.  Scenario 2 focused on the presentation of an asymptomatic patient with ... and acute serology is negative, a convalescent test 2 to 4 weeks later may aid in diagnosis. However, early ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Janet McElhaney, MD, March 2011
... never recover to their previous level of independence.[ 2 ]  While hospitalization offers older patients the ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD March 2011
... year.  How realistic is it to think that students with 2 years of mostly nonclinical medical school under their belt ...
Letters / BY: Kukuh Noertjojo, MD, March 2011
... on chronic pain was simply searching (of level 1 or 2 evidence), appraising it, and summarizing it. As such, it ...