Clinical Articles /
BY: Doson Chua, PharmD, BCPS(AQ),
June 2011
... mortality reduction with ramipril and trandolapril.[ 8,9 ] These landmark trials all demonstrated a mortality ... in patients with left ventricular dysfunction.8,9 A meta-analysis of all published, major trials ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC
June 2011
... 10 highly endemic states in US is 29.2 per 100000 people,[ 9 ] indicating important differences in both disease risk and ... is diagnostic. The mean overall knowledge score was 74% (8.9/12). Three clinical scenarios were presented: Scenario 1 ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Blair G. Fulton, MASc,
June 2011
... 000 Canadians are injured in vehicle accidents each year,[ 9 ] which means that driving is likely one of the riskier ...
News /
BY: Julie Kwan, BBA, CFP, CLU, GBA
June 2011
... choice. On average, a life insurance claim takes 9 business days to be paid directly to the beneficiary. ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD,
June 2011
... inhibited the growth of carcinoma in rabbits by 75%.[ 9 ] Multiple myeloma In 1997 Dr Ira Wolmer, a cardiologist, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Aspasia Michoulas, BSc Pharm, MD,
July/August 2011
... brain abnormality is involved (see Table 2 ).[ 9 ] Three common idiopathic epilepsies are absence ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: James Lee, MD,
July/August 2011
... the mortality rate in children to between 1% and 5%.[ 6-9 ] However, status epilepticus can be associated with ... to develop subsequent neurological deficits or epilepsy.[ 9 ] Similarly, resistance to first- and second-line ... citing the high response rate and low complication rate.[ 9 , 32 , 35 ] One meta-analysis comparing treatments of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kevin Farrell, MBChB,
July/August 2011
... antibiotics that may have masked these clinical features.[ 9 ] A practice parameter recommends that a lumbar puncture ... to 5.4% of children presenting with a febrile seizure.[ 9 ] However, these studies were performed prior to the use of ... to the febrile seizure developed epilepsy compared with 2.9% of those without neurological deficit.[ 18 ] In ...
Letters /
BY: Adi Mudaliar, MD, CCFP
July/August 2011
... Target Trial[ 8 ] with glargine vs NPH. The MOCHA trial[ 9 ] with carvedilol was one of the first beta blocker ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Disha Mehta, BSc,
July/August 2011
... results from four focus groups with students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. These results will complement information ...