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Letters / BY: James McCormack, BSc(Pharm) PharmD September 2011
... said “In atrial fibrillation with a CHADS2 score of 1, 2, or 3 treatment with an oral anticoagulant is debatable.” ... CHADS2 score was two, the annual absolute difference is 2%, and so on.  In addition, there are additional risks of ... is not tremendously impressive, to say the least.[ 2 ] We understand when we present information this way to ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, MD, FRCPC September 2011
... not just saying that to suck up to my (now-former) boss. 2. There are a huge number of resources available to ...
News / BY: Tara Lyon September 2011
... also served on his student council for 4 years, including 2 years as president. BCMA Scholarship: Zoe Walter Ms Walter ...
News September 2011
... doctors per capita in Canada has increased rapidly; from 2.1 per 1000 population in 2004 to 2.4 in 2009, but points out that this remains well below the ...
News September 2011
... access to specialists by phoning a single number. Within 2 hours—often sooner—the GP will receive a return call ...
Obituaries / BY: John A. Jemson, MD, September 2011
... graduation they worked in the forestry industry, but after 2 years of working in various jobs in logging camps on ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, September 2011
... is that in British Columbia 51 000 children (7%) aged 2 to 17 years were classified as obese and 138 500 (20%) as ... hypertension, many different kinds of cancer, and type 2 diabetes.  If we want to protect our children from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philip E. Lee, MD, FRCPC, October 2011
... with worsening of memory and other cognitive function.[ 2 ] In Alzheimer disease, atrophy of the nuclei in the cells ... Canada for pa­tients with severe AD.[ 17 ] See  Table 2  for a dosage schedule for ChEIs. Adverse events ... from the drug (18%) than from the placebo (8%) (OR 2.32, 95% CI 1.95–2.76, P < .00001).[ 11 ] Relatively few ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, October 2011
... Delirium is underrecognized in 32% to 66% of cases,[ 2 ] especially in patients 80 years or older and those ... depressive disorder they will be present for at least 2 weeks and will not be associated with changes in attention ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sandi Culo, BScOT, MD, FRCPC, October 2011
... and the aging of the Canadian population will accelerate.[ 2 ] The medical and social needs of older adults present a ... of the elderly are receiving much-needed attention.[ 2-5 ] Geriatric specialists are frequently called upon to ...