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Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew J. Juren, MD, May 2012
... this decreased the incidence of myocardial infarcts by 17%. •    More than 50% of chronic heart failure is due ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David D. Sweet, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... need for early measurement of lactate levels.[ 14 , 15 , 17 ]  Patients with a serum lactate level > 4.0 mmol/L have ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Monika Hudoba, MD, FRCPC June 2012
... in the “before” phase compared with 21% of patients (17/80) in the “after” phase, the difference in the ... using rapid PaGIA ( Table 2 ).  By contrast, 17% of patients (12/69) with an intermediate 4Ts score ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, June 2012
... that forever changed the nature of treatment of T1D”[ 17 ] by revealing the need for better management. It is ... and its complications cost the Canadian economy more than $17.4 billion a year, with type 1 diabetes being the leading ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Hal D. Gunn, MD, June 2012
... hospital when compared to normally nourished equivalents.[ 17 ]  Cancer patients who receive nutritional counseling are ...
News / BY: Jean Lauzon, MD, FRCSC, July/August 2012
... Glasser. 2011. ISBN 1933909471. Paper­back: 280 pages. $17.95. In this book, Vietnam veteran Dr Ron­ald J. Glasser ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2012
... Negotiating Committee for a total of 15 years (with a 17-year break between two terms), and Mr Holter has been the ... and executive director of the Negotiations Department for 17 years. Both received warm thanks and enthusiastic rounds ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sophia Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2012
... lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) on chromosome 10q23.2-q23.3.[ 17 , 18 ] Normally, when LDL binds to its re­ceptor and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Forbes, MD, September 2012
... strenuous occupations), with no increase in recurrence.[ 17 ] Of pa­tients who had not returned to work by postoperative day 7, 64% cited pain and 17% cited wound complication as the reason.  Lessons from ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2012
... goal is for kids (children age 5 to 11 and youth age 12 to 17) to be active for 60 minutes every day. In theory, school ... from 15% to 26% from 1980 to 2004, with rates in the 12-to-17 age group more than doubling—from 14% to 29%. Rates are ...