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Clinical Articles / BY: Sophia Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2012
... with primary hypercholesterolemia for a mean period of 7.4 years. The study subjects were divided into two groups: the ... such as the Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines,[ 4 ] the NCEP has taken a leading role in the diagnosis and ... indicate: •    Triglyceride concentration above 4.52 mmol/L (400 mg/dL). •    Presence of chylomicrons. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Forbes, MD, September 2012
... bed rest followed by an extended period of convalescence.[ 4 ] This advice remained the standard of care throughout the ... that whereas surgeons recommended taking an average of 4.4 weeks off work after surgery, general practitioners ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2012
... enough information on which to base an informed decision.[ 4 ] Safety data have accumulated for both vaccines. Safety is ...
Letters / BY: David B. Miller, MD, FRCPC September 2012
... (TI) was discussed in 2005 by Dr Karin Humphries and me.[ 4 ] Un­fortunately this misuse of SAE data continues to ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD September 2012
... amphibious aircraft in which he had gone down was an LA-4-200 Buccaneer, identical to one I had owned myself. Had he ... entrapment.  Buccaneer It was the infatuation with the LA-4-200 Buccaneer that Toni Onley and I had in common. I was ... I watched the rescue helicopter retrieve my favorite LA-4-200 from the waters of the mighty Fraser River. Aircraft ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... patients with chronic problems such as hypertension.[ 4 ] Concerns about the potential adverse effects of some ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nadia A. Khan, MSc, MD October 2012
... no compelling need to reduce blood pressure much further.[ 4 ] The effectiveness of antihypertensive drugs is not ... the standard treatment group.  After a mean follow-up of 4.7 years, the use of intensive BP lowering was not found to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Zena L. Simces, MA, October 2012
... chronic kidney disease and vascular cognitive impairment.[ 4 , 5 ] Evidence that antihypertensive drug therapy in older ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, October 2012
... for middle-aged individuals is estimated to be 90%.[ 4 ]  The global burden of hypertension-related disease is ... tests, and medications—was estimated to be almost $2.4 billion in 2007.[ 7 ] Blood pressure measurement Blood ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Roth, MSc, October 2012
... is a concern, given high rates of TB in this population.[ 4 ] In addition, TB does occur in unscreened groups such as ...