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Obituaries / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD September 2012
... soul mate. They married the same year and completed a 1-year internship in Newfoundland—the most lucrative ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... including one diuretic, prescribed at optimal doses.[ 1 ] Some investigators estimate that 20% to 30% of patients ... and management of resistant hypertension (see  Table 1 ). Assessment The first step in the diagnosis of resistant ... pressure by 22.7 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 9.1 mm Hg.[ 11 ] Pressure-natriuresis is the increase in sodium ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nadia A. Khan, MSc, MD October 2012
... development of cardiovascular disease. A meta-analysis of 1 million adults with no previous vascular disease from 61 ... evidence of a threshold down to at least 115/75 mm Hg.[ 1 ]  Nevertheless, there is concern that lowering blood ... nonfatal stroke, and death from cardiovascular causes (1.87% vs 2.09%; HR 0.88; 95% CI 0.73–1.06).[ 9 ] Intensive ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Zena L. Simces, MA, October 2012
... mm Hg, or the DBP is equal to or greater than 90 mm Hg.[ 1 ]  While elevat­ed BP from more than one reading is ... left ventricular failure, or acute myocardial ischemia.[ 1 ] Hypertension may also be diagnosed with additional blood ... or the average DBP is equal to or greater than 80 mm Hg.[ 1 ] Home BP measurement can be used to diagnose hypertension ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... new discoveries to clinical and population health arenas.[ 1 ] Physicians practising today in our multicultural society ... to achieve global cardiovascular risk reduction.”[ 1 ]  —Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC Professor, Division ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, October 2012
... is also linked causally to kidney failure and dementia.[ 1 , 2 ] Healthy lifestyle choices coupled with early ... be set to take multiple measurements automatically at 1- or 2-minute intervals. New research has established that similar readings are obtained at both the 1-minute and the 2-minute mark, allowing for use of the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Roth, MSc, October 2012
... has risen and now accounts for 66% of TB cases in Canada.[ 1 ] This rising proportion likely reflects the decreasing ... 72% of cases emerging from the foreign-born population.[ 1 ]  Prospective immigrants to Canada, including refugees ... TB incidence of 5.3 per 100 000 population in 2010.[ 1 ] TB incidence was greatest in those from Sudan (284 per ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS October 2012
... of research trials being systematically reviewed.[ 1 ] Even so, 11 Cochrane reviews on hy­pertension were ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD October 2012
... bottom performers tend to overrate themselves.[ 1 ] Even if we had some privileged insight into our ...
Letters / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB October 2012
... and last but not least, a $50 increase in annual dues (BD 1-2). The full resolutions can be view­ed at cma.ca by ...