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Clinical Articles / BY: Tasleem Rajan, MD, January/February 2012
... as spironolactone, which reduce the loss of potassium.[ 4,5 ]  Severe hyperkalemia is a life-threatening condition ... resins were not found to be effective within 4 hours and should not be relied upon for rapid effects. If ... hyperkalemia was defined as serum potassium greater than 4.7 mmol/L. Data collection All cases of hyperkalemia that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Wei-Shuen King, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2012
... or only weakly supported by the available literature.[ 1-4 ]  Standardized use of al­bumin is necessary to ensure ... in the 2009 audit, it is discouraging to see that 39.4% of orders were for indications specifically listed in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leslie A. Sadownik, MD, MEd, FRCSC, January/February 2012
... of the lifetime prevalence of this condition range from 4% to 28%.[ 1-2 ]  The majority of women with vulvodynia ... common cause of sexual pain in women under the age of 30.[ 4 ] The name refers to the fact that pain is localized to the ... The current wait time for an as­sessment is approximately 4 months. Cohorts of 8 to 12 women are en­rol­led at a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2012
The publicly funded rotavirus vaccine for infants at 2 and 4 months of age is the orally administered live attenuated ... vaccine is added to the BC schedule at school entry (4 to 6 years of age). Mounting data indicate that a single ... to 9 at 5 years and 58.2 at 9 years after vaccination.[ 4 ]  This phenomenon may be accentuated in the post-vaccine ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP January/February 2012
... Kids Canada report of 2011 found that only 9% of boys and 4% of girls reach this target as determined by the Canadian ...
Letters / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC January/February 2012
... comparable age group of 60 to 70 years, the results are 9.4% and 11.5% respectively, or an average of 10.5%. It is ... MMAS cohort has been preselected to include healthy men.[ 4 ] By excluding men who did not pass the questionnaire, or ... has an inherent selection bias of decreased detection.[ 4 ]  Third, it has been postulated that the prevalence of ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC January/February 2012
... was the study done? 3. Where was the study done?  4. How was it done?  5. Is it statistically significant? 6. ... values reported to occur in many men before 8 a.m.[ 3 , 4 ]  The only question of statistical significance that can ... of men in the Massachusetts Male Aging Study (MMAS)[ 4 ] conducted in 2004. It re­ported a prevalence rate of 6% ...
News January/February 2012
... for Rotarix (oral rotavirus immunization given at 2 and 4 months) is available ( see the article on page 42 ). The ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Allan Seckel, BA(Hon), LLB, LLM, January/February 2012
... be second. What is your most marked characteristic? At 6'4" I consider myself normal sized. I am also organized. What ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Kukuh Noertjojo, MD, January/February 2012
... diagnostic, prognostic, and directing treatment.4 At present, none of the classification systems can be adopted for all purposes.[ 4 ]  Some classifications, such as the Quebec Task Force, ...