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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 ... and requires prompt reduction of serum potassium levels.[ 5 ] However, there is little consistency in the management of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Wei-Shuen King, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2012
... agents). At $2.60 per gram (Can­adian dollars),[ 5 ] albumin is substantial­ly more expensive than the ... of albumin or­der­ed during the 2009 audit was 67277.5 grams versus 47032.3 grams for the same hospitals during ... were still for “inappropriate” indications and only 23.5% of all orders in 2009 were for appropriate indications. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leslie A. Sadownik, MD, MEd, FRCSC, January/February 2012
... PVD is unknown and likely multifactorial; neurological,[ 5 ] psychological,[ 6 ] and muscular[ 7 ] factors may be ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2012
... that in Canada between 1 in 62 and 1 in 312 children under 5 years old will require hospitalization for rotavirus, 36% ... 1000 person years within 1 year after vaccination to 9 at 5 years and 58.2 at 9 years after vaccination.[ 4 ]  This ... men who have sex with men and illicit drug users.[ 5 ]  Despite this decline, four of the five outbreaks ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2012
... came with the same preset combination that only about 5% of people had changed. He also discovered a hole in the ...
Letters / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC January/February 2012
... age 45. The age range was 45 to 96 with a mean age of 60.5 years.  Dr Tevaar­werk’s use of the crude 6.0% ... age group of 60 to 70 years, the results are 9.4% and 11.5% respectively, or an average of 10.5%. It is important to note that the MMAS had some ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC January/February 2012
... done? 3. Where was the study done?  4. How was it done?  5. Is it statistically significant? 6. Is it clinically ... As a point of interest the cost of AndroGel is between $5.30 and $12 per day in Canada, depending on the dose used. ...
News January/February 2012
... Physicians may submit billings using this code as of 5 January 2012. Payable to a maximum of five times per ...
News / BY: Sinden Luciuk, January/February 2012
... Johnson Inc. MEDOC is an annual plan, providing up to $5 million in emergency medical coverage. Advice for your ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Kukuh Noertjojo, MD, January/February 2012
... by future studies to determine their applicability.[ 5-7 ] Outcome measures should be routinely assessed in C-LBP ...