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Clinical Articles / BY: Wei-Shuen King, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2012
... that albumin is used inappropriately most of the time,[ 9-11 ] it was hoped that the introduction of locally ... BC hospitals by the Canadian Blood Services decreased by 9.7%, while albumin use across Canada (excluding Quebec) rose ... albumin use was not captured: there are hints of this in a 9.7% decrease in the amount of albumin issued to BC hospitals ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leslie A. Sadownik, MD, MEd, FRCSC, January/February 2012
... a multidisciplinary and integrated health care approach.[ 9 ] In 2008, the Multidisciplinary Vul­­vodynia Program ... ranged in age from 20 to 54 (mean age = 30.84, SD 9.06) and some had experienced pregnancy and childbirth (mean ... modalities before experiencing any significant benefit.[ 9 ]  PVD is a challenging pain condition to treat. Access to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2012
... per 1000 person years within 1 year after vaccination to 9 at 5 years and 58.2 at 9 years after vaccination.[ 4 ]  This phenomenon may be ... of infection have high prevalence of immunity in adults.[ 9 ]  Question and answer documents on all these programs can ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP January/February 2012
... Active Healthy Kids Canada report of 2011 found that only 9% of boys and 4% of girls reach this target as determined by ...
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 ... that the prevalence of hypogonadism increas­ed over the 9 years studied. It has been postulated that this may be ... but a disease condition worthy of medical attention.[ 9 ] As an analogy, would Dr Tevaarwerk suggest not treating ...
News January/February 2012
Saturday, 9 June 2012 in Vancouver Come to this year’s BCMA an­nual ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Kukuh Noertjojo, MD, January/February 2012
... measurement tools that demonstrate large effect size.[ 9 ] However, following spinal surgery for C-LBP, changes in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... More male than female pa­tients were seen (116/204; 56.9%) and a high proportion of patients were im­migrants ... were mentioned or requested by 6 of 204 pa­tients (2.9%); these were all adults, including one father asking about ... than 1 year of age.  During the physical examination, 9 of 204 patients (4.4%) inquired about antibiotics; again, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2012
... aged 65 and older increased in British Columbia from 9.8% to 14.6%,[ 3 ] and is projected to increase to 24% by ... has been associated with higher morbidity,[ 5 , 6 , 9 ] higher perioperative mortality,[ 6 , 8-10 ] a longer ... of these 32 emergency patients presented with obstruction, 9% with perforation, and 34% with hemorrhage. Nonemergency ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Horn, BA, March 2012
... extrapyramidal symptoms and tardive dyskinesia.[ 1 , 8 , 9 ] While a decreased risk of these side effects has been ... in more adverse events than medication errors (14% vs 9%), were more likely to be considered negligent (47% vs ...