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News March 2013
... care spending will rise from 8% of GDP currently to 12.2% in 2035 and 16% in 2062. These rising costs will mean an ...
News March 2013
... beneficial in procedures where the tumor is less than 2 cm and located in the periphery of the lung.  The new ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD March 2013
... 80% of doctors fell short of daily exercise requirements.[ 2 ] The American Heart Association study surveyed American ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Martha J. Ignaszewski, March 2013
... the Year of Janusz Korczak by the government of Poland.[ 2 ] Closer to home, the University of British Columbia, in ... manifestations of evil, unfairness, and injustice”[ 2 ] and spoke out against poverty, unemployment, and social ... as] a respected, thinking and feeling human being”[ 2 ] are considered an integral component of the modern ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rajala MD, FRCPC, April 2013
... can lead to large reductions in cardiovascular risk.[ 2 ]  Dr Hellerstein spent much of his life promoting a ... control of modifiable risk factors are shown in  Table 2 .[ 19-21 ] In BC, patients attempting to quit smoking can ... found in other studies, including studies of the AHA Step 2 diet.[ 24-26 ] Interestingly, this effect appears to be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tyler W. Smith, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2013
... a heritable or an acquired thrombophilia. Over the past 2 decades, there has been great interest in predicting an ... modest effect on increasing the risk of recurrent VTE.[ 2,3 ] Unfortunately, the limitations of HT testing are ... inpatient setting (54.1%; 1358 of 2510 tests).  Figure 2  shows that women tested for FVL (median age 38 years) ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Sandberg, RRT, April 2013
... COPD patients with a partial pressure of oxygen (PaO 2 ) 55 mm Hg or less, or when PaO 2  is less than 60 mm Hg in the presence of bilateral ankle ... in the new criteria. Arterial oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ) must still be less than 88% or the PaO 2  must be 55 mm ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2013
... Globally, a trend of pandemic waves are observed every 2 to 3 years, as a new strain replaces a previously ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2013
... diagnosis. Ensure the patient has consumed gluten for 2 months prior to testing and is not IgA deficient to prevent ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD April 2013
... to come to a meeting scheduled by managers at 11 a.m. on 2 days’ (or even 2 weeks’) notice if it falls on an OR day. And after ...