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Clinical Articles / BY: Kathleen Eddy, BSc, January/February 2013
... are inappropriate is not supported by published data.[ 2-7 ] One Canadian prospective study of ultrasound, CT, and MRI done by Butler and Stolberg found that only 2.5% were inappropriate.[ 8 ] The purpose of this study was ... The results of the computer analysis summarized in  Table 2  show that although only 2% of the imaging orders were ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rana S. A. Khan, MBBS, January/February 2013
... trials found similar long-term outcomes in both groups.[ 2 ] Four major studies (Barcelona trial, COST, COLOR, ... for patients with malignant disease, as shown in  Table 2 . The surgeons involved in the study attended LCR courses ... The surgeons performed 78 right, 42 sigmoid, 5 left, 2 subtotal, 1 transverse, and 1 segmental colon resection, as ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Debra A. Kent, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT January/February 2013
... exposures, emergency room visits, and hospitalizations.[ 2 ] During this period, the number of adults taking five or more prescription medications rose from 7% to 11%.[ 2 ] This trend of increased pediatric pharmaceutical ... such as fentanyl, methadone, or oxycodone ( Table 2 ).[ 2 , 4 ] A single adult dose of these opioids is a ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2013
... resources, specifically those related to treatment of type 2 diabetes. Divisions of Family Practice A growing number of ...
Letters / BY: Ebrahim Rafi-Zadeh, MD, January/February 2013
... 8000 (with surrounding area the total population is 15000) 2 to 3 hours’ drive from Vancouver that has five GPs, ... a lot of doctors have been billing the MSP over $1 or $2 million, and a few close to $3 million. The disparity in ...
Letters / BY: Simon Moore, MD, CCFP January/February 2013
... of the article by Fletcher and colleagues.[ 2 ] In this article, the majority of the new schedules were ...
Letters / BY: Jim Busser, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, January/February 2013
... 37 directors costing the membership annually more than $1.2 million. It has not confronted its failure to foster among ... chair, extensible by special vote of the Board for up to 2 years. —Jim Busser, MD, FRCPC Honorary Secretary ...
MDs To Be / BY: Laura Budd, BMSc, January/February 2013
... users. This evolving online community, known as Web 2.0, is a second generation of Internet. Web 2.0 is defined by interactive applications that promote user-generated and user-controlled content.[ 2 ] Social media has emerged as part of the construct of Web ...
MDs To Be / BY: Joshua Lai, BSc, January/February 2013
... to the beat of Korotkoff’s rhythm. Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, no sound—Phase 4. Finally, a reading of 124/80. ...
News January/February 2013
... that medicare’s unfunded liability increased by 2.1% to $537.7 billion in 2010 from $526.7 billion in 2006. ...