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Clinical Articles / BY: Kristy Cho, MD, FRCSC May 2014
... staining but not with hematoxylin and eosin staining.[ 9 ] This finding is referred to as pN0i+ disease and is of uncertain prognostic significance.[ 9,10 ] An open biopsy or CNB can result in artifactual ... cancer diagnosis is made with CNB than with open biopsy.[ 9,10 ] To quantify the use of preoperative CNB in BC and the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Haroon Hasan, BSc, MPH, June 2014
... final height, but to ensure full somatic development.[ 9 ] Furthermore, these guidelines recommend that GHRT should ... persistent GHD after they achieve their final height.[ 9 ] Current treatment guidelines recommend 0.2 mg/day of ... young adult men with GHD and 0.3 mg/day for young women.[ 9 ] Dosage should be adjusted based on clinical and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gil Kimel, MSc June 2014
... for advanced therapies, life expectancy is less than 9 months. Despite these facts, only about 10% to 20% of HF patients receive palliative treatment.[ 9 ] Patients with HF usually have symptoms long before they ... especially compared with palliative care for cancer.[ 9 ] Many authors have proposed that the reason for this is ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michael A Benusic, UBC Medical Class of 2014, June 2014
... was quick to disregard this nearly 300-page analysis.[ 9 ] Clearly, advocacy is needed from physicians to ensure ...
Letters June 2014
... physicians doing rounds at any one time between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. Maybe they are going to introduce a reservation ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jessica A. Otte, MD, CCFP, July/August 2014
... a white cell count of 15.1 (reference range 4.0-10.5×10 9 /L), with elevated neutrophils at 10.2 (reference range 2.0-6.0×10 9 /L), elevated monocytes at 0.91 (reference range 0.1-0.8×10 9 /L), and markedly elevated eosinophils at 2.54 (reference ...
Clinical Articles / BY: A. Daniel Malebranche, MSc, MD, July/August 2014
... 35 years, with mortality increasing to 75% by age 46.[ 9 ] In addition to systemic hypertension, common ... intracranial hemorrhage, and MI have all been documented.[ 9,10 ] Diagnosis Undiagnosed adults are commonly hypertensive ... luminal diameter, and sustain hemodynamic benefit.[ 9,10,15-17 ] The use of covered stents has been associated ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD July/August 2014
... payment are provided in the Preamble (C. 7, C. 8, and C. 9) to the  Doctors of BC Guide to Fees , which summarizes ...
MDs To Be / BY: Sean McGee, BSc (Hons), July/August 2014
... applicants at the University of British Columbia;9 at the University of Toronto, altruism, reliability, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Anna R. Hayden, BASc, MD, September 2014
... decreased appetite and unintentional weight loss of 9 kg over the previous month. He had no history of fever or ...