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Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Stanger, MD, March 2016
... 1-year interval in an article by Browne and colleagues.[ 7 ] In the case of shoulder patients, the final assessment ... month results with the 12-month results for hips (61.7% versus 80.5%) and for knees (54.0% versus 68.9%). This ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, March 2016
... examination that has been used for more than 60 years.[ 7 ] The use of the ETT has expanded to include testing for ... the Bruce protocol whereby patients start exercising at 1.7 miles per hour on a 10% grade. Every 3 minutes the speed ... that subjects who were able to exercise to a level beyond 7.9 METs had a significantly better cardiovascular prognosis ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rosemary Basson, MD, FRCP(UK) March 2016
... subjects, and clinical depression is 3 times more common.[ 7 ] Women with PVD also have abnormal stress responses when ...
MDs To Be / BY: Reem Habtezion, March 2016
... to achieve some sense of order before I set off on the 7-minute trek to the UBC Life Sciences Centre to attend the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2016
... 2016.  www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tbpc-latb/pubs/tb-canada-7/index-eng.php . WorkSafeBC Occupational tuberculosis ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ahmad Abdullah, MD, April 2016
... who continued to smoke and only 5% in those who quit.[ 7 ]  Other treatment strategies are broadly divided into ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel J. Lithwick, MHA, April 2016
... athletes only and without the use of a 12-lead ECG.[ 2,7 ] The different approaches stem mainly from a debate about ... athletes.[ 8 ] The incidence of SCD was found to be 0.7 per 100 000 person-years and it was determined that only ... screening for young competitive athletes since 1982,[ 7 ] and the ESC guidelines are based on the same ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, April 2016
... ectopy via modulation of cardiomyocyte properties.[ 7 ] Similarly, catecholamine surges and electrolyte imbalance ... leads to cardiac dysfunction, and may account for up to 7% of SCD cases related to athletics.[ 23 ] SCD may occur ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James McKinney, MD, MSc, April 2016
... annual incidence of 1.9/1000 for conductors versus 2.7/1000 for drivers). Furthermore, sudden cardiac death (SCD) ... mortality and chronic disease is shown in  Figure 1 .[ 7 ] What is the optimal amount of physical activity?   Data ... were able to achieve and maintain a reduction of at least 7% of initial body weight through a healthy low-calorie, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Andrew Hurlburt, MD April 2016
... between 3 and 12 days, and the illness lasts between 2 and 7 days.[ 3,10,11 ] Most patients recover fully without ... however, it is only positive in blood samples for up to 7 days from symptom onset. Urine samples can be positive for ...