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Clinical Articles / BY: Alan T. Bates, MD, PhD June 2016
... that there is no faith without uncertainty or doubt.[ 4 ] He described how faith is not required to believe in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Linda M.N. Hoang, MSc, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC June 2016
... 50%, from 8.6 per 10 000 inpatient days in 2009–10 to 4.2 per 10 000 inpatient days in 2014–15. Among the ... Colonization by household pets has also been reported.[ 4 ] Although little is known of where and how C. difficile is ...
News / BY: Salima Abdulla, BSc June 2016
... for blood donations because the need is ongoing. Less than 4% of eligible Canadians give blood, yet half of Canadians ...
News / BY: Caleb Bernabe June 2016
... may be available to you if you have paid into CPP for 4 of the last 6 years. However, the maximum monthly ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2016
... reusing greywater can save up to 60% of household water,[ 4 ] and there are many ways to reuse water (e.g., watering ...
Editorials / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... with CHD died in infancy or childhood. In the past 4 decades, however, advances in medical care, surgery, and ... that in the year 2000 there was a prevalence rate of 4.09 cases per 1000 adults for all CHD and 0.38 cases per ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marla Kiess, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... child. A report on the procedure was published in 1945.[ 4 ] Also in 1945, Drs Crafoord and Nylin of Stockholm ... a list of 400 patients who had been waiting for as long as 4 years. Further developments In the early days of cardiac ... child patient reached an adequate size, usually around age 4, intracardiac repair was performed, the shunts were ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... imaging. Pregnancy-related CVD At present, 0.2% to 4.0% of all pregnancies in Western industrialized countries ... now the major cause of maternal death during pregnancy.[ 4 ] Pregnancy induces changes in the cardiovascular system to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew Campbell, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... to have a failed or failing Fontan circulation,[ 4 ] and as a result are candidates for the more contemporary ... atrial septal defect occluders come in sizes ranging from 4 to 40 mm, with retention discs that are 8 to16 mm larger ... of a fistula commonly involves a vascular plug ( Figure 4 ). Relieving obstructions Relieving obstructions in native ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Karen LeComte, MSN, RN September 2016
... follows 2700 active patients and has a wait time of 3 to 4 months for patients to be seen on a nonurgent basis. The ... in this population being youth with complex CHD.[ 3 , 4 ] Adults with CHD are pursuing advanced education, building ... with a history of follow-up outside an adult CHD clinic.[ 4 , 8 , 9 ] Additional challenges to successful transition ...