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Clinical Articles / BY: Zena L. Simces, MA, October 2012
... chronic kidney disease and vascular cognitive impairment.[ 4 , 5 ] Evidence that antihypertensive drug therapy in older ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC January/February 2012
... was the study done? 3. Where was the study done?  4. How was it done?  5. Is it statistically significant? 6. ... values reported to occur in many men before 8 a.m.[ 3 , 4 ]  The only question of statistical significance that can ... of men in the Massachusetts Male Aging Study (MMAS)[ 4 ] conducted in 2004. It re­ported a prevalence rate of 6% ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB June 2012
... offer consultation appointments in 2, 3, and even 4 years. Yet newly trained orthopaedic graduates can’t get ... Politicians tend to operate in electoral cycles of up to 4 years. As physicians, we should understand that this is not ... follow-up, having undergone a knee ligament reconstruction 4 months previously. I told him his knee felt stable, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alison Granger-Brown, MA, December 2012
... were taking personal responsibility for their health.”[ 4 ] Subsequently, the BC Cancer Agency made arrangements to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2012
... as 5 minutes can have an impact on patient behavior.[ 4 ] •    Use weight-neutral language (advise their ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Forbes, MD, September 2012
... bed rest followed by an extended period of convalescence.[ 4 ] This advice remained the standard of care throughout the ... that whereas surgeons recommended taking an average of 4.4 weeks off work after surgery, general practitioners ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tasleem Rajan, MD, January/February 2012
... as spironolactone, which reduce the loss of potassium.[ 4,5 ]  Severe hyperkalemia is a life-threatening condition ... resins were not found to be effective within 4 hours and should not be relied upon for rapid effects. If ... hyperkalemia was defined as serum potassium greater than 4.7 mmol/L. Data collection All cases of hyperkalemia that ...
News / BY: Clare O'Callaghan, May 2012
... a treatment option that provides psychiatric care within 4 to 6 weeks of referral. Using group medical visits for ...
Premise / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, October 2012
... risk of breast cancer between 60 to 69 years is 3.45%[ 4 ] and, as per the article’s example of a Gail Risk ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Travis Hottes, MSc, March 2012
... to first-line treatments of cefi­xime and ceftriaxone.[ 2-4 ]  Notably, rising minimum inhibitory concentrations ... (MIC 8µg/mL) gonococcal isolate was identified in Japan.[ 4 ]  Although no cases of cepha­losporin resistance have ...