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Clinical Articles / BY: Vikram R. Comondore, MD, December 2008
... nightshift workers across a range of occupations.[ 6 ],[ 7 ] Sleep inertia Cognitive performance is typically ... shifts, compared with months with no extended shifts (OR 7.0).[ 19 ] A separate study evaluated surgical task ... week. Residents slept more with the intervention schedule (7.4 hours per day vs 6.6 hours per day, P<.001). Furthermore, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Wen Q. Gan, MD, MSc, April 2008
... more likely to be affected than are upper limb muscles.[ 7 ]  Muscle atrophy is largely responsible for the reduction ... fibres) are related to the reduction in muscle endurance.[ 7 ] The mechanisms of skel­etal muscle dysfunction are ... pa­tients in the highest quintile for CRP levels (mean, 7.1 mg/L) at baseline with those in the lowest quintile ...
Letters October 2008
... Journal, guest edited by Dean Gavin Stuart [ BCMJ 2008;50(7):366-395 ], gives an impressive account of our expanding ...
Letters / BY: Richard Beever, MD June 2008
... was nearly doubled (19.6% vs 12.3%, P<.001, RRI 59%, ARI 7.3%, OR 1.59, NNH 14).  There is active debate regarding ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, December 2008
... or what proportion of these patients have A1c less than 7.0. With a few keystrokes, you can generate a list of ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC March 2008
... and regulation[ 6 ] have been raised. Prescription drugs[ 7 ] and pharmaceutical products[ 8 ] contained in CAM ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark R.C. Dickeson, MD, FRCSC, FACS September 2008
... day.  To date, I have lived outside of Vancouver for 7 of the first 36 months of my residency.  The time away ...
News / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD May 2008
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2008
... but more emergency and hospital visits, and an estimated $7.3 billion (1998 US dollars) in extra medical costs. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat G. Camp, MSc, PT, March 2008
... bronchitis and/or emphysema in British Columbia is 4.7% for men and 5.9% for women aged 40 years or older.  These ... study will estimate the prevalence of COPD in Vancouver[ 7 ] and other Canadian cities.  Preliminary results from ...