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Clinical Articles / BY: J. Ellen Anderson, MD October 2002
... after a positive test (using a cut-off value of 5/9) becomes 94%. This is better than most of the routine ... tests we use daily in practice. If the score is 4/9 or less, then we need to consider other depressive ... and eating disorders). An abbreviated PHQ (the PHQ-9) for depression has been developed that reduces physician ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2002
... likelihood of a physician leaving his or her practice [9-11]  and increased likelihood of becoming involved in job ... actual number of hours per week or days per month worked. [9,15,20]  A logical policy that comes out of this finding ... as important issues for North American rural physicians. [9,10,30-33] Dissatisfaction with CME probably reflects the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bogdan P. Radanov, MD July/August 2002
... (i.e., concentration, attention, or working memory). [8-9]  Could this be due to physical brain damage? Several ... attention has been observed following whiplash trauma, [8,9]  lesions in the parieto-occipital region were not ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew R. Woolfenden, MD, FRCPC April 2002
... number of ischemic events in the combination group (7.9% per year) versus the adjusted-dose warfarin group (1.9% per year). Major hemorrhages were slightly higher (2.4% ... equivalent to an INR of 1.5 to 2.7 and 1.4 to 2.8. [ 8,9]  The benefit of warfarin over placebo was similar to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marcos Gobrial, MD, CCFP December 2002
... physical and psychosocial—than non-native people. [5,9-11]  Looking at mortality rates, for example, the infant ... death from diabetes is six times the Canadian average. [5,9,12-15] Diabetes mellitus type II is now a leading cause of ... insulin treatment improves glycemia for a long period (9 years) in normal weight and moderately obese patients who ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Burton H. Goldstein, DMD, MS, FRCDC June 2002
... not injury or pathological degenerative joint disease. [9]  The rapidly changing understanding of pain involves a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erin E. Michalak, PhD October 2002
... and 12% of these will not recover within 5 years. [9]  Overall, it has been estimated that 30% to 35% of all ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson May 2002
... world 14 Single article purchase 10 Subscription required 9 MDConsult 10 Print only 6 Here is a summary of my findings: ... then $3 for all College members from MLS). One in five (9 of 44) required a subscription to the journal to access the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert Ferrari, MD, FRCPC July/August 2002
... individuals with no experience of having a collision. [8,9]  This expectation can lead to an individual becoming ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kathleen M.N. Lee, RDN April 2002
... risk for the development of diseases caused by obesity. [ 9]  For this reason, it appears as the first decision point ... factors for morbidity and mortality. A BMI of 20 to 24.9 is considered normal, so no action is taken unless the ... than 102 cm in men). If the BMI is between 25 and 29.9 and there are two or more risk factors (hypertension, ...