Clinical Articles
December 2006
... brain injury. They also noted comorbid anxiety in 76.7% and aggressive behavior in 56.7%. Forty of their patients had sustained a mild traumatic ... based on age, and that incidence increased by a factor of 7, depending on whether there were abnormal CT findings on ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
September 2006
... dose-related condition. At the recommended water levels (0.7–1.2 ppm), at worst, it is a minimal cosmetic problem ...
Back Page /
BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD
April 2006
... and weight of the baby of 10 pounds instead of the normal 7, precluded the head’s passage through the birth canal. ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David Brooks, MD,
November 2006
... understanding of appropriate concussion management. [7] Wennberg recently reported that the National Hockey ... that progressively resolves without complication over 7 to 10 days. Apart from encouraging the athlete to rest ... estimates from volunteer reports were between 4.44 and 7.94 per 1000 PGH. Physicians who treat athletes in high-risk ...
Letters /
BY: Adam Lund, MD, MEd
July/August 2006
... issue of the BCMJ (2006;48[2]:84-85) . Point number 7, regarding myocardial infarction, struck a chord with me as ...
Premise /
BY: Manfred Purtzki,
January/February 2006
... proceeds to pay off the promissory note owed to Lisa. 7. Lisa pays off the promissory note payable to Jim. It ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Cristina M. Aydin, BSc,
October 2006
... attain hemoglobin A1c levels within the normal range (≤7.0%). [7] The Canadian Diabetes Association’s 2003 clinical ... of pioglitazone, whereby weight gain ranged from 0.5 to 3.7 kg. [28] When directly comparing therapy groups, our ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
June 2006
... and specialists. Targeted compensation increase is 8.7% over 4 years. The combined increases result in an increase ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jill Franklin, BA,
December 2006
... to people with brain injuries. A patient with Part 7 funding from ICBC (see below) will only be accepted in the ... when there is less than $5000 in that patient’s Part 7 account. Someone with an open tort claim can apply for the ... with mTBI, but some treatment may be covered under Part 7. Once a patient reports a mild traumatic brain injury to ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Dr J. Mark Ansermino, FFA, MMed, MSc, FRCPC
September 2006
... error reduction is fundamentally an information problem. [7] Failure to convey information about patients can ...