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MDs To Be / BY: Blair G. Fulton, MASc, June 2011
... expected to change local patterns of health and disease.[ 4 ] But how is having an environmental conscience relevant to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Roger A.L. Sutton, DM, FRCPC, FRCP, FACP, December 2011
... or treatment for their underlying osteoporosis.[ 4 ] Vertebral fractures are often asymp­tomatic, and also ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rishi K. Bhalla, PhD, September 2011
... experience clinically significant depressive symptoms.[ 4 , 5 ] These rates are higher in clinical settings and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sandi Culo, BScOT, MD, FRCPC, October 2011
... factors can contribute to vulnerability and risk.[ 4-6 , 8-10 ]  Internal risk factors include: • Increasing ... indicators should raise suspicion of abuse or neglect.[ 4 , 5 ] These indicators include: • Repeated ER visits or ... odor, lack of cleanliness, and gait abnormalities.[ 4 , 9 ]  Behavioral indicators include confusion, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Hynes, BA, MBA, May 2011
... non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 3. Primary bladder cancer 4. Primary site brain cancer 5. Primary colorectal cancer ... lymphoma 3. 15 years for primary site bladder cancer  4. 10 years for primary site brain cancer 5. 20 years for ...
Letters / BY: R.M. Preshaw, MD November 2011
... estimates that 75000 Canadians will die of cancer in 2011[ 4 ]—a “substantial increase” in survival would save the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan W. Brunner, MD, FRCPC March 2011
... in a cardiogenic shock patient and provided support for 4 days before the patient died from causes unrelated to the ... the intima, the media, and the adventitia ( Figure 1 ).[ 4 ] Classic aortic dissection occurs when a tear in the ... patients after aortic dissection are summarized in  Table 4 . Asymptomatic aortic aneurysms Asymptomatic abdominal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin Farrell, MBChB, July/August 2011
... evidence of intracranial infection or defined cause.[ 4 ] Population studies have found the vast majority of ... of febrile seizures are simple. Focal seizures occurred in 4% of all FS, and the seizure lasted more than 15 minutes in 8% of cases and more than 30 minutes in 4% to 5% of cases.[ 5 , 7 ] Recurrent seizures within 24 ...
News December 2011
... now in full force in Vancou­ver and Prince George. The 4-year, $48 million program is funded by the provincial ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andre Mattman, MD, FRCPC May 2011
... presence of a specific inherited mitochondrial disease.[ 4 ] In the case of a suspected maternally inherited syndrome, ... diagnostic and management process. The index patient (IV-4) presented with clinical features of subacute necrotizing ...