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Obituaries / BY: Dorothy Woodhouse, MD, July/August 2014
Dr Ed McDonnell’s death on 2 February 2014 marked the passing of a gentleman who touched ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Anna F. Lee, MDCM, PhD, FRCPC, December 2014
... to as "sudden unexplained death syndrome" (SUDS).[ 2 ] Where no cause of death is identified after a thorough ... referred to as "sudden arrhythmic death syndrome" (SADS).[ 2 ] Sudden death in infants under 1 year of age is referred to as "sudden death in infancy" (SUDI).[ 2 ] When the autopsy, scene investigation, and toxicology ...
Letters / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2014
... solution (1 mg/mL) to Methadose, a 10 mg/mL solution.[ 1,2 ] Methadose has been available for purchase by pharmacies ...
News / BY: Dirk van Niekerk, MD, FRCPC May 2014
... done every year for the first 3 years, then continue every 2 years if results are normal.  Women should get regular Pap ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Murray Trusler, MD, MBA, FCFP, FRRMS, October 2014
... 110 mg and 150 mg),[ 1 ] Rocket-AF (rivaroxaban),[ 2 ] Aristotle (apixaban),[ 3 ] and ENGAGE (edoxaban 30 mg and ... 83% of the INR values in the study were between 1.8 and 3.2. Sportif V was carried out in North America and ENGAGE was ... 2012). Similar discrepancies can be seen in  Table 2 , where the rates of hemorrhagic stroke in the warfarin ...
Letters / BY: Andrew J. Coldman, PhD March 2014
... Again, we agree: several authors, including ourselves,[ 2 ] have found greater reductions in breast cancer mortality ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sophie Y. Wang, BSc, July/August 2014
... treatment with glycopeptides, linezolid, or daptomycin.[ 1,2 ] These agents require careful monitoring for adverse ... the international trends; however, our results are mixed.[ 2 ] According to BC Biomedical Laboratories (now part of ... 2007 and 2010 and is reported to be at 25.3% in 2012.[ 2 ] The proportion of  S. pneumoniae  nonsusceptible to ...
Letters / BY: Rajesh Nair, MD November 2014
... increased clinical, research, and administrative demands.[ 2 ] Graduates must select the appropriate mentor based on a ... be a good role model; and facilitate decision making.[ 2 ] Other characteristics of an effective mentor include ... altruistic, understanding, patient, and honest.[ 2 ]  Mentorship is fundamental to professional ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ramesh Saeedi, MD, PhD, May 2014
... cholesterol (non-HDL-C) levels.[ 1,2 ] The association of elevated Lp(a) with an increased risk ... responsible for the functional properties of Lp(a).[ 1,2 ] The presence of apo(a) increases the density of Lp(a) ... and continuous association between Lp(a) and CVD,[ 1,2 ] while others indicate that the risk is markedly greater ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2014
... which is a great concern of mine. I'm in Vancouver 2 to 3 days of the week, which will again change dramatically ... to open a practice; it was competitive. After a year or 2 of locum work you would be expected to set up a practice, ...