Clinical Articles /
BY: E. Jane Garland, MD, FRCPC
December 2004
... for any antidepressant except fluoxetine (Prozac). [7] These developments have been followed by labeling ... trials but also in anxiety disorder trials. [1-5,7,29,30] New labeling and advisories [8] emphasize these ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Gary W. Dunn, BA, LLB
July/August 2004
... about being recorded when providing patient care. [7] Would, for example, the recording of a physician’s ...
Clinical Articles
November 2004
... polycystic ovarian syndrome, and schizophrenia. [7-8] The Canadian Diabetes Association’s recent ... are the same as for adults (fasting plasma glucose >7.0 mmol/L and/or a 2-hour post-OGTT plasma glucose ≥11.1 ... factors unmasking the effects of genetic susceptibility. [7] Hy-perglycemia results from a combination of insulin ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP
May 2004
... not be moved to act on the betterment of its own health. [7-9] If comprehensive health data were available at the ... diseases 69 32.9% 9975 35.9% Cancer 44 21.0% 7707 27.7% External causes 37 17.6% 1780 6.4% Digestive system diseases 12 5.7% 974 3.5% Respiratory system diseases 11 5.2% 3125 11.2% ...
Clinical Articles
October 2004
... of HIV increases with concurrent STI and HIV infection. [7] This information has mobilized health care practitioners ... were “not at all important” for HIV counseling (7.2%) or STI counseling (4.6%; P<.001). Comments about the ... for Primary Care Practitioners. Technical Report #01-7, November 2001. Carter AO, Battista RN, Hodge MJ, et al. ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Christine E. Jarchow, MSW
March 2004
... evaluation of child abuse in traditional settings. [6,7] These include too little time, poor remuneration, ... psychiatric assessments (no ongoing therapy) • 24 hours/7 days a week • On-call CPSU pediatrician • Contact ... of Children and Family Development for child interviews 24/7 • Mental health assessments of children (no ongoing ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2004
... consulting physician when the consultation need arises. [6,7] The disadvantages of JITCOD include the high cost of ensuring the availability of consultants on a 24/7 basis, and not knowing yet whether the volume of cases ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2004
... [11] and New York Heart Association classification. [7,12] Given the above, clinical studies have focused on ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
November 2004
... [4-6] The BC Medical Journal [1] and a review article [7] listed the various sources of mercury. They do not ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: D.B. Clement, MD
May 2004
... changes to the generation and type of shock waves. [7] The mechanism by which ESWT may have a positive effect on ... led to a variety of review articles and meta-analyses. [7-9] The wide range in the quality of the research methods ... group dropped from 6.9 points to 1.5 points compared with 7.0 to 4.4 points in the placebo group. The P value was ...