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Clinical Articles / BY: D. Sandberg, RRT, April 2013
... COPD patients with a partial pressure of oxygen (PaO 2 ) 55 mm Hg or less, or when PaO 2  is less than 60 mm Hg in the presence of bilateral ankle ... in the new criteria. Arterial oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ) must still be less than 88% or the PaO 2  must be 55 mm ...
News September 2013
... clinical reports to copied physicians went from 7 days to 2 days, and the time for finalized clinical reports to be ...
MDs To Be / BY: Laura Budd, BMSc, January/February 2013
... users. This evolving online community, known as Web 2.0, is a second generation of Internet. Web 2.0 is defined by interactive applications that promote user-generated and user-controlled content.[ 2 ] Social media has emerged as part of the construct of Web ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mel Krajden, OBC, MD, FRCPC June 2013
... co-infection, which accelerates HCV disease progression.[ 2-4 ] Stigma and dis­crimination adversely impact diagnosis ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2013
... weight” as opposed to “fat” and “obese.”[ 2 ] Outlined below are current trends and concepts physicians ... can help us avoid mindlessly overeating.[ 4 ] The 5-2-1-0 concept Sustainable Childhood Obesity Prevention ... obesity prevention plan. SCOPE has developed the 5-2-1-0 concept to provide clear messaging to families and ...
News March 2013
... care spending will rise from 8% of GDP currently to 12.2% in 2035 and 16% in 2062. These rising costs will mean an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sophia Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2013
... that of cystic fibrosis and congenital hypothyroidism[ 1 , 2 ]—so often not recognized, leaving many affected ... mean age of 37 years.[ 27 ]  The participation rate of 98.2%[ 27 ] is particularly noteworthy, and reflects a positive ... Lipid Clinic Network criteria ( Table 1  and  Table 2 ).[ 33 , 34 ] The associated sensitivity and specificity ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rana S. A. Khan, MBBS, January/February 2013
... trials found similar long-term outcomes in both groups.[ 2 ] Four major studies (Barcelona trial, COST, COLOR, ... for patients with malignant disease, as shown in  Table 2 . The surgeons involved in the study attended LCR courses ... The surgeons performed 78 right, 42 sigmoid, 5 left, 2 subtotal, 1 transverse, and 1 segmental colon resection, as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jiao Yang, MD, FRCPC, May 2013
... biopsy specimen was found to contain a granuloma ( Figure 2 ) consistent with a diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). ... were found to have cardiac involvement on autopsy.[ 2 ] The risk of cardiac sarcoidosis differs across rac­es: ... is less common, with a prevalence rate of between 2% and 42%. Congestive heart failure occurs in 10% to 30% of ...
Letters / BY: Barend Grobbelaar, MD, October 2013
... at $20 per citizen. One thing led to another, and over the 2 years of prototyping, the money available to divisions has ...