Clinical Articles /
BY: David Snadden, MBChB, MCISc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP (Edin)
September 2008
... origin are more inclined to practise in rural areas.[ 4 ] The programs have also been developed to address the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ali Al Talag, MD,
March 2008
... are readily distinguishable from those of asthma.[ 3 , 4 ] Physiological defects Airflow limitation and ... of breath and disability during activity ( Figure 4 ).[ 25 ] This scale has been found to correlate with the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC,
June 2008
... of cardiovascular risk factors beginning at age 20.[ 4 ] Major risk indicators such as fasting serum lipid and ... As of 2004, approximately 1.3 million Canadians, or 4.9% of the population age 12 or older, had been diagnosed ...
Obituaries /
BY: Guy Winch, MBChB
December 2008
... excellence. Geoff came to Canada in 1964, and following 4 years of practice in Hamilton, Ontario, moved to North ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Don D. Sin, MD, MPH, FRCPC,
April 2008
... greater than 65 years increases the risk of complication 4.7-fold or by 370%). • Smoking history (e.g., smoking ... by 470%). • A history of COPD (this increases the risk 4.2-fold or by 320%). • Obesity (body mass index greater than 30 kg/m2 increases the risk 4.1-fold or by 310%). • A positive cough test (see Table ...
Letters /
BY: Ian Gardiner, MD
September 2008
... Columbia” by Barbara Poole and colleagues [ BCMJ 2008;50(4):198-205 ]. Despite substantial decreases in breast cancer ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Neal Shahidi,
January/February 2008
... for use in Canadian children. PCV7 targets serotypes 4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F, which are responsible for ... with a four-dose schedule of PCV administered at age 2, 4, 6, and 12 to 15 months.[ 3 ] In addition, BC authorities ... universal infant PCV7 immunization program was that within 4 years the program would prevent 112 cases of pneumococcal ...
Letters /
BY: Jennifer Balfour, MD, FRCPC
June 2008
... the two times I have applied for this benefit in the last 4 years I was told that funds did not exist to fund my leave ...
Premise /
BY: Marshall Dahl, MD, PhD, FRCPC
November 2008
... per 1000 participants each year, over an average of almost 4 years of treatment.” The release went on to state that ... The ACCORD study has now published its results. [4] The article certainly confirms the earlier press release ... glycemic group had a median A1c at 1 year of 6.4% with a relative increase in overall mortality of 22% and ...
Premise /
BY: Benedikt Fischer, PhD,
April 2008
... where pre-obtained street drugs can be consumed.[ 3 , 4 ] Ever since it opened its doors in 2003, the Vancouver SCS ... I-Track study documented an HIV prevalence rate of 15.4% and an HCV prevalence rate of 68.5% among Victoria ...