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Clinical Articles / BY: Anne R. Synnes, MDCM, FRCPC, MHSc, November 2008
... and routine practice, performed in 88% of deliveries.[ 5 ],[ 9 ] Since GA is determined more accurately than fetal ... and live births) to only live births to NICU admissions.[ 5 ]  The BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre is the ... at the threshold of viability are summarized in  Table 5 . The most re­cent Canadian statement was released in 1994 ...
Premise / BY: Benedikt Fischer, PhD, April 2008
... population of 1500 to 2000 injection drug users (IDUs).[ 5 ] This population is characterized by several key high-risk ... prevalence rate of 15.4% and an HCV prevalence rate of 68.5% among Victoria IDUs—rates substantially higher than for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... physicians per 100000 people in British Columbia,[ 5 ] less than 1% of family practice physicians in BC will ... in the office ( Figure 3 ). Lesions that are larger than 5 cm in any dimension, deep to the deep fascia, or that are ... In addition, superficial lesions that are smaller than 5 cm in any dimension but are adherent to the deep fascia or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Helen Novak Lauscher, PhD May 2008
... Devel­opment and Knowledge Translation.  This survey[ 5 ] had three main objectives: • To assess the context in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan A. Hoag, BSc, October 2008
... and physical examination has a sensitivity of 90.4%.[ 5 ] Prostate cancer screening has resulted in earlier ... screening practices.  Of physicians aged 56 and older, 38.5% reported that guidelines do not influence their screening ... PSA testing and DRE should be used in combination, only 59.5% are using them together as their initial screening tool.  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Al Talag, MD, March 2008
... it has been shown to significantly improve survival.[ 4 , 5 ] Indications for long-term oxygen therapy in COPD for BC ... to maintain an oxygen saturation of greater than 90%.[ 4 , 5 ] Long-term oxygen therapy has been shown to im­prove ... is indeed more positive than it was as recently as 5 years ago. Competing interests None declared. Chronic ...
Letters / BY: Tom Elliott, MBBS, July/August 2008
... example, the CMA’s mydoctor.ca[ 4 ] and elliottPHR.ca[ 5]), and developments in medical imaging (OpenSourcePACS), ...
Index December 2008
... and drunk in the emergency department (cohp) (Purssell R) 5:265 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Heavy metal poisoning from ... emergency room protocol* (Dehghani N, Ludemann JP) 5:252 Correction—foreign bodies (pu) 7:402 ASTHMA The ... revolutionizes prevention of cervical cancer (Naus M) 5:263 Is living near power lines bad for our health? (Copes ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nabil Al Lawati, MD, MRCP, April 2008
... pulmonary disease (AECOPD) account for over 1.5 million physician visits annually in Canada and are the ... exceeds $1.67 billion[2] and is likely underestimated.[ 5 ] In addition, fre­quent exacerbations are an important ... for those with life-threatening episodes of AECOPD ( Table 5 ). The survival is relatively good, with mortality ranging ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Clifford Fabian, FRCPC, FRCSC, FACS September 2008
... by meeting a target set in 1999 to fill 5% of the annual complement of funded seats with Aboriginal ...