Clinical Articles /
BY: Robert Ferrari, MD, FRCPC
June 2002
... Russell have given one explanation to this phenomenon. [7] It relates in part to the reporting of pain upon ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mann Chandavimol, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2002
... within weeks to months after acute myocardial infarction. [7] The mechanism is thought to be an autoimmune reaction. ... off after the patient has been asymptomatic for 5 to 7 days. [1] Corticosteroids may be helpful if the pain is ... of 6 (1.5%). Laboratory investigations showed pH of 7.18 with an anion gap metabolic acidosis, BUN of 32.1 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Elissa Press, BA
September 2002
... techniques used for cervical precancerous lesions. [1-7] Recommendations for individuals who practise receptive ... an ethanol fixation or, using the Thin-Prep method. [1,5,7] Lubrication should not be used when obtaining a specimen ... lesions, or high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. [7] Left untreated, some low-grade squamous intraepithelial ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mark Bigham, MD
May 2002
... or did not have serogroup data available, while four (7%) were serogroup Y and two (3%) serogroup W-135. The ... serogroup C disease in British Columbia in 2001 was 0.7 per 100 000, 75% above the average historic (1990–2000) ... the age group 15 to 29 years, corresponding to a rate of 1.7 per 100 000 for this age group—2.4 times higher than the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Peter L. Munk, MDCM, FRCPC, FSIR, FFRRCSI(Hon)
December 2002
... as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolus, may ensue. [7] Compression fractures are therefore a significant cause ... required to achieve satisfactory clinical results (2 mL to 7 mL). [15-17] In many instances a single injection through ... inadvertent injection into the vertebral venous plexus. [7,25] Either of these complications may produce compression ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Chong S. Lee, MD, FRCPC
May 2001
... who have a good therapeutic response to levodopa. [7] Patients with Parkinson-plus syndromes have a poorer ... treatment, increasing about 10% per year during the first 7 years. On the other hand, it has been shown that the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Joseph Noone, MD, LRCP&SI, FRCPC
September 2001
... for use before, during, and after a violent act. 7. Debriefing and quality improvement Debriefing as a tool ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Benjamin C.L. Lai, MD, MSc
April 2001
... that PD incidence in African-American men and women [ 7 ] and in Asian-American men [ 8 ] was similar to rates for ...
Letters /
BY: A. Krisman, MD
December 2001
... JAW’s editorial ( “Rejuvenated image,” BCMJ 43(7):378 ) which suggests that if nurses resumed the wearing of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Teresa Marie Kope, MD, FRCPC
June 2001
... programs are that they are offered early and intensively. [7] Thus, when a parent approaches a physician with a ... common enough in autism to be diagnostic at a young age. [7,12] Thus, to identify autism in very young children, and ...