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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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD January/February 2008
... Random glucose was 7.0 mmol/L with follow-up fasting at 5.5 mmol/L. Assessment of electrolytes showed slightly ... respiratory flora and blood culture showed no growth after 5 days. Treatment In the emergency department treatment was ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM June 2008
... duration of protection but currently indicate a minimum of 5 years.[ 2 ] Mathematical modeling of HPV 16 antibody decay ... parents intended to vaccinate their daughters; 63% in BC.[ 5 ] The family doctor will influence the decision for many ... young women.  Information will be going home with grade 5 and 8 girls at the end of term in advance of the autumn ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Osman S. Ipsiroglu, MD, MAS, MBA, November 2008
... including an increased exposure to light at night.[ 3 ]-[ 5 ] Demands placed on children’s time (e.g., higher ...
Premise / BY: Jamie Graham, April 2008
... They are better—not a lot, but better than they were 5 years ago. It is not entirely because of the SIS, but that ...