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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Fawziah Marra, PharmD December 2008
... in British Columbia has slowly declined from 18.5 to 16.8 defined daily doses per 1000 in­habitant-days ... agents such as penicillins has plateaued over the last 5 years; tetracyclines and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole use ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Frank Ervin, MD, FRCPC, April 2008
... had mild to moderate COPD and were followed for 14.5 years. Of 5887 patients, 731 died. The most frequent causes ... 2 ]  A trial of the index followed 625 patients over a 5-year period during which 162 (26%) died. Survivors averaged ... members of the BODE cohort were, only 26% died during the 5-year trial. Most patients survived for several years. ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2008
... my wallet before I forgot where I had put the darn thing (5 minutes ago). About a nanosecond later I decided to start ...
Back Page / BY: Jay Draper April 2007
... with the other 3300 passengers on the cruise. The 12.5 hours of accredited CME was provided by the Journal’s ... Canada and the United States, were asked to evaluate, on a 5-point scale (with 5 being excellent), all sessions. The lowest-rated session ...
Letters / BY: A. Krisman, MD September 2007
... years ago (gasp!), the C-section rate threatened to exceed 5%. Accordingly, a portion of every monthly hospital meeting ...
Premise / BY: Shalinder Arneja, MD, MHSc, December 2007
... immunizations. The Canadian Chiro­practic Association[ 5 ] should be commended as they recognize the health benefit ...
News / BY: Kwadwo Ohene Asante, BChB, January/February 2007
... Canadian guidelines for diagnosis. CMAJ;2005:172 [5 suppl]) an adequate assessment should not be difficult. ... profession. The Arthritis Society is currently raising $3.5 million to establish an endowed Chair in Pediatric ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, June 2007
... per patient. The current funding for prevention is only 5% of the new funds allocated to GP Services in the 2006 ...
Premise / BY: Michael A. Ross, MD, FRCSC October 2007
... present is permissible—however ineffective it may be. 5. The placebo effect. Seventy percent of nonterminal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brett Heilbron, MB ChB March 2007
... [1-4]  Close to 100% of coronary arteries greater than 1.5 to 2.0 mm in diameter are reportedly assessable with 64-CT, ... 16-CT report only 70% of similar vessels are assessable. [5] The rapid acquisition time required to successfully image ... angiography. [8]  They reported sn of 72.2%, sp of 92.5%, ppv of 65.0%, and npv of 94.5% in the assessment of ...