Clinical Articles /
BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD
November 2007
... primary care and increasing interest in subspecialties. [2-4] As medical science and technology have become more ... of influence mentors had on respondents, and Table 4 summarizes the respondents’ ranking of the different ... projects.” While 97.1% of student respondents and 86.4% of resident respondents were interested in a mentorship ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Janet Webb, BSc(Pharm), MSc,
January/February 2007
... clomipramine (12.5 deaths/million prescriptions; 95% CI 9.4–16.3). Among serotonergic antidepressants, the maximum ... causing seizures compared with TCAs is estimated to be 4.4 (95% CI 1.4–13.8). [10] The Poison Control Centre at ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Patty Daly, MD, FRCPC
June 2007
... All of the human H5N1 cases reported over the last 4 years in 12 countries have been acquired locally and most ... and appropriate use of personal protective equipment.[ 2 , 4-7 ] During the interpandemic period Physicians can ... care settings has not been shown to be of great benefit. [4] In fact, occupational and infection control experts ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
June 2006
... agreement, the compensation increases are for the first 4 years only. Negotiation and, if required, binding ... of the agreement. General compensation increase is 10.4% over 4 years (3%, 2%, 2%, and 3%). Particular increases will be ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kevin W. Johns, BSc
October 2006
... with control of hyperglycemia and hypertension. [4] The two main methods used to determine if a patient is ... an average AER of 55.7±18.2 mg/24 hours and an ACR of 4.46±1.28 mg/mmol—values well above the Canadian Diabetes ... in the study had an average hemoglobin A1c at entry of 7.4±1.2%. According to each patient’s most recent dipstick ...
News /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
January/February 2006
... take place the first Sunday of each month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Fire Hall #18, located at West 38th Ave. and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP
July/August 2006
... symptomatic hyperglycemia, and hypoglycemia. [1-4,6,9-23] All these things have been associated with lower ... = 2), moderate (score = 3), and severe disease (score = 4). A minimum score would be 6; that is, 1 (no disease) in ... someone could have a maximum score of 24; that is, 4 (severe disease) in each of the 6 morbidity categories (4 ...
Clinical Articles
December 2006
... having moderate and severe injuries. Mah and colleagues [4] found deficits in social perception after damage to the ...
Premise /
BY: Faith E. Hayman, LLB, BA, BEd
April 2006
... the IME report is not produced. In Parslow v. Masters , [4] the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench held that an ...
Editorials /
BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD
October 2006
... the government’s offer of a 10.5% fee increase over 4 years, and another 8% to go to targeted programs, I believe ... they were going to get. That is, a 10.5% fee increase over 4 years for all doctors. This is not the case, of course. All ...