BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Aleina Tweed, MSc
March 2005
... outbreaks and 18 human infections, including six deaths. [4] Although rapid destruction of the entire Hong Kong ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Linda M.N. Hoang, MSc, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC
September 2005
... LGV were known to cause proctitis (often severe) in MSM. [4,5] With the advent of the recent LGV outbreak in Europe, ...
Letters /
BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD
May 2005
... breeders is that conversion of feed to pig meat is about 4:1 and is significantly improved so that the extra cost of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Martha Lou Donnelly, MD, CCFP, FRCPC
November 2005
... and intrinsic neurobiological aspects of the disease. [4] Assessment tools In physicians’ offices or institutions, ... of behavioral problems in Alzheimer disease vary widely. [4,11] This undoubtedly “relates to the fact that there is ... and an underestimation of ‘deficit’ symptoms.” [4] In a population-based study of psychiatric phenomena in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: R. Kirk Poulos, MD
July/August 2005
... for elective nephrology consultation of 8 months (range 4 to 14 months). During the interval between specialty ... in a timely fashion and at his convenience. [4] By providing Mr J. with a clear and coordinated approach ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
April 2005
Dr Wilson’s recent editorial (BCMJ 2005;47[1]:4) covered extensively the relationship between doctors, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David A. Wood, MD, FRCPC
October 2005
... patients with diabetes were treated for hypertension. [4] The Diabetes Atherosclerosis Intervention Study of ... hemoglobin <5%, BP <130/80 mmHg, total cholesterol levels <4.5 mmol/L, and triglycerides <1.7 mmol/L. In addition, the ... <2.5 mmol/L and a total: HDL cholesterol ratio of <4.0, or apolipoprotein B <0.9 g/L. Measurement of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Pierre Leichner, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2005
... eating disorders, it has been used for smoking cessation, [4] nutrition counseling, [5] contraceptive use, [6] ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Laura MacDougall, MSc
June 2005
... with administration of supplemental oxygen (94% on 4 L O2). The patient developed a cough by his fourth day in ... 32 laboratory-confirmed cases were identified in Canada. [4] To date, cases have been restricted to the western ... has identified over 60% of reported cases (20/32). [4] This westerly case distribution parallels that observed ...