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Obituaries / BY: Mark Schonfeld, MD, January/February 2010
... establishing the Dr Donald Rix Leadership Award. The last 2 years were difficult for Don and his family; he lost his ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP, May 2010
... of tacrolimus as an alternative to cyclosporine[ 2 ] and the introduction of other immunosuppressive agents, ... mean longer waiting times for very ill patients ( Figure 2 ). In recent years the rate of death on the wait list has ... natural logarithm: (3.8[Ln serum bilirubin (mg/dL)] + 11.2[Ln INR] + 9.6[Ln serum creatinine (mg/dL)] + 6.4).  High ...
News September 2010
... on how to proceed. Specialists then return calls within 2 hours and provide practical advice to callers on treatment ...
News March 2010
... and access to further diagnostic investigation. About 7.2% of women participating in routine screening mammography ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2010
... programs varies, the time to produce a PA is typically 2 years—less than that of nurse practitioners, and the PA ... management and clinical prevention.  A recent study[ 2 ] addressed the concern that adding a PA to physician’s ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert McCormack, MD, FRCSC, November 2010
... weight distribution of the remaining articular cartilage.[ 2 ]  On the one hand, if there is an unstable meniscal ... osteoarthritis. The success rates ranged from 40% to 75%.[ 2 ]  As might be expected, the benefits of simple lavage ... the criticisms of the Moseley trial.  Interestingly, at 2 years follow-up, the WOMAC scores were not statistically ...
Editorials / BY: Bassam A. Masri, MD, FRCSC November 2010
... Guest editorial: Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee, Part 2: Surgical interventions ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sue L. Pollock, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2010
... animal-assisted therapy), increased physical activity,[ 2 ] and protection of owners from harm. The risks are ...
Obituaries / BY: M. Graham Clay, MD, April 2010
... Jubilee. He completed his general surgical training with 2 years at the University of Iowa. General surgery specialty ... committee to an agreement that increased fees by 39.99% (a 2-year settlement), the highest settlement ever obtained in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margot Davis, MD, September 2010
... hypertension, and the presence of ECG criteria for LVH.[ 2 ]  In fact, it was this paper that introduced the term ... to assess disease risk for men ( Table 1  and  Table 2 ) and for women ( Table 3  and  Table 4 ).  The ... lower lifetime risks of cardiovascular disease (5.2% versus 68.9% in men and 8.2% versus 50.2% in women).  In ...