Letters /
BY: Peter Rees, PhD, FRCPC
October 2002
... whiplash are not those of brain injury, but depression. [3,4] Brain injury without head contact has been demonstrated ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Charles S.B. Galasko, ChM, FRCS
June 2002
... whiplash injuries cost Europe €10 billion per annum ($13.4 billion). [1] We have previously shown that the incidence ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Samuel H. Krikler, MB, ChB, FRCPC
March 2002
... arthropathy) and mortality (hepatocellular carcinoma). [ 4,5] Iron overload disorders resembling HHC but which are ... mutations Lost to follow-up 1905 108 35 23 16 6 10 10 3 4 Objective: To measure the prevalence of iron overload in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Carolyn A. Montgomery, MB
September 2002
... infertility after three or more episodes of PID. [4] The risk of ectopic pregnancy is increased eight- to ... women with cervical N. gonorrhoea go on to develop PID. [4] However, declining rates of N. gonorrhoea in Canada ... infections are related to significant tubal damage. [4] The role of bacterial vaginosis Bacterial vaginosis is ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mark Bigham, MD
May 2002
... 75% above the average historic (1990–2000) rate of 0.4 per 100 000 ( Figure 4 ). Fourteen of 28 (50%) serogroup C cases were in the age ... to a rate of 1.7 per 100 000 for this age group—2.4 times higher than the overall population rate. The primary ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Marcos Gobrial, MD, CCFP
December 2002
... not only in British Columbia, but in all of Canada. [4,5] In the provincial health officer’s annual report for ... laboratory blood test—should be measured every 3 to 4 months in all patients taking insulin and at least every 6 ... diabetes teaching centres ( Table 3 and Table 4 ) that provide education and support to people with ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: William J. Koch, PhD
July/August 2002
... event that threatens their life or physical well-being. [4] Symptoms include: • Involuntary intrusive thoughts. ... 25% and 39% meet criteria for PTSD during the first 4 months post-collision, rapid remission is the rule. Thus, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Andrew R. Woolfenden, MD, FRCPC
April 2002
... has AF, and the prevalence increases to 10% by age 85. [ 4] Overall, AF increases the risk of stroke fivefold compared to those without AF. [ 4] When associated with AF, other stroke risk factors (such ... or uncontrolled (RR 1.6) • Increasing age (RR 1.4 for each decade) • Diabetes (RR 1.7) Angina, prior ...
Letters /
BY: Michael Livingston, MD
October 2002
... patients in the UK major journals for the next 30 years. [4] Normally a new syndrome described on one side of the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: James R. Taylor, MD, PhD
June 2002
... disorders (WAD) according to their severity [4] (see the Table in the article "Incidence of ... were often multilevel and were most frequent at C3-4 and C4-5. Both rim lesions and avulsions were seen at the ...