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Premise / BY: Stuart Kreisman, MD October 2011
... of exposure to secondhand smoke can be considered safe.[ 1 ]  Certain individuals are at increased risk, including ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Malcolm McLean, MD, December 2011
... (adaptation) from sudden loss of one eye is typical­ly 1 year or less. Those who experience sudden loss of vision in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan W. Brunner, MD, FRCPC March 2011
... to be approximately 2.9 cases per 100000 patient years.[ 1 ] Dissection occurs most commonly in patients aged 60 to ... layers: the intima, the media, and the adventitia ( Figure 1 ).[ 4 ] Classic aortic dissection occurs when a tear in the ... dissection found in the IRAD registry are shown in  Table 1 . Staging   Several different staging systems have been ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Doson Chua, PharmD, BCPS(AQ), June 2011
... are the ALLHAT, the CAPPP trial, and the UKPDS.[ 1-3 ]  The ALLHAT compared lisinopril with conventional ... in all-cause mortality and morbidity. Landmark trials (CCS-1, GISSI-3, and SMILE) all uniformly demonstrated a mortality ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Brian F. Russell, MD, September 2011
... homeostasis and bone metabolism has long been recognized.[ 1 ] However, mounting evidence suggests that vitamin D may ... resulting in the hormonally active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3), which is responsible for most if not all of the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, November 2011
... www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_38931816104&ap=1 This article has been peer reviewed.   MDs To Be Shelley ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: S. Michele Dalgarno, MD, March 2011
... Over 4 weeks should be considered in the danger zone. By 1 month, many pa­tients begin to develop a disability ... return to work in a few days and recover completely in 1 month; pain­ful flares will occur, but pain, in and of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin Farrell, MBChB, July/August 2011
... occur in 3% to 5% of children in North America and Europe[ 1,2 ] and in up to 14% of children of Asian origin.[ 3 ] In ... than 18 months.  Bacterial meningitis has been found in 1.8% to 5.4% of children presenting with a febrile seizure.[ ... EEG performed during the wake and sleep states within 1 week of a complex febrile seizure was normal in all 33 ...
Letters / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC October 2011
... the scientific validity of these guidelines last spring.[ 1 ] These guidelines are also consistent with recent guidance ...
Letters / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP December 2011
... there is less reporting of pain by the patient and staff[ 1 ] and less use of analgesics.[ 2 , 3 ]  Dr Chan notes that ...