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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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul C. Adams, MD March 2002
... disease may have been overestimated in previous studies. [ 4,5] If hemochromatosis is so common, why did this Vancouver ...
Letters / BY: Jim Henderson September 2002
... “Availability of electronic full text ( BCMJ 2002;44(4):181 ), you looked at 44 articles in the February issue ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2002
... with many rural areas remaining under-doctored. [4]  Typical retention rates for British Columbia’s rural ... In the November 1989 survey, 10% of rural physicians and 4% of urban physicians indicated that they would no longer be ... the July 1998 survey, 24.5% of rural physicians and only 4% of urban physicians were planning to move their practices ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Chris Whittington, MB BS, MBA, FCFP, FACRRM December 2002
... in Ireland and has been estimated as great as 1 in 64. [4-7]  The identification of the HFE gene in 1996 was a major ... accounts for 80% to 100% of those with clinical HHC. [2,4,5]  Among those of European ancestry (including both ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bogdan P. Radanov, MD July/August 2002
... or cognitive symptoms following mild whiplash trauma, [1-4]  a tissue damage cause, and a basis on which these ... on physical, neurological, and/or MRI examination. [1,4,7]  But these are not conclusive tests. For this reason ... who may demonstrate changes in emotional functioning. [4] In some previous studies in patients who suffered a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kathleen M.N. Lee, RDN April 2002
... United States guideline for the treatment of obesity. [ 4]  The guideline is written for the general practitioner as ...
Letters / BY: Allan C.P. Lam, MD October 2002
... the patients belong to Grade 2 or 3 except for one Grade 4 according to the Quebec Task Force Classification. For ...