Clinical Articles /
BY: William J. Koch, PhD
July/August 2002
... with conditional prevalence of 12% and 11% respectively. [5] PTSD criteria were met at 3 months post-admission to ... throat, cardiovascular, and pulmonary symptoms. [11] In a 5-year follow-up study of 1007 young adult patients of a ... of PTSD. [29,30] Even physical health problems 5 years post-collision could predict the absence of PTSD ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Patricia Clugston, MD, FRCSC, FACS
April 2002
... (1998) make no reference to breast reconstruction. [ 3-5] In order for women to make an informed choice, the option ... own tissue. Perception of patient satisfaction Only 5% of surgeons believed that their patients were not ... Other (complications, logistics) 45% 27% 25% 22% 22% 17% 5% 73% Table 2. Factors affecting a surgeon’s decision to ...
Letters /
BY: Peter Rees, PhD, FRCPC
October 2002
... a solid object, yet the brain is irreversibly damaged. [5] Non-contact forces acting on the brain are very ... injury to occur—that threshold is about 100 g or more, [5] depending on how long the force is applied. In a series ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Gunter P. Siegmund, PhD, PEng
June 2002
... with both an increased risk of whiplash injury [1-5] and a higher frequency of multiple symptoms [6] ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Carolyn A. Montgomery, MB
September 2002
... PID as compared to women who have never had the disease. [5] Evidence is increasing that acute PID with abdominal ... produce lactic acid, which maintains a low pH (<4.5) and inhibits the growth of most other vaginal bacteria. In ... to 0.4% to 1.0% with doxycycline or azithromycin and to 0.5% with metronidazole plus azithromycin. Unfortunately, the ...
Editorials /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
May 2002
... (UBC Medicine 1965) died quietly, early in the morning of 5 March 2002. —ED Editorials Give your head a shake ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Chris Whittington, MB BS, MBA, FCFP, FACRRM
December 2002
... accounts for 80% to 100% of those with clinical HHC. [2,4,5] Among those of European ancestry (including both ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Murray Allen, MD
July/August 2002
... as far as it will go in each direction, and hold for about 5 seconds. Then move it in the opposite direction as far as it will go and hold for another 5 seconds. • Repeat each exercise about five times for each direction (except #5 which can be done up to 100 times). • Expect some ...
Letters /
BY: G. Henderson, MB
April 2002
... visit to the emergency room, and I ended my day at around 5:50 p.m. after making a number of phone calls on behalf of ... There I show up at 1:00 p.m. and I leave shortly after 5:00 p.m. I do not have to make any phone calls, I do not ...