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Premise / BY: Benedikt Fischer, PhD, April 2008
... (e.g., injection drug use) over the past 20 years.[ 1 , 2 ] SCS’s main aims are to reduce mortality and morbidity ... order problems associated with street drug use.[ 1 , 2 , 9 , 10 ]  As such, SCS represent a valuable piece in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Navid Dehghani, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... diet should be advanced slowly in terms of food textures.[ 2 ] We look forward to continuing to educate the public about ... thin, sharp objects, such as metallic stickers ( Table 2 ). On rare occasions, these objects can be­come lodged ... in retrieving the aspirated object (see  Figure 2 ). For affected children, care at a tertiary centre with a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan A. Hoag, BSc, October 2008
... • The benefits of screening outweigh the harms.[ 2 ]  In evaluating a population screening program, the ... screening, with sensitivities of 72.1% for PSA and 53.2% for DRE.[ 4 ] Used in combination, PSA and DRE remain the ... best available tools, with an estimated sensitivity of 87.2%.  In comparison, breast cancer screening with mammography ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC January/February 2008
... of infants with early congenital syphilis (onset less than 2 years of age) may be asymptomatic. Signs include snuffles ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nabil Al Lawati, MD, MRCP, April 2008
... leading cause of death in the world[ 1 ] and in Canada.[ 2 ] The prevalence of COPD in Canada has been on the rise in ... sexes, with a more significant rise in prevalence in men.[ 2 ] Acute exacerbations of chronic ob­structive pulmonary ... the seventh most common cause of hospitalization for men (2.3%) and the eighth for women (2.0%), excluding childbirth, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Catherine L. Weber, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... before they reach the point where they require dialysis.[ 2 ] In addition, a significant proportion of patients have ... of these abnormalities can be diagnosed with Stage 1 or 2 CKD. This common misconception has led to unnecessary ... Pacific Islands, Afri­can, and Asian descent ( Table 2 ).  In general, these high-risk groups should be screened ...
Index December 2008
... management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease* 2:90; Clinical physiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease* 2:97  Albersheim S: Management of the newborn delivered at ... consensus (op) 1:10; Members spoke—and we heard you (op) 2:59; In defence of democracy (pcp) 2:61; Decisions are made ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rob Gair, BSc (Pharm), March 2008
... vigor” ( Figure 1 ). His blood lead level was 5.2 µmol/L (threshold for action: 1.90 µmol/L).[ 6 ]   Heavy ... powder purchased at a temple in India  ( Figure 2 ).  The pa­tient’s symptoms improved during a 19-day ...
Letters / BY: H. Davis, MD, June 2008
... references in the literature with, among others, Jennett.[ 2 ]  An editorial in the British Journal of Psychiatry[ 3 ] ...
Clinical Articles September 2008
... integrated into the medical curriculum during the first 2 years of study, and in the new distributed education model ... gross anatomy sessions begin with a lecture followed by a 2- to 3- hour laboratory. Each laboratory begins with a ... has been integrated into various blocks of the first 2 years of the medical and dental programs. Histology ...