Premise /
BY: William A. Falk, MD, FCFPC, FRCGP
December 2002
... were published in a series of compilations over the next 5 years, prepared jointly by the Dominion Bureau of ... males reported 21.1 days of disability, compared with 14.5 days for females. Males in the low-income group required ... 224 517 141 908 764 7 965 276 920 Percent 1.8 4.3 2.2 55.5 25.1 7.1 2.7 1.8 100.5 Premise Who needs medicare? ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Roey M. Malleson, MBBS, DFFP, MHSC
January/February 2002
... family planning. A copper-bearing IUD may be offered 5 days after unprotected intercourse at any time during the ... intercourse followed by a second dose 12 hours later. [ 5] The two options are: • Combined estrogen/progestin ... pills providing 0.1 mg of ethinyl estradiol and 0.5 mg of levonorgestrel in each of two doses separated by 12 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bogdan P. Radanov, MD
July/August 2002
... whiplash trauma can lead to any physical brain damage. [5,6] Patients who purport to have suffered mild traumatic ... were found bilaterally in the parieto-occipital regions. [5,6] This was initially presumed to be evidence of brain ... consciousness including post-traumatic amnesia less than 5 minutes) demonstrated perfusion deficits in frontal brain ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
May 2002
... maculopapular eruption, [4] acute urticaria, [5] exanthematous eruption, [6] and hypersensitivity ...
Letters /
BY: Allan C.P. Lam, MD
October 2002
... of articles you have on the subject of whiplash [2002;44(5):236-263 and 2002;44(6):296-321]. It is quite apparent that ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Helena H. Ho, MD, FRCPC
June 2001
... The prevalence has increased over the years from 4 to 5 per 10,000 to 1 in 500. [3,4] These markedly increased ... mental retardation, or social anxiety disorder. [5] It is estimated that a family physician may have several ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: R.C. Offer, MD, FRCPC, FACR
October 2001
... averaging 0.6% before and after menopause. For the first 5 to 10 years after menopause, however, bone loss is ... should be initiated at menopause and continued lifelong. [ 5] Elderly women who start estrogen soon after menopause ... earlier. For example, estrogen use for the first 5 years after menopause will alleviate menopausal symptoms, ...
Letters /
BY: Sterling Haynes, MD
April 2001
... three recent BCMJ items on this subject, see 2000;42(5):224, 2000;42(10):466, and 2001;43(2):94. —Ed Letters ...
Premise /
BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD
July / August 2001
... variants in the amount of resources consumed by patients. [5] Case-mix adjustment Because of the inadequacy of ... MSP uses 3-digit ICD codes versus more precise 4- and 5-digit ICD-9 CM codes), and the limited attention that has ... to age and gender categories, the ACGs have approximately 5 times the explanatory power in explaining resource use.[ 5 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Doris J. Doudet, PhD
April 2001
... more caudal putamen most severely affected Figure 1 .[ 5 ] Most often, Parkinson-plus syndromes such as multiple ... to treatment. Both our group and that of Leenders[ 5 ] have found evidence for reduced FDOPA in fluctuators but ...