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Clinical Articles / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC June 2000
... Clinical Faculty Association was formed in March 1998.[ 5 ] Clinical faculty have a plethora of role models with ...
Editorials / BY: G.I. McGregor, MD, FRCSC, FACS April 2000
... of the major predictors of outcome, and although overall 5-year survival is about 70%, it varies from 90% for Dukes’ ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Shayesta Dhalla, MD September 2000
... of the abdomen was normal. A 24-hour urine analysis for 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) was elevated at 116 µmol (normal range is 10 to 40 ... lower lobe of the lung. This was associated with elevated 5-HIAA levels and carcinoid syndrome. Her 5-HIAA levels ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leila Srour, MD January/February 2000
... survey of long-term care facilities in 1991 found that 78.5% of residents were vaccinated with influenza vaccine and ... activity in health-care facilities and schools across BC.[ 5 ] All parties report to the BC Centre for Disease Control ... in institutions that reported no amantadine use (RR 5.95; CI 2.52<;RR<;14.02 and RR 1.50; CI 1.25<;RR<;1.79, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC June 2000
... the growth of telemedicine over the next several years.[ 5-8 ] Whereas currently, rural physicians often operate ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David J. Klaassen, MD, FRCPC May 2000
... up the two patients who are salvaged from recurrence for 5 years? Only one of the purposes of follow-up is related to ... intense to routine or no follow-up have been published.[ 4,5,18-20 ] Two meta-analyses have been done.[ 6 , 21 ]  Table ... antigen (CEA) determinations had a 9% better 5-year survival. No other tests were found to be useful. The ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Saw, MD, FRCPC October 2000
... incidence of dilated cardiomyopathy has been reported as 5 to 8 cases per 100,000 population per year,[ 4 ] but the ... of myocarditis as the direct cause is not known.[ 5 ] This is partially due to difficulty in diagnosing ... have been published.[ 8-11 ] Antiarrhythmic agents[ 5 ] and anticoagulation[ 12 ] therapy may be required. ...
Editorials / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC January/February 2000
... six Canadians is infected with influenza, resulting in 1.5 million work days lost and 50,000 hospitalizations. More ... experts agree that we are due for another within the next 5 to 10 years. When six deaths occurred in Hong Kong in 1997 ... advance. Peak morbidity in North America is expected about 5 to 7 months following the emergence of the pandemic strain ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martin Zelder, PhD June 2000
... coinsurance rates—0% to 95%—and their deductibles—5%, 10%, or 15% of family income, up to a maximum of $1000 ... figures are in $US). The families were followed for 3 to 5 years in order to understand how assignment to different ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amil Shah, MDCM, FRCPC, FACP May 2000
... of life. Thymidylate synthase inhibitors Until recently, 5-fluorouracil (5FU) was the only drug with any track record ... of administration of 5FU is by a rapid bolus injection for 5 consecutive days every 4 weeks (Mayo regimen),[ 3 ] but ... survival benefits are inconsistent from study to study.[ 5 ]  A variation on this theme is hepatic arterial perfusion ...