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Clinical Articles / BY: Nancy Craven, MD, CCFP July/August 2005
... from the US and Australia report similar findings. [2,3] Several chronic disease management projects under way in ... in patients with early diabetic nephropathy [6]  ( Figure 2 ). The use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) ... Monitor and treat lipid abnormalities with a target LDL <2.5 mmol/L and a target TC/HDL <4.0). • Immunize all ...
Letters / BY: Ken Bassett, MD, PhD December 2005
... #48, “Do statins have a role in primary prevention?” [2] However, Drs Miller and Humphries misrepresent a number of ... can be tested through full disclosure of RCT findings. 2. We did not state that total SAEs are the most ... nonfatal myocardial infarction and nonfatal stroke. [2]  No explanation has been provided for the lack of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martin Pusic, MD June 2004
... choose antibiotics for bacteremia or meningitis. [2]  The clinicians would enter a series of facts about ... of blood from a patient. The result, a low potassium of 2.9 mmol/L, is entered into the laboratory information ... logic module (MLM) would extract the fact “potassium is 2.9” and search out rules applicable to this fact, one of ...
Letters / BY: Miguel Imperial, MD December 2004
... examined the workloads of family physicians in Winnipeg. [2]  Although they found that the rates of family ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paula Braitstein, MA, MSc January/February 2004
... transplants are summarized in  Table 1 , while  Table 2  describes patient and graft survival in a large cohort of ... the risk of transmission of HIV is low (0.3%, 95% CI: 0.2% – 0.5%), and is substantially lower than the risk of ... (83%) N = 13 (68%) All 4 deaths in study among coinfected; 2 with HCV Rx and 2 without 19/19 Recurrent HCV at 15 months; ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Howard Feldman, MD, FRCPC September 2004
... associated with a significant reduction in dementia risk. [2]  The goal of preventing and reducing the effects of both ... bodies  Mixed  Unclassifiable  Other Percentage (%) 47.2 8.7 5.4 2.5 33.8 1.8 0.6 Source: Adapted from Feldman H, Levy AR, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC April 2004
... Perinatal colonization can persist for up to 6 months. [2]  Gonococcal (GC) infection beyond the newborn period is ... found in sexual abuse victims, with a prevalence of 2% to 5% [1]  and concurrent chlamydia infection is common. [4]  The incubation period is usually 2 to 7 days. [4]  In prepubertal girls, the lack of ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD November 2004
... the clinics assigned to residents/fellows allowed 11/2 hours for a new patient and 45 minutes for a follow-up. At ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC July/August 2004
... makes e-health attractive to many health professionals. [2] Effective ICT-enabled decision support strategies manifest ... systems as aids to physicians in their practice. In Part 2, we examine how the World Wide Web can help physicians ... Embedding technologies into health practices, Part 2: Decision support on demand—e-health’s killer-app? ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean Hlady, MD, FRCPC March 2004
... seminar or publishing it in a reputable journal. [2]   • If you don’t know the answer to a question, ...