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Clinical Articles / BY: Kathryn Hornby, DMD, MLS, CertMinf July/August 2004
... practice of evidence-based medicine. A systematic review [2]  typically relies on defined criteria: • Has a specific ...
Letters / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD March 2004
... was nothing to lose by following the directions. After 2 weeks of diligent practice, the QWERTY keyboard was no ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Fung, MD, FRCPC November 2004
... group compared with the conventional therapy group (7.2% vs 9.1%, P<.001). The two target populations in the study ... the mean adjusted risk of microalbuminuria by 34% (95% CI, 2% – 56%) in the primary prevention cohort and by 43% (95% ... cardiovascular events in the intensively treated group (3.2 vs 5.4%, P = .08). At the end of the DCCT study, most ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Bigham, MD June 2004
... with a transient viremia, detectable within 1 to 2 days after being inoculated by an infected mosquito and ...
Editorials / BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD January/February 2004
... cannot be “medically necessary” if you can wait 2 years for that treatment. Then, they have the cheek to deny ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Edna Durbach, Ed.D October 2004
... simple and would be completed within the course of 2 or 3 months. The reality was much different. The task ... regarding the integrity and safety of the chart contents. 2. Develop a draft policy and procedure concerning ... to whom consent has been freely given by one of the above. 2. Check that the requested chart is not one of the ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2004
... who believe in a treatment perceive symptomatic benefit. 2. Indeed, volunteer bias (where motivated subjects tend to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W. Alan Dodd, MD, FRCPC December 2004
... of picking infants up underneath the arms ( Figure 2 ). Scabies in families with fastidious hygiene Individuals ... it is not recommended for use in infants younger than 2 months. During early infancy, as during pregnancy and ... The relief of pruritus and secondary eczema may take 2 to 4 weeks. Frequently, the persistence of pruritus ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC July/August 2004
... distance,” a distance education theory, [2]  describes the communications gap between the instructor ... the instructor and the learner during their interactions. [2]  The balance between “program structure” and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marie D. Hay, MD, DCH, DRCOG, FRCPC, MRCP(UK) April 2004
... applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier.” [2] Sexual exploitation takes three primary forms: ...