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Clinical Articles October 2004
... data on HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). [2-4]  Other studies have used focus groups to assess the ... physicians surveyed routinely obtained sexual histories. [2] A person with an existing, untreated STI is more ... were “not at all important” for HIV counseling (7.2%) or STI counseling (4.6%; P<.001). Comments about the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH May 2004
... and now 50% of cases of new syphilis occur in MSM. [2]  The majority of cases of IS in MSM have occurred in ... remains penicillin G benzathine (trade name Bicillin) 2.4 million units i.m. [11]  Doxycycline 100 mg p.o. b.i.d. ... an alternate in penicillin-allergic patients. Azithromycin 2 gm p.o. stat. can be used in special instances, but there ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC January/February 2004
... that are associated with an increase in NPs ( Table 2 ). [1]  The final common pathway in the vast majority of ... ultimately lead to myocardial apoptosis and fibrosis.  [2,3]  In contrast, activation of the NP system can play an ... overload CNP Endothelium Endothelial stress  Table 2. Diseases associated with increased natriuretic peptide ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC July/August 2004
... screening completion, and therapy initiation. [2]  The concerns with standard contact investigation are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joan Fujiwara, MD April 2004
... court can accept this defence if the accused is less than 2 years older than the victim and is not yet 16 years of age. ... of a young person, anal intercourse, and incest . [2] Medical personnel who deal with adolescent sexual assault ... Arrangements may be made for a repeat pregnancy test in 2 weeks and follow-up STD tests if necessary. [9] At the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc November 2004
... jurisdictions that have similar tracking capability. [1,2]  The overall rate of antibiotic use among outpatients in ... among a number of bacterial species in BC ( Figure 2 ) and among pneumococci nationally. [4]  Macrolide ...
Editorials / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC June 2004
... telehealth are unmistakably benefiting the health domain. [2] With the emerging importance of telehealth in our Canadian ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Jarchow, MSW March 2004
... be 31% and childhood sexual abuse of females to be 12.8%. [2]  By comparison, the estimated prevalence rate of ... • 0.9 FTE nurse  • 1 FTE psychologist   • 0.2 FTE pyschiatrist  • 2 FTE clerical • Inpatient and outpatient services • ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC October 2004
... not appear to be supported by the existing literature. [2] Mercury exposure to the general population comes primarily ... ppb (1.5 nmol/L) in children aged 1 to 5 and a mean of 1.2 ppb (6 nmol/L) in women aged 16 to 49. The 90th percentiles were 1.4 ppb (7 nmol/L) and 6.2 ppb (31 nmol/L) respectively. [4]  We lack comparable ...
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 ...