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Clinical Articles December 2006
Lishman [1]  was one of the first authors to note the association ... of 17% in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury 1 year postinjury. In their more recent work, they noted an ... in a wide variety of sleep disorders. Doses range from 1.5 to 24 mg. General treatment strategies Lee and colleagues ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janene Spring, RN, BScN, MSCN, March 2006
... disease progression, symptoms, and treatment options. Myth 1: MS always leads to disability All patients with MS ... rapid disability and death in a shortened period of time. [1]  Leaving aside patients with malignant MS, most MS ... or infection and for which no other cause can be found. [1]  Pseudo-relapses are common and may present as symptoms ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC June 2006
... been published documenting both acute inhalational injury [1]  and long-term decline in lung function [2]  in law ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP October 2006
... domestic wines in Canada have increased by more than 50%. [1]  British Columbia is a significant participant in this ... intermediate syndrome occurs, typically 24 to 96 hours (1 to 4 days) after exposure. This manifests as respiratory ... greater than 10% can produce unconsciousness in less than 1 minute and, failing rescue, death. [31,32] Dental erosions ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Diana Carter, MBBS March 2005
... and 17% at 35 to 36 weeks gestation (see the  Table ). [1,2]  The course of depression varies throughout pregnancy: ... than between 32 weeks gestation and 8 weeks postpartum. [1] Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder ... 8 weeks postpartum Evans et al. 9028 11.8 13.6 — — 8.1 Josefsson et al. 1158 — — 17 18 13 Pregnancy is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David B. Miller, MD, FRCPC June 2005
... in patients without a previous myocardial infarction. [1]  This conclusion was drawn by evaluating serious adverse ... overall health benefit in primary prevention trials.” [1]  Furthermore, because the total SAE rates are similar in ... adverse events are increased by statin therapy.” [1] Using the TI publication as an example, we will show how ...
News November 2005
... the CMA website:  www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/1368/la_id/1.htm  (through selecting “About CMA,” and “Awards ... Directorate, 1867 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa, ON K1G 3Y6, 1 800 663-7336 extension 2280 to obtain a nomination form. ... Inactive membership classification Effective 1 January 2006 all members who qualify for the Professionally ...
Editorials / BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD April 2005
... are unjustly denied a licence to practise here. Factoid #1: In each of the last 4 years, the College has licensed on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2005
... who aspire to work in rural and northern communities. [1,2] Not surprisingly, subspecialists inadvertently teach ... of our family physicians and 3% of our specialists. [1,4,5] The number and proportion of rural physicians practising appear to be declining. [1,4]  According to CMA data, the number of rural physicians ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ronald S. Manley, PhD, RPsych January/February 2005
... with a patient struggling with an eating disorder. [1]  The nature of an eating disorder is such that it lends a ...