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Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel Lin, BSc May 2003
... depressive disorders in primary care remain undetected. [1] Recognizing the complexity of completing a comprehensive ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... previously reported 1996 rectal cancer outcomes in BC. [1]  We found that survival and recurrence rates were ... rates for stage 2 and stage 3 rectal cancers ( Table 1 ). Preoperative chemoradiation was recommended for fixed ... disease-specific survival was dependent on stage ( Figure 1 ). Stage 1 cancer had a 91% survival (n = 134) and in situ ...
Letters / BY: George E. Price, MD March 2003
In his essay on “ Learning and Teaching Medicine ” [1]  Dr Sutter succinctly presented guidelines for learning ...
Clinical Articles / BY: M. Koehle, MD December 2003
... coughing, and dyspnea that is triggered by exercise.” [1]  Up to 90% of chronic asthma patients can experience ... exercise-induced asthma symptoms. These symptoms may last 1 to 2 hours following the cessation of exercise. High ... documentation of the patient’s condition. [7]   Table 1  lists restricted medications. The most common ...
Letters / BY: Tom Pickles, MD, FRCPC June 2003
... practice. Both are equally effective forms of castration. [1]  Over 90% of men with metastatic prostate cancer will ... vomiting, and diarrhea are more frequent with LHRHa (5% v ~1%). Withdrawal from LHRHa occurs in 0% to 8.3% depending on ... of patients were well satisfied with their decision—only 1% of patients felt they had made the wrong decision. A ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hiram Mok, MA, MB BCh, BAO, FRCPC March 2003
... care needs of different ethno-cultural groups. Reitz [1]  concluded that “recent immigrant groups experience low ... 7.5% in 1990 to 9% in 1993 and 12.3% in 1999. [4]  Reitz [1]  advocated improvements in the awareness of service ... of the patients in this study is provided in  Table 1  and the cultural characteristics of the patients are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brian McGowan, MD October 2003
... required or staffed, which translates into more than $1 million potential cost savings. Analysis A 3-month ... used 10 288 hospital days (average length of stay: 10.1 days) whereas the family physician patients used 11 118 ... change in patient flow throughout the hospital within 1 year of the program start, with discharges occurring evenly ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Terence W. Anderson BM, BCh, FRCPC, PhD May 2003
... a female is around 9 years (Canada 9.3; England 8.4; US 9.1). Two experienced doctors have given their opinion on ... life expectancy: one has suggested 4.2 years; the other 1.8 years. Each estimate was based on a different follow-up ... from a Canadian study as early as 1961 through to 1983. [1] The first detailed table was published in 1995, when ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... to 5% in prospective national Dutch and Swedish trials. [1,2] From our review of clinical outcomes of rectal cancer ... a problem of high local recurrence rates ( Table 1 ). Local recurrence rates at 4 years in BC are much higher ... Dutch trial of preoperative radiation and TME surgery. [1]  We have analyzed potential causes for this high local ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD March 2003
... without diabetes who has already had a documented MI. [1]  Up to 80% of people with diabetes will die from a ... as the pharmacological treatment of type 2 diabetes.” [1] According to Berger, physicians providing insulin to ...