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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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jiri Frohlich, MD, FRCPC December 2003
... Cardiac Outcomes Trial—Lipid Lowering Arm (ASCOT-LLA) [1]  and MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study in people with ... (average TC was 5.5 mmol/L, LDL-C 3.4 mmol/L and HDL-C 1.3 mmol/L) were assigned to either atorvastatin 10 mg or ... lower in the lipid lowering arm of the study (see  Figure 1 ): • Combined outcome of nonfatal myocardial infarction ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John H. Hay, MB July/August 2003
... as well as improved survival (OR = 0.85;  P  = 0.03). [1]  It is important to distinguish between the two major ... of patients with resectable rectal cancer showed that a 1-week course of preoperative treatment was at least as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Terry Curran, MD, FRCP March 2003
... manifest as delayed retirement and longer work hours.  1. Diworsification Diworsification  is a term that was ... that tried to expand by acquiring and acquiring. [1]  The end result was loss of focus and poor productivity. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gillian A. Willis, MPS October 2003
... used to treat chronic digoxin poisoning was 3 (range 1 to 8). Following both acute and acute-on-chronic ... ingestions, the median number of vials used was 7 (range 1 to 20 for acute and 1 to 22 for acute-on-chronic). The current cost of Digibind ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: M. Fyfe, MD, MSc May 2003
... for WNV should be in use by Canadian Blood Service by 1 July 2003. Transmission via placenta and breast milk have ... BCCDC Laboratory Services. • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): 1 cc to 2 cc should be collected in each of two tubes without ... and should contact Canadian Blood Services directly (phone 1 888 332-5663 local 2207; fax (604) 879-6352) if a case of ...
Editorials / BY: Jack Taunton, MD November 2003
... Sports Medicine Centre Editorials Sport medicine, Part 1: Training (Guest editorial) ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C.J.H. van de Velde, MD, PhD, FRCS, FRCPS September 2003
... is a serious problem in the treatment of rectal cancer. [1]  It causes severe disabling symptoms that are difficult ... is followed along the outer surface of the rectum ( Figure 1 ). This technique ensures a specimen with intact mesorectum ... who underwent a curative TME procedure: only one patient (1.6%) developed a local recurrence. [9] Since the ...