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Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2003
... will be fired. I submit the following proposal: 1. Patients awaiting elective consultation with a specialist ... be urgent shall receive investigation and treatment within 1 week of being referred to the institution. 4. Patients with ... will receive all investigations and treatments within 1 month of referral. 5. Patients with non-urgent or chronic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: N. Miller, BSc/BPHE November 2003
... high injury rates. For example, Macera and colleagues [1]  reported that 24% to 65% of runners can expect to ... lower limb and pelvis is very high. Kangoo Jumps ( Figure 1 ) are an example of new technology using a cantilever ... (designated NG; n = 13; age 28.8 ± 4.7 years; weight 75.1 ± 25.2 kg). Both groups completed the same training ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stuart Johnston, MD May 2003
... care from physicians not living in their rural community. [1] Provincial governments across Canada are reorganizing ... - 1430 20 Feb 02 VHF-SC Discussion of patient problems 2 1 4 1330 -1420 4 Mar 02 VHF-SC Readiness telehealth 3 1 n/a 0850 - 0915 11 Mar 02 VHF-SC Diabetes in pregnancy 1 1 ...
Editorials / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... in BC. Our overall local recurrence rates are about 16%, [1]  compared to 4% to 8% in trials using preoperative ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc April 2003
... becomes legally reportable in British Columbia on 1 May 2003, there will be important implications for health ... pregnancy) and returning for the result in person. [1] Plan the result visit so that there is minimal delay ...
Letters / BY: Caroline Penn, MD December 2003
... with efficacy rates near 100% in healthy individuals. [1,2] Unfortunately, lab tests for hepatitis may be confusing ... it is relatively benign, there is a mortality rate of 1% to 2% overall and a high rate of mortality (20%) in ...
Editorials / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD July/August 2003
... in BC. Our overall local recurrence rates are about 16%, [1]  compared to 4% to 8% in trials using preoperative ...
Letters / BY: Robert Grist, MD January/February 2002
... of heart attack, with a median age of occurrence of 74.[1] She is four times more likely to die of one than a male ... observational study. What I found there, in Table 1 of the study, was the non-users of (mostly) Premarin and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bogdan P. Radanov, MD July/August 2002
... acceleration-deceleration mechanism of injury (whiplash). [1]  Patients may present without a history of significant ... or cognitive symptoms following mild whiplash trauma, [1-4]  a tissue damage cause, and a basis on which these ... on physical, neurological, and/or MRI examination. [1,4,7]  But these are not conclusive tests. For this reason ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jiri Frohlich, MD, FRCPC May 2002
... will be newly diagnosed with diabetes over the next year. [1]  The sedentary lifestyle of wealthy populations appears ... namely coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke.  Figure 1  shows the data from the National Health and Nutrition ... to develop CHD, but they also have higher mortality (1.5-fold) and morbidity following acute events and a high ...