Letters /
BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD
March 2002
... of vaginal delivery of babies presenting by the breech. [ 1] His feelings are understandable, for few skills in the ...
Letters /
BY: Yolanda Butt, BSc, MA
May 2002
... Dr Malleson for her informative and practical article [1] addressing the lack of awareness and implementation of ... postcoital contraception methods [ BCMJ 2002;44(1):30-35 ] without explaining why they remain controversial. ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Agnes To, MD
November 2002
... Treatment of Depression for primary care physicians [1] and, in partnership with the Canadian Psychiatric ... article, “Treatment of depression in primary care—Part 1: Principles of acute treatment” and its companion ... in a simple, practical, and easy-to-use format. In Part 1, we deal with the principles of acute treatment, including ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Murray Allen, MD
July/August 2002
... the BC Whiplash Initiative, under the name Neck Talk , [1] and is based on the works in this edition of the BC ... classified in three types, by degree of the injury. Type 1: A mild case, which starts with a delay of symptoms by ... to work or other normal functions within a year. In type 1 whiplash, if full recovery is not prompt, then there may be ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mann Chandavimol, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2002
... and iatrogenic causes, both surgical and medical. [1] Causes of acute pericarditis in immunologically competent patients are shown in Table 1 . [2] Viral infection has been postulated as the most ... with recumbence and is relieved by leaning forward. [1] On occasion the pain may imitate the pain of acute ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
May 2002
... including herbal medicine and dietary supplements. [1] Because they are natural products—some with a long ... 50 mg once daily for 9 days, mometasone furoate ointment 0.1%, and diphenhydramine hydrochloride 25 mg as needed, ... The patient had taken the Isotonix OPC-3 previously for 1 year without any reaction, and she took Tension Tamer ...
Editorials /
BY: Raymond W. Lam, MD, FRCPC
October 2002
The numbers associated with depression are staggering: 1.4 million people in Canada afflicted at any given time; ... costs; 40 000 person-years lost from work and over $1 billion in economic costs; the second leading cause of ... projected to be the second leading cause by 2020. [1,2] The good news is that depression is a highly treatable ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Burton H. Goldstein, DMD, MS, FRCDC
June 2002
... muscles and the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). [1] The most common TMD (90% to 95% of cases) is ... considered a multifactorial biopsychosocial disorder. [1] Legal causation relates to the requirement to establish ... and jaw habit (clenching/bruxing) modification measures. [1] Dental orthotics (splint, bite plate, and so on) have no ...
Premise /
BY: William A. Falk, MD, FCFPC, FRCGP
December 2002
... answer is that most of us do not need it much in any 1 year, and that the present system should be replaced with ... manage their own relatively low medical expenses in any 1 year. Health care expenditures The 1950–1951 survey ... two-thirds spend under $200. Only a small proportion, 1.6%, spent $500 or more. To compare current figures with ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Carolyn A. Montgomery, MB
September 2002
... 15 500 per year in BC and 114 000 per year in Canada. [1] Of women surveyed in 1992, 43% of American women and 30% ... due to C. trachomatis: 2% to 3%; N. gonorrhoea: <1:500; bacterial vaginosis: 23%. (W.V.N., unpublished data ... [18] The prophylaxis group received metronidazole 1 g rectally plus doxycycline 100 mg b.i.d. for 10 days. The ...