BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Catherine Elliott, MD,
December 2010
... Burnaby, and Coquitlam, even though PM 2.5 reached only 17.6 ug/m3 ( Figure 2 ). Although the proportional increase ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David N. Landsberg, MD,
May 2010
... can be reliably distinguished by pancreas biopsy.[ 17 ] For patients with type 1 diabetes and end-stage renal ...
Clinical Articles
November 2010
... excellent long-term results in multiple studies at 17 to 30 years[ 10 - 14 ] and continues to be the gold ... cementless stem ( Figure 4 ) has grown in popularity[ 17 ] and is becoming commonly used worldwide. Achieving a ... than originally reported, and is experienced by 10% to 17% of patients with a ceramic-on-ceramic bearing surface.[ ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC
March 2010
... Prostate Brachytherapy Program has been responsible for 17 peer-reviewed papers and 34 abstracts, numerous oral ... the temporary urinary retention rate decreased from 17% in the first 2 years of the program to 6% in subsequent ... depend on the skills and experience of the surgeon.[ 16,17 ] The complications of greatest concern to patients are ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Margot Davis, MD,
September 2010
... age, the risk of CHD can be adequately assessed.[ 17 ] A more complicated model, the ETHRISK scoring ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP,
May 2010
... the use of higher doses and multiple courses of vaccine.[ 17 ] Alcoholic liver disease Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is ... rate of primary disease is also higher—at least 17%.[ 27 ] Primary biliary cirrhosis PBC is one of the most ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Daniel H. Williams, MSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth),
November 2010
... surgery. Arterial injury complicates between 0.03% and 0.17% of cases[ 15 ] and peroneal nerve injury has been ... age-matched population after the 70th postoperative day.[ 17 ] Mortality at 1 year following knee arthroplasty is ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM
April 2010
... trial done in the United States. The study was done at 17 VA medical centres and involved 523 patients. It was the ...
News
September 2010
... Program. The research was published in Cancer Cell 17(6)525-526. News Prostate cancer drug developed in BC ...
Editorials /
BY: Brian Day, MB
May 2010
... Canada. His plan is, in many ways, flawed. It will leave 17 million uninsured. It does not address the enormous cost ...