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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... (8.1 per 100000 people), was above the national average (7.3) and far higher than in countries with the safest roads ... decisions should be based on the best available evidence.[ 7 , 8 ] The Vancouver Sun recently published an editorial ... and 0.08% increase from 3 days for a first violation to 7 and 30 days on second and subsequent infractions.  Driving ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD September 2012
... His flight medical was current; his last ECG was dated 7 January 2003. The aircraft journey log recorded 2132.76 ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ronette Haboosheh, MSc, RAUD, RHIP, May 2012
... produce permanent sensorineural hearing impairment.[ 6 , 7 ] Progressive hearing loss is not expected with this type ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS January/February 2012
... has been as low as 3.3 in 2002.[ 1 ] The United States has 7.1 general surgeons per 100 000 people, which is much closer ... needed to ensure access to timely high-quality care, 7.53.[ 2 ] Many recent articles predict a critical shortage ... months (95% CI, 2.8–3.9) to 4.5 months (95% CI, 4.2–4.7), bowel resection wait time increased 77% from 1.3 months ...
Letters / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC January/February 2012
... 3 ] The HIM study reported a hypogonadism prevalence of 38.7% in men over age 45. The age range was 45 to 96 with a mean ... 8 a.m. In fact, the accepted time for measurement is from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.,[ 8 ] although any time prior to 10 a.m. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Forbes, MD, September 2012
... to permit return to activity immediately after surgery,[ 7 ] and has increasingly led to early mobilization of ... 6.2 weeks and patients actually took an average of 7.0 weeks off.[ 12 ] Research has also found that those with ... rates. The median time off work in this study was 7 days (extended to 14 days for patients in the most ...
MDs To Be / BY: Annika Klopp, BSc, April 2012
... care providers to patients from diverse backgrounds.”[ 7 ] How­ever, we may not be aware of its limitations. For ... through the filter of [their] cultural upbringing.”[ 7 ]  Privileging of biomedical culture in our curricula and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alan T. Bates, MD, PhD November 2012
... the use of ephedra as a decongestant for a maximum of 7 days, she had been trying to build physical endurance by ... million US adults used ephedra between 1996 and 1998.[ 7 ] Along with adverse events such as arrhythmia and stroke, ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, June 2012
... intelligence and delayed recall in children with T1D.[ 6 , 7 ]  In these same children, increased expo­sure to ... verbal intelligence and slows mental efficien­cy.[ 7 ] Hyperglycemia, not hypoglycemia, is “associated with ... Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes recommends < 7.5% for all age groups.[ 11 , 14 ] In all cases, children ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD March 2012
... length. In brief, the protocol involves starting T3 at 7.5 µg every 12 hours and increasing by 7.5 µg daily until temperature reaches 37 °C. Sometimes ... once these high doses are used, the dose is tapered by 7.5 µg every 2 days down to nothing, then the cycle ...