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Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... been identified in both overweight and obese pa­tients,[ 7 ] and achieving blood-pressure control is known to be more ... a low-sodium diet reduced systolic blood pressure by 22.7 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 9.1 mm Hg.[ 11 ] ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Monika Hudoba, MD, FRCPC June 2012
... •    Exclusion of other causes of Thrombocytopenia.[ 7 ]  Laboratory diagnosis requires dem­onstration of ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Kukuh Noertjojo, MD, January/February 2012
... by future studies to determine their applicability.[ 5-7 ] Outcome measures should be routinely assessed in C-LBP ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2012
... 3 of the program HPV coverage was 68.2% for grade 6 and 61.7% for grade 9.  A survey of parents of grade 6 girls in the ... seizures, syncope, allergic reactions, and anaphylaxis.[ 7 ] Non-statistically significant increases of venous ... and are a well-known risk associated with these drugs.[ 7 , 8 ]  Results of studies showing lack of association with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew J. Juren, MD, May 2012
... however, smoking re­duction does not show this benefit.[ 7 , 8 ]  Smoking cessation is so beneficial to health that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sol Gregory, MD, November 2012
... mortality related to over-resuscitation with fluids.[ 5-7 ] Complications such as acute respiratory distress ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tasleem Rajan, MD, January/February 2012
... the treatment of hyperkale­mia in hospitalized patients.[ 7 ] They found that during the observational phase of the ... hyperkalemia was defined as serum potassium greater than 4.7 mmol/L. Data collection All cases of hyperkalemia that ... overall cost incurred per hyperkalemia case decreased to $7.80, also achieving the absolute target reduction of 10%. ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2012
... job could be done by others—including naturopaths.[ 7 ] Introducing alternative therapies onto the primary care ...
News / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD March 2012
By Dr Eric J. Paet­kau. 2011. ISBN 978-1-55017-554-7. Paperback: 223 pages. $19.95. This is an autobiographical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nadia A. Khan, MSc, MD October 2012
... was found for DBP in placebo-treated patients.[ 7 ]  Furthermore, in a trial of lipid-lowering therapy in ... about 55 mm Hg did not increase cardiovascular mortality.[ 7 ]  Hypertension and diabetes mellitus The combination of ... standard treatment group.  After a mean follow-up of 4.7 years, the use of intensive BP lowering was not found to ...