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Clinical Articles / BY: Gibong Lee, BSc(Pharm), MD, July/August 2012
... Test results revealed the following: normal CRP of 8.7, equivocal levels of ANCA (myeloperoxidase of 39.3 and ... INR levels and a trial of dalteparin anticoagulation.[ 7 ] While prednisone showed promise in many case reports,[ 7 ] and while high doses help­ed our patient’s acute ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carolyn Gotay, PhD, April 2012
... incorporated in medical care on a wide-scale basis.[ 7 , 8 ] Breast Cancer Prevention and Risk Assessment Clinic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, October 2012
... estimated to be almost $2.4 billion in 2007.[ 7 ] Blood pressure measurement Blood pressure measurement is ... risk than hypertension diagnosed using ABPM. In a 7-year follow-up study of 5918 patients in primary care, the ... hypertension (25.3% of the population studied) was 6.7 (95% CI 5.3–8.5) compared with 8.8 (95% CI 7.6–10.1) ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, March 2011
... risk between drivers with scores of 20/40 and 20/70,[ 6 , 7 ] suggesting that testing static acuity may have limited ... better performance scores than did their evaluators on 7 of 10 items,[ 12 ] indicating that those with cognitive ... predict the ability to pass a road test, with a score of 7 or less accurately predicting failure.[ 23 , 24 ] Traffic ...
Letters / BY: Adi Mudaliar, MD, CCFP July/August 2011
... tell us. • The A1C target in diabetes care is 7.5% to 8.0% not the 7% that most competent physicians try to achieve. •  In ... the 4T Study[ 6 ] with dete­mir compared to NPH in UKPDS[ 7 ] and in the Treat to Target Trial[ 8 ] with glar­gine vs ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Roger A.L. Sutton, DM, FRCPC, FRCP, FACP, December 2011
... quantity (as reflected in bone density), bone quality[ 7 ] and the extent of trauma are im­portant determinants of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Shahul Hameed, MD, May 2011
... oxidative stress and reducing energy availability.[ 7 ]  Beta amyloid can also inhibit alcohol dehydrogenase ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, September 2011
... lower than that in the United States, which is 29.7%. More good news: British Columbia has the lowest combined ... about is that in British Columbia 51 000 children (7%) aged 2 to 17 years were classified as obese and 138 500 ... soccer ball, hitting a puck, or riding a bike is less than 7 hours a week—far less than the 30 hours each week on ...
Obituaries / BY: John O’Brien-Bell, MB June 2011
... persons to know, was born in Twickenham, London, on 7 August 1933. He grew up there with his three brothers until 1940, when, as a 7-year-old, he was one of thousands of London children ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rob Gair, BSc (Pharm), November 2011
... level was 8.8 nmol/L, SCr 269 µmol/L (estimated GFR 16.7 mL/min), potassium 4.6 mmol/L. She recovered after ...