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Clinical Articles / BY: Nupura Krishnadev, MD, October 2008
... olan­zapine, risperidone, quetiapine, and ziprasidone.[ 9 ]  In a double-blind trial comparing clozapine with ... that approximately 50% of Canadians are overweight, and 14.9% are considered obese.[ 13 ]  Data suggest that obesity ... 39 ]  A 10% current prevalence rate and a 14.9% lifetime prevalence rate of type 2 diabetes in patients ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Borys Flak, MD, FRCPC, May 2008
... optimizing sensitivity for detection of smaller polyps.[ 9 ]  This technique results in an estimated effective radiation dose of 5.9 mSv, which compares with annual background radiation of 2.3 ... 26% to 27% for polyps less than 5 mm, 13% for polyps 6 to 9 mm, and 2% to 6% for polyps greater than 10 mm.[ 13 , 14 ] ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2008
... end-of-lifwe care with their phy­sicians, but only 9% said they had actually done that.[ 1 ]  A 2001 study of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Catherine L. Weber, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... MDRD formula) in those older than 75 is questionable[ 9 ] (and in those over the age of 85 even more questionable), ... m tall (5'4"), and weighs 50 kg (110 lb) with a BMI of 18.9 would be expected to have  a serum creatinine of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nabil Al Lawati, MD, MRCP, April 2008
... failure are admitted to an intensive care unit.[ 9 - 12 ]   Patients requiring ICU admission have a 1-year mortality rate as high as 46%.[ 9 , 10 , 12 ] The  Figure  shows the number of COPD deaths ... good, with mortality ranging between 11% and 49%.[ 9 , 28 , 29 ] A number of factors need to be considered ...
Index December 2008
... of the newborn delivered at the threshold of viability* 9:498; Ethical considerations at the threshold of viability* 9:509  Albrecht JE: Bilateral pneumonia: Lessons learned ... (c) 8:439  Bain T: Book review: While Bullets Fly (pu) 9:518  Baker M: Good work! Could do better (c) 8:439  Baker ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... Dr Jan Burg at his ranch the evening before. Shortly after 9:30 a.m., the BCMA business meeting started, with Dr Geoff ...
Premise / BY: Benedikt Fischer, PhD, April 2008
... order problems associated with street drug use.[ 1 , 2 , 9 , 10 ]  As such, SCS represent a valuable piece in the ...
Premise / BY: Marshall Dahl, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2008
... those with diabetes in the United States (A1c of 7.0% to 7.9%) and lower than at study entry.  [1]  The intensive ... successful ACCORD subgroup and target an A1c of 7.0% to 7.9%. The Group C population is a “grey area.” They have ... for these people to achieve an A1c target in the 7.0% to 7.9% range. For the rest of the lower-risk diabetic population ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Barbara Poole Lane, MPA May 2008
... epidemiology The lifetime risk of breast cancer is 1 in 9 for women in BC.[ 4 ] Approximately 2700 BC women are ... of breast cancer (available on the agency’s web site)[ 9 ] include the following recommendations: • Diagnostic ...