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Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle D. Sherwood, MD, December 2014
... secretions, or close contact with infected people.[ 4 ] Peak EV transmission occurs in the summer and fall in temperate climates.[ 4 ] Nonpolio EV infections are largely asymptomatic, but can ... mild weakness in his right shoulder and neck flexors (–4/5). Nerve conduction tests in the right arm and neck found ...
Letters / BY: Jeffrey Quon, DC, MHSc, PhD, FCCSC January/February 2014
... compared with chiropractic care for acute low back pain.[ 4 ] Finally, regarding the reference to a quote from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James G. Huang, MD, PGDipSurgAnat, FRACS, September 2014
... validation. 3.    Retrospective longitudinal studies. 4.    Prospective screening studies. 5.    Randomized ... DRE has been shown to raise total PSA levels by 0.26 to 0.4 ng/mL, primarily as a result of elevated free PSA; ... to be more stable, with only modest elevations after DRE.[ 4 ] Ornstein and colleagues showed that at least 24 hours are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ryan Wilson, BSc, April 2014
... the mortality rate still ranges from 2% to 12%.[ 3,4 ] Amebic liver abscess is the most common form of liver ... scan of the abdomen then confirmed the presence of a 5 x 4.4 x 3.2–cm multiloculated mass in the anterior right lobe ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... Older age is also a risk factor for adverse drug events,[ 4 ] due in part to the exponential increase in potential drug ... of years in practice reported by participants was 20.4 (range 1 to 37 years), with an average number of years in ... who responded were each responsible for an average of 69.4 residential care patients, accounting for approximately ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... as a problem. In the United Kingdom, the Shipman inquiry[ 4 ] was especially critical of the processes in place to ... Development required 22 hours of face-to-face meetings, 4 hours of teleconferencing, and additional time for research ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jessica A. Otte, MD, CCFP, July/August 2014
... incidentally with antibiotic treatment for pneumonia.[ 4 ] Case data A 58-year-old Caucasian male presented to the ... fever, night sweats, myalgia, and shortness of breath for 4 weeks while traveling in Arizona. The patient’s family ... rash on his trunk that appeared and vanished 3 to 4 weeks before he presented to the emergency department. He ...
Premise / BY: Martin Dawes, MBBS, MD, FRCGP, December 2014
... lack of activity, and crowded living conditions.[ 4-6 ] These are often outside the control of the health care ... in the target range increased from 17.6% in 1998 to 61.4% in 2003, following the introduction of the Quality Outcome ...
Letters / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI March 2014
... to be screened in BC.[ 1 ] That is not a slight decrease. 4. Overdiagnosis is not important unless it leads to ...
Obituaries / BY: Gerard Ponsford, MBBS, September 2014
... PEI, where I’d been a missionary orthopaedic surgeon for 4 years. John was also a missionary, once removed, in Surrey ...