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Premise / BY: Morley Sutter, MD, PhD January/February 2006
... blinding of the observer(s) and subjects when necessary) 9. Recorded results from replications of experiments as in 8 ... trials are the gold standard of evidence-based medicine.  9. Repetition and confirmation of the experiments as in 8 ...
Premise / BY: Michael F. Myers, MD, November 2006
... Medical Association’s meeting at Nottingham. Almost 9 months to the day of their marriage, the Oslers had a son. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amy C. MacArthur, MHSc June 2006
... indicated from studies of high-risk populations. [5-7,9,16-19]  The poor response to our survey itself may further ... 13 (56.5) 12 (52.2) Age  40–49 years  50–59 years 9 (39.1)  14 (60.9) 3 (23.1)  10 (76.9) 3 (25.0) 9 (75.0) Gender  Male  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD, September 2006
... rate of 7.5 per 100 hospital admissions (95% CI, 5.7−9.3). Physicians reviewing the medical records classified 36.9% of the events as preventable (95% CI, 32.0%–41.8%). For ... events. In a recent French study, Michel and colleagues [9]  compared three methods for assessing care and identified ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc April 2006
... aggressive infections in otherwise healthy people. [1-9]  Along with severe skin and soft tissue infections, these ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc December 2006
... was not significantly different from efficacy and was 93.9% (95% CI 79.6 to 98.5). The US initiated a pneumococcal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2006
... 796 5 (0.6) Vancouver Island Health Authority 870 9 (1.0) Fraser Health Authority 978 23 (2.4) Interior Health Authority 1065 10 (0.9) Provincial total 4631 99 (2.1)   Table 3. Infants who ... given Infants immunized Infants tested Mother infected 16 9 Household contact/caregiver infected 6 3 Infant adopted ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD January/February 2006
... better understand the needs of family physicians, between 9–21 November 2005 the BCMA asked Ipsos Reid to conduct a ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... following community-based patients: the frail elderly (ICD-9 code V15), palliative care (ICD-9 code V58), end-of-life (ICD-9 code V58), or mental illness. The fee depends not on the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Beever, MD June 2006
... percent DEET is effective for 10 hours, [1,5,8,9]  so if any repellent remained on the test area despite ... its effectiveness is proportional to its concentration. [9,14,15] Overall, the results indicate that both DEET and ... of effectiveness (ranging from 2 hours for 5% DEET to 9.5 hours for 100% DEET), there is no clear relationship ...