Clinical Articles /
BY: David A. Wood, MD, FRCPC
October 2005
... HDL cholesterol ratio of <4.0, or apolipoprotein B <0.9 g/L. Measurement of apolipoprotein B is the best single ... Total cholesterol >6.0 mmol/L, LDL-C >4.0 mmol/L, HDL-C <0.9 mmol/L • BP >140/90 mm Hg • Smoking • Family history ...
Back Page /
BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD
May 2005
... your good offices to postpone the execution by an hour, to 9:00, so as to give a chance for a reply?” The magistrate, ... see to it immediately that the execution is put off till 9:00!” At about 8:30, they heard the echo of the well-known ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
September 2005
... University of Toronto Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8020-3854-9. Paperback, 334 pages. $35. This interesting book is a ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP
March 2005
... of mesothelioma in historical context. Eur Respir J 1996;9:1932-1942. PubMed Abstract Full Text Nichloson WJ. The ...
Letters /
BY: Ken Bassett, MD, PhD
December 2005
... coronary or total mortality either in individual trials [9-13] or in meta-analyses of all trials. [14] A total ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David B. Miller, MD, FRCPC
June 2005
... or is a congenital anomaly, cancer, or overdose.” [9] All SAEs must be reported to the appropriate regulatory ... the relative risk reduction has been reduced from 18% to 9%, even though the absolute risk reduction has remained at ... Absolute risk reduction Trial A Primary endpoint 8.0% 9.8% 1.8% SAE 20% 20% 0% Other SAE 12% 10.2% –1.8%* ...
Letters /
BY: Leslie G. Andrews, MB, BS, DCH, DPhysMed, FRCPC
January/February 2005
... resistance?” D.M. Patrick et al., BCMJ 2004;46(9):472-473. Whilst doctors seem to be trying to comply, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Cynthia Fan, MD
October 2005
... by 0.6% over the course of the next fiscal year, then grew 9.5% in the fiscal year ending in 2004. The associated ... for albumin use were hypotension in hemodialysis (18.9%), volume replacement/expansion (15%), and hypoalbuminemia ... for cardiac surgery (5.3%). No indication was given for 9.4% of total albumin use and 2.4% of indications were marked ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: K. Pielak, RN, MSN
May 2005
... protection at the earliest possible age. • For grade 9 students: In the fall of 2004, all grade 9 students became eligible for meningococcal C conjugate ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Pierre Leichner, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2005
... protection, a sense of control, and increased confidence. [9] If the symptoms persist, patients may in time come to ... negative cost on relationships with friends and family [9] and may start considering their options for change. This ...