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September 2008
... assistance from a team of 36 porters, and a slow ascent (7 days rather than the standard 4 days, to allow for better ...
President's Comment /
BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB,
May 2008
... the University of Northern BC (UNBC) in Prince George on 7 June. Known as BC’s northern capital, Prince George has a ...
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November 2008
... Human Sexuality), province-wide trends in data from grade 7–12 students in 1992, 1998, and 2003 show that youth are ...
Letters /
BY: Doug McGhee, MD
January/February 2008
... same environmental standards must apply to any inserts. 7. Offer members incentives to decline inserts (reducing ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Vikram R. Comondore, MD,
December 2008
... nightshift workers across a range of occupations.[ 6 ],[ 7 ] Sleep inertia Cognitive performance is typically ... shifts, compared with months with no extended shifts (OR 7.0).[ 19 ] A separate study evaluated surgical task ... week. Residents slept more with the intervention schedule (7.4 hours per day vs 6.6 hours per day, P<.001). Furthermore, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Wen Q. Gan, MD, MSc,
April 2008
... more likely to be affected than are upper limb muscles.[ 7 ] Muscle atrophy is largely responsible for the reduction ... fibres) are related to the reduction in muscle endurance.[ 7 ] The mechanisms of skeletal muscle dysfunction are ... patients in the highest quintile for CRP levels (mean, 7.1 mg/L) at baseline with those in the lowest quintile ...
Letters
October 2008
... Journal, guest edited by Dean Gavin Stuart [ BCMJ 2008;50(7):366-395 ], gives an impressive account of our expanding ...
Letters /
BY: Richard Beever, MD
June 2008
... was nearly doubled (19.6% vs 12.3%, P<.001, RRI 59%, ARI 7.3%, OR 1.59, NNH 14). There is active debate regarding ...
Physician Information Technology Office /
BY: Jeremy Smith,
December 2008
... or what proportion of these patients have A1c less than 7.0. With a few keystrokes, you can generate a list of ...