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Clinical Articles / BY: Fikre Germa, MD, CCFP(EM) January/February 2002
... and rifampin alone in the continuation phase. Case 2 In March 1997 a 27-year-old aboriginal female was admitted ... hospital with headache that had endured and worsened for 2 to 3 weeks before admission. She was known to suffer from ... were the lymphatic system (16%), bone and joints (2%), genitourinary system (2%), and meninges and central ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mann Chandavimol, MD, FRCPC January/February 2002
... competent patients are shown in  Table 1 . [2]  Viral infection has been postulated as the most common ... in HIV-positive patients are demonstrated in  Table 2 . [3] Systemic diseases that cause pericarditis can be ... infarction pericarditis usually developed on day 2 or day 3 after a transmural infarction. The clinical course ...
Letters / BY: John Rees, MD January/February 2002
On 2 October 2001, at about 5:30 p.m., I received a telephone ...
Letters / BY: Robert Grist, MD January/February 2002
... times more likely to die of one than a male counterpart.[2] Like many busy practitioners, I had accepted the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samuel H. Krikler, MB, ChB, FRCPC March 2002
... and legal implications of a genetic screening test. [ 2] HFE-related hemochromatosis is the most common genetic ... iron ( Figure 1 ) and transferrin saturation ( Figure 2 ) for the study population. Interpretation The key findings ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul C. Adams, MD March 2002
... a prevalence of 1 in 327 for C282Y homozygotes. [ 2]  However, considerable debate has arisen about the risks ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Shubhayan Sanatani, MD, FRCPC March 2002
... electrocardiogram (ECG). [1]  A few years later, Romano [2]  and Ward [3]  reported similar patients but with normal ... brother. She remains asymptomatic on beta-blockers. Case 2 A 30-year-old primigravida was in for a routine antenatal ... bradycardic. Her rhythm strip is shown in  Figure 2 . A diagnosis of long QT syndrome with ...
Editorials / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD March 2002
Letters / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD March 2002
... Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. [ 2]  The trial chose only carefully selected cases for ...
Letters / BY: Philip M. Alderman, MD March 2002
... less pain, and an enhanced acceptance of vasectomy. [ 2] In his article, Dr Rich mentions only two studies that ...