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Clinical Articles / BY: Neal Shahidi, January/February 2008
... under 5 years of age. It also prevents carriage, which may contribute to herd immunity.  In early 2002 the National ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Al Talag, MD, March 2008
... produces hypoxemia, but in more advanced disease can also contribute to hypercapnia and chronic respiratory acidosis. ... Ventilatory muscle dysfunction A number of factors contribute to ventilatory muscle dysfunction in COPD. A major ... also affect other skeletal muscles, which may further contribute to exercise limitation.[ 16 , 17 ] Cardiovascular ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, April 2008
... take time away from their busy practices and families to contribute what they can to the profession by way of the ... of specific knowledge or attributes that they have and can contribute to a common goal. Some continue moving upward ... (as I and all your past presidents have done), and others contribute even further by volunteering on the CMA Board or ...
Premise / BY: Benedikt Fischer, PhD, April 2008
... have demonstrated that SCS produce beneficial effects and contribute to a reduction of harms in high-risk drug-user ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Wen Q. Gan, MD, MSc, April 2008
... low-grade, systemic inflammation caused by COPD may contribute materially to the patho­biology of cardiovascular diseases.[ 12 ] Oxidative stress can also contribute to the development of atherosclerosis. Lung cancer ... clearance of inhaled carcinogens from the lungs may also contribute to the increased risk of lung cancer in COPD ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Don D. Sin, MD, MPH, FRCPC, April 2008
... have the potential to depress the respiratory centre and contribute to postoperative pulmonary complications. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nabil Al Lawati, MD, MRCP, April 2008
... are an important determinant of quality of life[ 6 ] and contribute to accelerated rates of decline in lung function.[ ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG May 2008
... the next great medical frontier. So many factors can contribute to medical error that concentrating on a single ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD June 2008
... in that instead of one or two speakers, we would all contribute. It would involve each of us giving talks in our ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... effects.  This lack of attention to medication needs can contribute to significant decompensation for those clients ...