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Clinical Articles / BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD, July/August 2008
... are often required to perform these procedures.  The issue of how we define a “well-trained” family physician ... serves a population of 12 000 people. From September 2002 to December 2004 (2.5 years), 677 scopes were undertaken ... the scope from the cecum, and that using less time may result in a higher miss rate for small neoplasms. In ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... have a primary beneficial effect. The current guidelines (2002) from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart ... from COPD itself.[ 26 , 27 ]  Like CKD, part of this risk may be due to a commonality of risk factors, but after ... However, two studies from 2002 directly addressed this issue.  A large meta-analysis by Salpeter and colleagues ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat G. Camp, MSc, PT, March 2008
... for BC and Canada is challenging, as the symptoms of COPD may not be present until airflow obstruction, a key feature ... match findings from other studies that have explored the issue of underdiagnosis. In the United States, data from the ... Similar results have been reported in British Columbia. In 2002–2003, only 37% of newly diagnosed COPD patients had ...
MDs To Be / BY: Lee MacKay, BSc, April 2007
... to the woes of the public health care system in BC, the issue of how best to fix the problems being faced by BC’s ... health authorities by the Liberal provincial government in 2002 and the resulting loss of health services in many ... British Columbia’s health cooperative movement may be able to transform our national health care system and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... cited serious and life-threatening ADRs to be a safety issue of concern. The effect of this apparent concern has ... difficulty of recognizing ADRs when they occur. Clinicians may believe another member of the health care team will ... reported 1193 ADRs in children between 1998 and 2002. However, this voluntary reporting system unquestionably ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP July/August 2006
... health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Improved HRQOL may also lead to fewer office visits and hospitalizations and ... in the Bella Coola Valley between August 2001 and May 2002. [24]  The aim of this investigation was to obtain some ... with more severe complications would better clarify this issue. [8] Conclusions Strengths of our study include the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD, September 2006
... adverse events in Canadian hospitals. [1]  Published in May 2004, the study was based on methods developed by ... training, and research. The Canadian study was launched in 2002 after it became clear that the results of the US study ... establish an estimate of the scale of the patient safety issue within Canadian hospitals, but improvements in safety ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jill Franklin, BA, December 2006
... a surprisingly high rate of disability.” [3]  Symptoms may worsen over time, and the person may become increasingly ... criminal justice system then becomes involved as a health issue turns into a societal one (written communication, J. ... Barristers and Solicitors. Recent Publications, 1994-2002. Slater Vecchio web site.  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Beever, MD June 2006
... as an “artificial chemical” and are concerned that it may have unwanted or unknown side effects on them. Indeed, ... in the late afternoon or early evening during the fall of 2002. An event was judged to have occurred if a pruritic ... and colleagues, [11]  and supports the claim that ASSS may be used as a mosquito repellent where there is no ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2005
... that the highest calling in medicine is to specialize and may unwittingly give the impression that general ... actually decreased by 3.1% (from 1:1031 to 1:1064). In 2002, the estimated FP-to-population ratio for Canada was ... then migrate to the city. Lastly, there is the ethical issue of Canada recruiting (“poaching”) physicians from ...