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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 ...
ICBC / BY: Tanya Heuchert, BA, LLB, June 2008
... The Justice Review Task Force was established in March 2002 with the intention of identifying reforms to help make ... the parties must agree on the identity of the expert, the issue to be addressed, the facts and assumptions to be ... Once appointed, the joint expert is the only expert who may give expert opinion at the trial on the particular issue ...
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: 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 ...
ICBC / BY: Elizabeth Heinz, December 2008
... police officer can then order the driver off the road and issue a roadside suspension. Impaired drivers will also face ... A Traffic Injury Research Foundation poll conducted in 2002 found that nearly 20% of Canadian drivers had driven ... their ability to drive a vehicle safely. The actual number may be much higher, however, as the poll relied on ...