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Clinical Articles / BY: Tyson A. Boettcher, MD, FRCSC Early online
... challenges that can be equipment- or access-related or may be due to issues such as body image, which can have ... by Zentner and colleagues in part 2 of this theme issue. Finally, BMI is a poor indicator of surgical risk, and ... who underwent total knee replacement between 1987 and 2004 indicated that morbid obesity did not affect 1-year ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... care system, and society at large. This public health issue directly affects the practice of physicians who must ... due to an injury-related death. Costs from previous years (2004 and 2010) were converted to 2013 dollars using the ... social marketing campaign.[ 16 ] One program that may have contributed to the decrease in self-harm costs from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD November 2018
... prohormones as biomarkers of islet graft function that may have value in predicting islet transplant failure.[ 5 ] ... of Dr Tim Kieffer in 2002 and Dr Jim Johnson in 2004. These capable investigators have now developed large ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel J. Lithwick, MHA, April 2016
... nonathletes age 12 to 35 years studied between 1979 and 2004, totaling 2 938 730 person-years of observation. ... screening without an ECG. Finally, potential differences may have existed within the study populations: the athletes ... (0.9%).[ 13 ] High false-positive rates have also been an issue in screening with history and physical examination. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... developed. Often dubbed “walk-in care,” such a system may address the issue of timely access but often fails to offer continuity of ... respectively, after previously steady levels of 15.7% in 2004 and 17.3% in 2006. From 2010 services rendered by allied ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sandi Culo, BScOT, MD, FRCPC, October 2011
... and safety are often needed. The older person in question may ignore medical advice, refuse facility placement, ... If you suspect abuse or neglect, be forthright about the issue. Many older adults will feel a sense of relief rather ... and intervention. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons; 2004. Silberfeld M, Fish A. When the mind fails: A guide to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... and increased mortality for the patient.[ 1 - 4] In 2004, 84 patients with soft tissue sarcomas were referred to ... rare in adults and make up about one-half of all soft  issue sarcomas in children. Young adults show a greater ... de­letion affecting the tumor-suppressor gene p53 and may lead to a higher risk of rhabdomyosarcoma, early onset  ...
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 ... of 12 000 people. From September 2002 to December 2004 (2.5 years), 677 scopes were undertaken at the facility. ... 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
In 2004, cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounted for ... 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 ... data were searched for COPD cases.[ 6 ]   The 2003–2004 prevalence estimate for COPD in BC was 4.4% for men and ... match findings from other studies that have explored the issue of underdiagnosis. In the United States, data from the ...