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Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC September 2007
... factors lower the quality of life of medical trainees and may result in medical errors that compromise patient care.[ ... countries have implemented limits on duty hours. In 2004, Great Britain and other European Union countries began ... for orthopaedics). This makes statistical validity an issue. However, our response rate of 78% for PGY-1 residents ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC May 2006
The  January/February 2006 issue of the BCMJ [48(1):14-15]  contains a report by the BC ... as a result of the home hemodialysis program launched in 2004, considerable cash savings have been made by training ... expensive hospital dialysis units. This is good news, but may I re mind you that, as reported in the CMAJ, [1]  the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Program (CADRMP). In 2004, CADRMP received 10 238 reports of suspected adverse ... 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 ...
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 researchers ... establish an estimate of the scale of the patient safety issue within Canadian hospitals, but improvements in safety ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
... and disintegration, and incestuous complexity. Although we may wish to attribute these problems to the First Nations ... a hospital in northwestern British Columbia”  in this issue). I was not surprised at what I found; it was entirely ... Bulletin [4]  and indeed was the focus of an April 2004 theme issue. [5]  It is worth a few minutes of every ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Cynthia Fan, MD October 2005
... fiscal year, then grew 9.5% in the fiscal year ending in 2004. The associated changes in cost were 13.3%, 18.7%, and ... controlled trials and meta-analyses examining this issue. [4-16]  The most recent attempt to answer the ... data from 23 April to 15 June, two collected from 1 May to 15 July, and three collected from 15 April to 15 July. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael D.D. McNeely, MD, FRCPC, FCACB July/August 2005
... It is important to recognize that the race adjustments may be important modifiers. Further research regarding the ... of eGFR values is covered in the other articles in this issue.) Because the MDRD equation for calculating eGFR was ... with standardized report comments went into effect in late 2004. Since most labs overestimate true creatinine by some ...
Letters / BY: Douglas C. Drummond, MD January/February 2005
In the September issue of this journal, several articles reviewed and endorsed ... have not proven their worth. To support their view, they may cite the AD2000 reported earlier this year. [2]  While ... new era of treatable Alzheimer disease,” September 2004  [1]  has generated and for the opportunity to respond ...
Letters / BY: Ken Bassett, MD, PhD December 2005
... in Letter #48: 1. We did not write that “statins may do more harm than good in patients without a myocardial ... in the SAE rate quoted in the publication.” However, in 2004 the statistician for PROSPER stated the opposite ... considered in depth in the academic literature. [3] One issue worth highlighting relates to mortality from statin ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maria Corral, MD, FRCPC April 2005
... psychotropic medications (see articles elsewhere in this issue) that are usually needed. Bright light therapy The use ... and postpartum women with mood and anxiety disorders may benefit from bright light therapy as their symptoms are ... [3]  In a follow-up study (M. Corral, unpublished data, 2004), 18 women were randomly assigned to one of two groups, ...