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Clinical Articles / BY: Perminder Bains, MD, FRCPC January/February 2017
... found on the American College of Cardiology’s website.[ 12 ]  Table 2  summarizes the class I recommendations from ... Heart Association/Heart Rhythm Society 2008 document.[ 12 ] The decision to implant a pacemaker, however, must not ... implantation include bradycardia resulting from sinus node dysfunction and third-degree or advanced second-degree ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kenneth M. Madden, MD, MSc March 2017
... to 800 mL of blood pools in the lower limb vasculature.[ 12 ] Under normal conditions, a neuroautomomic tachycardic ... or other reasons to avoid worsening volume overload.[ 12 ] An alpha-1 agonist such as midodrine (a vasoconstrictive ... stenosis in older adults) and arrhythmias (usually sinus node disease or heart blocks). Cardiac syncope has a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... and result in prolonged life and improved symptoms.[ 12 , 13 ] In patients with congenital heart disease, PAH is ... 20% of patients develop complete atrioventricular node conduction block by adulthood and require pacemaker ... In patients with prior surgery in the region of the sinus node or its arterial supply (e.g., patients who have ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kristy Cho, MD, FRCSC May 2014
... require nodal sampling with either a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary dissection. Occasionally, pathologic examination of the excised node(s) identifies isolated tumor cells with a maximum ... and cause of death on all incident breast cancers.[ 12 ] The BCOU prospectively collects additional information, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rana S. A. Khan, MBBS, January/February 2013
... survival, recurrence of tumor, resection margin, or lymph node harvest for both total number and number of positive ... Cancer Institute[ 8 ] has set a minimum standard of 12 nodes for resection, and the American College of Surgeons ... surgical oncology technique (resection margins, lymph node count), operating time, conversion rate, and duration of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD January/February 2008
... gingi­vitis and a 1-cm tender left axillary lymph node. Chest auscultation was limited by the patient’s ... days and the cough and emesis resolved. The left axillary node became nontender and gingivitis abated. By day 4 in ... mg (10 mg/kg) every 8 hours for 5 days and 700 mg every 12 hours for an additional 14 days. Once the patient’s ...
Clinical Articles / BY: H.F. Kennecke, MD, MHA, FRCPC, April 2006
...  If menstruation does resume, it usually does so within 12 months, but may not do so for up to 24 months. As AIs are ... into a benefit of 6% in absolute terms. In patients with node-positive breast cancer there was also a 40% reduction in ... risk of breast cancer occurrence. Women who had low-grade node-negative disease had a very low risk (3%) of breast ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2006
... S. aureus among community infections in Saskatchewan. [12]  The latter report also presents evidence that a large ... 2002 to Nov. 2005. [img_assist|nid=1018|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=546|height=640] Antibiotics listed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ian Gardiner, MD December 2005
... MRI can complement mammography and ultrasound. In the 12 months ending in July 2003, breast MRI was performed at ... view of the pectoral fascia and the internal mammary lymph node chain. The large field of view also permits assessment ... tumor (or tumors) are obtained before the initial surgery [12] ( Figure 5 ). Recurrent disease Twelve percent of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Charmaine Kim-Sing, MD, ChB, FRCPC October 2004
... have a screening mammogram, this should be done annually. [12]  Men at risk Breast cancer is rare in men and accounts ... for cancers that were greater than 2 cm in size, lymph node negative, and estrogen receptor (ER) positive. The most ... 3.5 7.33 3.33 Any age, with lobular carcinoma in situ N/A 12.99 5.69 Any age, with atypical hyperplasia N/A 10.11 1.43 ...