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Clinical Articles / BY: Roey M. Malleson, MBBS, DFFP, MHSC January/February 2002
... be any significant reduction in efficacy, and though this practice still needs confirmation, it does allow for some ... induction of liver enzymes (e.g., rifampicin), the usual practice is to double the dose of ECP. However, it is not ... patients (e.g., medical office assistants, receptionists, practice nurses, answering services) should be aware of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fikre Germa, MD, CCFP(EM) January/February 2002
... aboriginal female presented to a physician in rural practice with back pain that had become progressively worse ... Diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB Physicians in family practice clinics and emergency departments should always ... review of the manuscript. Two cases in a rural BC family practice demonstrate the challenge of diagnosing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Shubhayan Sanatani, MD, FRCPC March 2002
... an area where the gap between basic science and clinical practice is narrowing. This will undoubtedly help us to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew R. Woolfenden, MD, FRCPC April 2002
... of anticoagulation has been demonstrated in clinical practice. [ 36,37]  Anticoagulation clinics improve INR ... Table 3 . Underutilization of anticoagulation in clinical practice  Despite the results of many randomized trials that ... remains a significant underuse of warfarin in clinical practice. In one American hospital-based study, 56% of AF ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Clugston, MD, FRCSC, FACS April 2002
... benefits of breast reconstruction, the  Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Treatment of Breast ... on a delayed or immediate basis. Only 8% stated their practice was to refer to a plastic surgeon at the same time ... information about breast reconstruction in the  Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Treatment of Breast ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2002
... increased likelihood of a physician leaving his or her practice [9-11]  and increased likelihood of becoming ... to rate the statement, “How satisfied are you with your practice.” In the January 1997 and October 1998 surveys, ... asked “Within the next year, do you intend to move your practice?” The questions are sufficiently different that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Burton H. Goldstein, DMD, MS, FRCDC June 2002
... There is also a discrepancy between clinical dental practice and scientific advances in neurobiology and the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce Fleming, MD June 2002
... strong tool by which we can safely and reliably change our practice. The number of patients that are expected to be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Theresa Isomura, MD, FRCPC October 2002
... caring for the mental health needs of patients in their practice. Studies show that the prevalence of patients seen ... HSO (Health Service Organization, a rostered primary care practice) Program, which was initiated in 1994 and funded by ... and we adopted this tenet for our project. Two family practice clinics participated: a clinic in Coquitlam with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Ellen Anderson, MD October 2002
... and difficult to score, making it less useful in clinical practice. The 20-item Zung Depression Self-Rating Scale is ... than most of the routine laboratory tests we use daily in practice. If the score is 4/9 or less, then we need to ... score on the HAM-D or BDI in most clinical trials—in practice we ideally want to see our patients in remission ...