Background: Evidence-based guidelines for antibiotic use are well established, but
nonadherence to these guidelines continues. This study was undertaken to determine child, …

Background: Decreases in antibiotic use were widely reported in the 1990s. This study was
undertaken to determine trends in the use of antibiotics from fiscal year (FY) 1995 (April 1995 …

Our professional organizations have prepared this paper as part of an integrated, multi-disciplinary
plan to ensure the availability of welltrained practitioner teams to sustain safe, …

Transient ischemic attack (TIA) and minor stroke have high risks of recurrence and deterioration
into severe ischemic strokes. Risk stratification of TIA and minor stroke is essential for …

… Group B consisted of patients admitted under the care of family physicians who were not the
… Group B included patients who did not have primary care physicians in the community and …

Background and Purpose— Traditional risk factors for ischemic stroke are body stressors that
are related to autonomic autonomic system (ANS) dysfunction. The value of ABCD2 score (…

PROBLEM BEING ADDRESSED The standard organization of psychiatric inpatient care at
our hospital involved consultations with various specialist physicians visiting the psychiatry …

With the phrase “the medium is the message”, Marshall McLuhan argued that technologies
are the messages themselves and not just the medium. Almost 50 years later, we understand …

The assessment by Douglas Manuel and associates1 of the 2003 Canadian dyslipidemia
guidelines2 is welcome, but they overlooked the all-cause mortality issue, where statins have …

Professionals in child health, primary care, mental health, schools, social services, and law-enforcement...
all contribute to the recognition of and response to child maltreatment. In all …