Clinical and Investigative Medicine articles from April 2004

Clinical and Investigative Medicine archives from April 2004

Permanent global amnesia: case report.(Brief Report)
April 1, 2004... Abstract Purpose: To present a case of permanent global amnesia related to hippocampal damage. Permanent global amnesia is a very rare condition of unknown etiology; lesions restricted to the hippocampus are uncommon, which hinders...

Long-term warfarin treatment may induce arterial calcification in humans: case report.(Brief Report)
April 1, 2004... Abstract Purpose: To report a case of arterial calcification in a person who has had long-term treatment with warfarin. Although the anticoagulant has been shown to induce arterial calcification in laboratory animals, there have been no...

Impact factor 2002--too much "impact"?(Editor's Page)(scientific publishing)(Editorial)
April 1, 2004... I have been invited to defend a fellow department member at a meeting next week with our decanal promotions committee. His offence? "Publishing in low-impact, subspecialty clinical journals." The candidate is a respected clinician and inspiring...

Institute for nutrition, metabolism and diabetes.(CIHR on Parade)
April 1, 2004... Cardiovascular disease and diabetes have long been spotlighted when it comes to discussion and evaluation of the diseases linked to obesity. Recently, the Heart and Stroke Foundation stated that obesity is "the new tobacco" in terms of being a...

Dissecting technology-enabled knowledge translation: essential challenges, unprecedented opportunities.(Perspectives)
April 1, 2004... Knowledge translation (KT) in health--the incorporation of research evidence and new knowledge into routine practice in the community--is vital to the evolution and renewal of our health care system. It has been identified by the Canadian...

Annual scientific meeting of the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine: research presentations, June 2-6, 2004.(Meeting Abstracts)
April 1, 2004... 1 [poster presentation] Nature of practice and job satisfaction of physicians who completed internal medicine training at the University of Toronto over a 10-year period. L. Chodirker, A. Rothman, K. Imrie, Y. Rohlehr. Department of...

Soluble adhesion molecules in acute ischemic stroke.(Original Research)
April 1, 2004... Abstract Background: Inflammatory adhesion molecules play a key role in the development of ischemic lesions. Elevated plasma concentrations of soluble adhesion molecules are reported in stroke patients, but data are still controversial....

Cardiac matrix remodelling in congestive heart failure: the role of matrix metalloproteinases.(Original Research)
April 1, 2004... Abstract Background: Congestive heart failure (CHF), the most frequent reason for hospital admission of elderly patients, is an important and rapidly increasing cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Its development is accompanied by...