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Clinical Articles / April 2016

A challenging case of thromboangiitis obliterans

BY: Ahmad Abdullah, MD,, Anna R. Hayden, BASc, MD,, Cori Ann Gabana, MD, FRCPC,, Brent Evan Appleton, MD, ABIM, FACR,

Case data A previously healthy 23-year-old female was being treated as an outpatient for seronegative asymmetric oligoarthritis. She had received trials of methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine, and... Read More

Cardiac stress test
Clinical Articles / March 2016

Stress testing: A contribution from Dr Robert A. Bruce, father of exercise cardiology

BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC,, Maya Ignaszewski, MD, C.M. Taylor MD, FACC,

Dr Robert Arthur Bruce was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on 20 November 1916. He graduated from Boston University with a bachelor of science degree and went on to finish his medical studies at... Read More

Unprotected sex, risk of illness and infections
Clinical Articles / March 2016

When sex is always painful: Provoked vestibulodynia

BY: Rosemary Basson, MD, FRCP(UK), Miriam Driscoll, MD, FRCPC,, Shauna Correia, MDCM, FRCPC

Sexual health information available to young women in British Columbia is unlikely to include their one-in-five risk of consistently experiencing pain from intercourse or other penetrative forms of... Read More

Scientist Using Microscope in Laboratory -
Clinical Articles / March 2016

A study to assess patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and to investigate the practicality of using PROMs in a surgical office

BY: Michael Stanger, MD,, Christine Morrison, PT,, Erdem Yazganoglu, MD,, Munjeet (Margi) Bhalla, PhD, MPA,

Background McGrail and colleagues[1] have written recently that routine measurement of patient-reported outcomes should be instituted in Canadian health care. Although numerous studies have... Read More

Child using a stethoscope and his senses to look after his teddy bear patient
Clinical Articles / January/February 2016

Characterizing pediatric-onset neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in British Columbia

BY: Lisa Eunyoung Lee,, Katrina McMullen, PhD,, Robert Carruthers, MD,, Anthony Traboulsee, MD,

Background  Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), previously known as neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and Devic disease, is a rare neuroinflammatory disease of the central nervous system.[... Read More

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BCMJ

The BCMJ is a general medical journal that shares knowledge while building connections among BC physicians.

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ISSN 0007‍-‍0556 (Print)
ISSN 2293‍-‍6106 (Online)
Established 1959