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Clinical Articles / October 2007

Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion

BY: Nadejda Droubatchevskaia, MD,, Michelle P. Wong, MD, Kate M. Chipperfield, MD, FRCPC,, Louis D. Wadsworth, MB, ChB, FRCPC, FRCPath,, David J. Ferguson, MD, FRCPC,

The Transfusion Medicine Advisory Group (TMAG) of BC has prepared guidelines to provide physicians with current information on the appropriate use of cryoprecipitate plasma. These guidelines are... Read More

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Clinical Articles / September 2007

2007 BCMA Annual Meeting--Old issues bog down meeting

BY: Jay Draper, Donald Rix, MD,

The 2007 BCMA Annual General Meeting was a bit of the new, a lot of the old, and then, like a plant wilting in the sun, it flopped over, unable to sustain itself as members slipped out the door.... Read More

young lady using a lancet to monitor blood sugar levels
Clinical Articles / October 2007

A comparison of diabetic complications and health care utilization in diabetic patients with and without comorbid depression

BY: John A. Dufton, DC, MD,, Wilson W. Li, BSc (Pharm), MD,, Mieke Koehoorn, PhD,

Background Recent studies have estimated that patients with diabetes are twice as likely as members of the general population to be diagnosed with depression, and that depression in turn... Read More

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Clinical Articles / September 2007

Academic and educational role of international medical graduate psychiatrists in British Columbia

BY: Mario McKenna, MSc,, Soma Ganesan, MD, FRCPC, Rahul Soma, BSc,

An international medical graduate (IMG) is a physician holding a medical degree from a school outside of Canada that is not accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools or... Read More

Clinical Articles / September 2007

Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot

BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC, Andrea F. Townson, MD, FRCPC, Barbara Hughes, MD, FRCPC,, William C. Miller, BScOT, PhD,

Sleep deprivation and fatigue and their aftereffects during medical training are topical issues in medical education. Long work hours combined with acute and chronic sleep deprivation have raised... 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