Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularenis, which is endemic in British Columbia and other parts of Canada.[1,2] There are various clinical presentations, and diagnosis may be... Read More
Consider the following case: It is 07:30 on Tuesday. The operating team for OR1 has been delayed by a lengthy handover and planning meeting at shift change—a delay compounded by last-minute changes... Read More
By the mid-20th century it was well known that ventricular arrhythmias were the mechanism of death in a large proportion of patients with cardiac disease. The 1960s brought with them the advent of... Read More
Kidney transplantation The first kidney transplant in BC was performed in 1968. With the dramatic improvement in graft and patient survival, transplantation has become the treatment of choice for... Read More
The first successful human liver transplant was performed by Dr Thomas Starzl and his colleagues in 1968 in Colorado on an 18-month-old child who survived 400 days. Despite improved... Read More