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Cardiac sarcoidosis

A 49-year-old Caucasian fe­male with a medical history of bronchial asthma presented in 2005 with third-degree heart block. A transthoracic echocardiogram show­ed mild left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with a left... Read More

Postoperative pulmonary com­plications: what every general practitioner ought to know

Postoperative pulmonary complications are common, especially in elderly patients with comorbidities. Nearly 5% of all patients undergoing noncardiac surgery experience significant pulmonary complications.[1]... Read More

Guest editorial: COPD, Part 2: Emerging from the dark, dismal past into a bright, hopeful future

                                 In the March issue of the BCMJ, we... Read More

Guest editorial: Breathing new life into old thinking

                                   Until just a few short years... Read More

Pharmacological management of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmon­ary disease (COPD) is the leading cause of hospitalization and one of the leading causes of mortality in BC.[1] For­tunately, stable COPD is readily treatable. Management of patients... Read More