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Clinical Articles /
BY: David N. Landsberg, MD,
May 2010
... After initial research probing societal views on this issue,[ 9 ] the first LAD transplant was performed in 2005. In this program, individuals who have undergone ... to protect both the recipient and the donor. LAD kidneys may be given to a patient at the top of the wait list, or ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC,
July/August 2008
... and adaptive disabilities. Also, medical complications may present as challenging behaviors. Because many people ... DD. This responsibility was taken over by CLBC in July 2005. CLBC is now the government agency with funding ... if there is no clear Axis I psychiatric disorder. The issue of unfamiliarity has also begun to affect services ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Hiram Mok, MA, MB BCh, BAO, FRCPC
March 2007
... through family supports and alternative modalities and may only seek help from a family physician once these efforts ... for patients with physical and psychiatric illnesses, the issue of safety has become especially important. Herbs can ... with TCM use. Methods Data were collected between December 2005 and February 2006 using a standardized questionnaire ( ...
News
July/August 2007
... be read on its own. Those not facing a terminal illness may wish to focus on the introduction as well as the sections ... Open Enrollment will be coming your way in the September issue of the BCMJ. —Sandie Braid, CEBS Assistant ... 2007. The first $10 million was distributed based on the 2005 Recruitment and Retention proposal that was developed by ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC
September 2007
... factors lower the quality of life of medical trainees and may result in medical errors that compromise patient care.[ ... ) was distributed on academic half-days in July and August 2005. Ethics approval was obtained from the UBC Behavioural ... for orthopaedics). This makes statistical validity an issue. However, our response rate of 78% for PGY-1 residents ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC
June 2007
... Public and political pressure to “do something” may well mount rapidly, especially if the pandemic virus ... of masks in public is a controversial and unresolved issue. Although surgical masks are not designed to protect ... randomized controlled trial published in the Lancet in 2005. [7] Frequent hand washing and appropriate cough ...
News /
BY: Tara Lyon
April 2007
... and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam, MD. Anchor Canada, 2005. ISBN 0-385-66144-4. Paperback, 353 pp. $17.95. So Dr ... a little book about the flu (reviewed in the December 2006 issue) and thinks he is an author. The “Laminator” has ... in a responsible manner is often a challenge. Patients may bring in their unused meds to doctors’ offices, and ...
Letters /
BY: Stephen Faulkner, MBChB
July/August 2007
... and integrative medicine beliefs (see Globe and Mail , May 1999). His involvement in the very unscientific “harm ... in reading some of the skeptical accounts of this issue ( e.g., http://dreamhealer.blogspot.com/ ). Dr ... interesting is that credits for this were given both in 2005 and then again this year. As much as I admire Dr ...
News /
BY: Geraldine Vance, APR,
September 2007
... Part 1 and 2 has also been revised and is included in this issue’s polybag. The Antenatal Record Part 1 and 2 (BCPHP ... TT-WNV WNV developing within 4 weeks of blood transfusion may be transfusion-associated. Suspected cases of TT-WNV ... and supplemental assays available in 2003. Transfusion 2005;45:492-499. 2. Centers for Disease Control and ...
News /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
November 2006
... Leslie T. Foster. Victoria: Western Geographical Press, 2005. ISBN 0-919838-29-4. Paperback, 233 pages. $24.95. This ... and co-guest editor of the BCMJ’s September theme issue on patient safety (BCMJ 2006;48:324-341). Dr Michael ... 5 years, to identify adverse drug reaction markers that may be used to predict and prevent drug toxicity in children. ...