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Clinical Articles / BY: Zamil Karim, MD, FRCPC, October 2013
... chart review was conducted from 1 September to 31 October 2010 at two teaching hospitals in Vancouver, BC. This quality ... to AVN, replacement of his joint did not occur until May 1987. In the interim, the patient developed AVN in his ... prednisone prescribed might have been excessive.  On the issue of informed consent, the judge believed that a ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, BSc, October 2012
... population declined for the first time between 2009 and 2010, falling from 48% to 43%.[ 5 ] Studies with both ... whole foods.  In addition to overall diet, the issue of workplace nutrition has recently received some ... ubiquity of inadequate nutrition among physicians, as they may result in decreased quality of patient care and medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alison Granger-Brown, MA, December 2012
... healing benefits.  Screening mammography program In March 2010 a mammography technician and the assistant deputy warden ... and increase motivation for change—something that may be sustained after release from prison. Women in BC’s ... 25 ]  Infant safety has not been reported as an issue in numerous countries where prison infant and mother ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... Each of these topics is dealt with in this theme issue, which was inspired in part by the 23rd Scientific ... Society of Hypertension, held in Vancouver in the fall of 2010.  During the meeting outstanding research was presented ... to therapies based on antihypertensive drugs, which may be perceived as “too powerful” or “less ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... profile, quantitation of the latter is less exact and may occasionally surprise a physician. As Barber proposes, ... outcome of a simple medical practice audit conducted in 2010 illustrates how such an approach might affect personal ... 19 ] provides a structure for assessment:  I. Question or issue created; assess resources. II. Acquire information and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... he drew to the problem of SCD as a whole. ICDs in 2010 Unlike the early prototypes, modern devices are much ... However, some individuals with better-tolerated VT may be amenable to antiarrhythmic therapy or to ablation ... presented in  Table 1 . ICDs for primary prevention The issue of which patients should receive an ICD for the primary ...
Letters / BY: Ray Baker, MD May 2008
... it in our practices with our patients. What we take issue with is a major trial (3000 patients by 2010) using a highly vulnerable population based on studies ... to pause and reflect that something intuitively obvious may not lead to the best outcomes. We did not ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2007
... became involved with the BCMA, were you motivated by some issue or problem that you wanted to solve? I was probably ... the BCMA. The societies are doing a good job, and in fact, may need more help to do things. They’re doing a huge ... We’re a long way from any further negotiations—2010, just for the reopener. So we’ve got lots of time to ...
MDs To Be / BY: Paul Dhillon, MBBChBAO, LRCP&SI, EMDM, CCFP, DRCOG, DTM&H(Lon), FRGS March 2005
... and in the hospital.” Although some of these people may choose not to have a family physician, a visit to most ... the care they provide in hospitals.” [2]  This issue is addressed through greater awareness and the growing ... goals set at 256 students in the first-year class by 2010, one can be assured there will be more family doctors ...
Interviews / BY: Michael Golbey, MD September 2005
... of the public system by doing some of it privately. That may simply mean publicly funded procedures being done in ... Committee on revitalizing family practice will be a big issue. Increased funding going to general practice is a good ... a bit about the UBC Medicine site in the Okanagan? Yes, in 2010 I believe there will be 32 spaces, and everybody in the ...