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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD January/February 2019
... of new regulations under the BC Public Health Act, as of 1 January 2019, laboratories testing BC patients and paid for ...
Obituaries / BY: Grant Gibbings, MD January/February 2019
... Pretty passed away peacefully at Irene Thomas Hospice on 1 August 2018. Alan was courageous and graceful in facing ...
Obituaries / BY: Rosemary Bell January/February 2019
... and Kurt was in the final weeks of his internship. On 1 July 1961 they formed a professional association that ...
Letters / BY: Thomas M. Roston, MD, FRCPC January/February 2019
... medications. Medical errors are not uncommon occurrences,[ 1 ] and most relate to human factors.[ 2 ] A variety of ...
Letters / BY: Sarah Fraser, BSc January/February 2019
... patient, and be 54% more likely to die in hospital.”[ 1 ]  I went looking for these data because of a trend I had ... resources ($17 million and over 16 000 beds annually),[ 1 ] but also result in poor outcomes for BC’s vulnerable ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD January/February 2019
... Data from the Canadian Institute of Health Information[ 1 ] found that Alberta and BC have the lowest rates of ... in the country, below the Canadian and OECD averages.[ 1 ] Dr Ur’s article, “ Challenges to managing type 2 ...
Letters / BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC January/February 2019
... older cheaper drugs (as concerns for their harms grow).[ 1 , 2 ] —Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC Vancouver This letter was ...
Letters / BY: Omid Kiamanesh, MD January/February 2019
... survival after heart transplantation in BC between 1 December 1988 and 21 October 2014 stratified by donors ... 278.8] min) ( P < 0.01). Overall 10-year survival was 62.1%, 95% CI [56.3, 67.4]. There was no difference in 10-year ...
News January/February 2019
... Call Parkinson Society British Columbia at 604 662-3240 or 1 800 668-3330. Fax requests to 604 687-1327. Email ...
News January/February 2019
... surname: Portal First name: GPSC Date of birth: January 1, 2013 ICD9 code: 780 For more details and the latest ...