Clinical Articles /
BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP
May 2005
... proportion of First Nations people in this population. [17,34-36] The World Health Organization defines health as not ... and health care [50] was offered to all adults (age 17 and older) living in the Bella Coola Valley between August ... using a Likert scale. Respondents consisted of adults (age 17 and older) living in British Columbia’s Bella Coola ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: K. Pielak, RN, MSN
May 2005
... every year in BC: up to 47500 cases of chickenpox, 17 000 physician visits, 172 hospitalizations, and 1 to 2 ... to 10 000 BC residents each year, causing an additional 17 000 MD visits, 524 hospitalizations, and 25 to 30 deaths ...
Premise /
BY: David Snadden, MBChB, MCISc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP (Edin)
June 2005
... and accreditation took place and the building opened on 17 August 2004. The first students were admitted to the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Yulia Lin, MD, FRCPC
June 2005
... platelet count should be maintained above 50 x 109/L. [4,17] If injuries include multiple trauma or CNS injury, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Laura MacDougall, MSc
June 2005
... to range from 9 to 33 days, with a median of 14 to 17 days. [2] Other estimates place the outer range of the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David B. Miller, MD, FRCPC
June 2005
... tens of thousands of patients studied for up to 8 years. [17] The unconventional evaluation of statin safety and ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
July/August 2005
... who completed the run on a drizzly Vancouver day on April 17. What is sure to become an annual event was the dinner and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Lesley A. Stevens, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2005
... tested in a US regional commercial laboratory. [17] The higher rate of testing documented in the current ... with reports in other populations and settings. [17,25-28] It is unlikely that these patients have been ... 0.51 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 50 (88) 25 (44) 12 (21) 39 (68) 35 (17) 93 (46) 68 (34) 160 (79) <0.01 0.79 0.07 0.10 Number of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP
September 2005
... communities are served by only 10% of our physicians—17% of our family physicians and 3% of our specialists. ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jana Patenaude, BSc, MSc
October 2005
... rate reported for the general population of Canada. [17-19] Our study reveals that at least one First Nations ... 137 113 2 (1%) 6 (2%) 21 (6%) 26 (8%) 26 (12%) 17 (12%) 29 (26%) reference 2.017 5.171 7.087 10.087 ...