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Back Page / BY: Jonathan Down, MBBS, MHSc, DCH, FRCPC June 2005
... now known to be relatively common, affecting approximately 1:100 [1-4]  in a range of different ways. The term fetal alcohol ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Yulia Lin, MD, FRCPC June 2005
... keep in mind that the risks of bacterial contamination (1:10 000) and alloimmunization to platelets are increased with platelet transfusion. [1]   • Strategies should be undertaken to minimize the ... be assessed by obtaining a platelet count 15 minutes to 1 hour posttransfusion and calculating the corrected count ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Laura MacDougall, MSc June 2005
... pain. The patient’s highest recorded temperature was 38.1°C on day 2, with fluctuation between 36°C and 38°C. His ... to Sin Nombre virus from acute to convalescent sera (1:1600 to 1:400) with a concomitant rise in immunoglobulin G antibodies ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David B. Miller, MD, FRCPC June 2005
... in patients without a previous myocardial infarction. [1]  This conclusion was drawn by evaluating serious adverse ... overall health benefit in primary prevention trials.” [1]  Furthermore, because the total SAE rates are similar in ... adverse events are increased by statin therapy.” [1] Using the TI publication as an example, we will show how ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Krawciw, MD July/August 2005
... designates as having “reproductive critical effects.” [1,2] Each year, two or three mercury spills are reported to ... during business hours at 604 276-3100 or toll free 1 888 621-7233. Disposing of mercury To safely dispose of ... spill occurs, call the WCB emergency spill phone number at 1 888 621-7233 during normal business hours or after hours ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD July/August 2005
... for this third year are set to begin no later than 1 October 2005 and will be subject to arbitration as early as 1 February 2006. We all remember what happened to our last ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS July/August 2005
... Nicola T. Shaw. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-85775-623-1. Paperback, 288 pages. $53.50. Dr Nicola Shaw is a research ... threat to the blood supply, despite donor WNV screening. [1,2]  Six cases of TT-WNV were reported in the United States ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC July/August 2005
... a milder, often febrile, illness (WNF). Approximately 1 in 150 (0.7 %) people infected will develop severe ... with BCCDC lab requisition #1806. • Cerebrospinal fluid (1 cc to 2 cc) collected in each of two tubes without ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael D.D. McNeely, MD, FRCPC, FCACB July/August 2005
... is currently at least 10 times more costly to analyze.  [1]  Actual measurement of the glomerular filtration rate ... This last difficulty is shown dramatically in  Figure 1 , where the body weight and 24-hour creatinine excretion of ... define the reference interval as a GFR ≥60 mL/min/1.73 m2. “Persistent eGFR values <60 mL/min indicate ...
Clinical Articles / BY: R. Kirk Poulos, MD July/August 2005
... assistance managing the burgeoning number of CKD cases. [1]  In the Vancouver Island Health Authority, for example, ... estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 37 mL/min/1.73 m2 (normal >90 mL/min/1.73 m2). [3] Mr J.’s family doctor informs him that his ...