Clinical Articles /
BY: Brenda Kosaka, MD
November 2006
... are typically affected by a mild traumatic brain injury [2-7] include: • Attention: There can be particular ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Pankaj Dhawan, MD, FRCPC,
November 2006
... morbidity and severity of postconcussion symptoms. [5-7] The majority of patients will gradually recover within 3 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David Brooks, MD,
November 2006
... understanding of appropriate concussion management. [7] Wennberg recently reported that the National Hockey ... that progressively resolves without complication over 7 to 10 days. Apart from encouraging the athlete to rest ... estimates from volunteer reports were between 4.44 and 7.94 per 1000 PGH. Physicians who treat athletes in high-risk ...
News
December 2006
... (they might want to buy the book as well). —DRR On 7 November 2006 Dr Vincent Lam was named the 2006 Giller ...
Letters /
BY: Margaret McGregor, MD,
December 2006
In response to JAW’s op-ed ( BCMJ 2006;48[7]:310-312 ) claiming that the recent challenge to Dr Brian ...
Letters /
BY: Sadi Bayrakal, MD,
December 2006
In the September issue ( BCMJ 2006;48[7]:324-34 ), the articles concerning adverse drug effects and ...
Letters /
BY: Bruce Fleming, MD
December 2006
... in September’s edition of the BCMJ (2006;48[7]:318-322 ). I would like to commend Dr MacDiarmid for her ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
December 2006
... for the four-dose (2, 4, 6, and 18 months) schedule. [7] The model also outlined the waste of continuing a ... to retain four doses over three would at best cost $7.83 million per case prevented and $2 million per ...
Clinical Articles
December 2006
... brain injury. They also noted comorbid anxiety in 76.7% and aggressive behavior in 56.7%. Forty of their patients had sustained a mild traumatic ... based on age, and that incidence increased by a factor of 7, depending on whether there were abnormal CT findings on ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jill Franklin, BA,
December 2006
... to people with brain injuries. A patient with Part 7 funding from ICBC (see below) will only be accepted in the ... when there is less than $5000 in that patient’s Part 7 account. Someone with an open tort claim can apply for the ... with mTBI, but some treatment may be covered under Part 7. Once a patient reports a mild traumatic brain injury to ...