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Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC September 2007
... safety and well-being, and the quality of patient care.[ 1-3 ] Several studies have demonstrated that sleep ... of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine postgraduate year 1 (PGY-1) residents in Lower Mainland teaching hospitals were ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Russell Callaghan, PhD, September 2007
... remained relatively low and constant at 4% to 5%. [1]  In a study conducted in 2003, Lampinen and colleagues ... program is composed of seven 4-day treatment modules: (1) family relationships, (2) conflict resolution, (3) ... admitted to the program can be found in  Table 1.  The GEE statistical modeling procedure demonstrated a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mario McKenna, MSc, September 2007
... Schools or the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.[ 1 ] Since the 1970s, Canada has depended on IMG physicians ... a UBC Department of Psychiatry faculty appointment ( table 1 ). This is consistent with the general proportions of IMG ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jay Draper September 2007
... for that financial information to be released.  District 1 delegate Dr Bill Cavers assured members that the executive ... [see figure] In 2006, the total expenditures were $1 235 7842, compared with $11 203 707 in 2005, a 10% increase or $1 154 135. The expenditures included the following: • ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John A. Dufton, DC, MD, October 2007
... of diabetes and adherence to a medication regimen.[ 1-3 ] Longitudinal data have also suggested that the ... predictor of diabetic complications in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.[ 7-10 ] Futhermore, a randomized ... that antidepressant therapy in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes improved glycemic control.[ 10 ] US ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nadejda Droubatchevskaia, MD, October 2007
... the US Agency for Health Care Policy and Research)[ 1 ] (see  Appendix A ). Because of the limited number of ... is usually indicated if fibrinogen levels are less than 1.0 g/L, and bleeding is present, although clinically ... at higher levels. If fibrinogen levels are greater than 1.0 g/L in the setting of active bleeding secondary to DIC, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC October 2007
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects about 1.5% of British Columbians. The incubation period is usually ... of people with chronic HCV infection after 20 years, and 1% to 5% will develop hepatocellular carcinoma or require a ... 24 years) where the female rates exceed those of males.[ 1 ] Reported cases include those with recent infections ...
Case Report / BY: Tony Wilson, MD, October 2007
... faced with a challenging case. A teenage girl ( Figure 1 ) had four large, full-thickness pressure sores on her ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG October 2007
... making doctors at all. These essential qualities were (1) having clear ethical values, (2) putting patients first, ...
News October 2007
... portable, and detailed manual. For all others, dial 1 800 567-8911 or 604 682-5050 for the Drug and Poison ... the CMA web site at www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/1368/la_id/1.htm . Or contact Ms Kathy Hannam, Strategic and Corporate ...