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News January/February 2008
... Medal for Distinguished Medical Service is awarded to a BC doctor who has made an extraordinary contribution in the ... inspiration and a challenge to the medical profession in BC.  Only one award will be made in any one year; there is ... Ms Lorie Janzen BCMA 115–1665 West Broadway Vancouver BC V6J 5A4. News Call for nominations ...
News January/February 2008
... complemented her studies as a research assistant at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and the BC Centre for Disease Control. She has performed laboratory ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Shelagh Locke, January/February 2008
... in response to the estimated 5000 needlestick injuries BC health care workers sustain each year. Any medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat G. Camp, MSc, PT, March 2008
... in the prevalence and mortality rates for COPD in BC and Canada. Prevalence COPD is both underreported and ... an accurate estimate of the true burden of COPD for BC and Canada is challenging, as the symptoms of COPD may not ... low, even though the Canadian Thoracic Society[ 2 ] and BC guidelines[ 3 ] for COPD recommend that COPD be diagnosed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Al Talag, MD, March 2008
... in the office setting. Accreditation can be obtained in BC through the Diagnostic Accreditation Program, and once you ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Al Talag, MD, March 2008
... , 5 ] Indications for long-term oxygen therapy in COPD for BC (consistent with national guidelines) include significant ... To qualify for short-term oxygen therapy for ambulation in BC, patients should have a sustained Spo 2     (oxygen ... Scale; or an SpO2 less than 80% with ambulation as in the BC Home Oxygen Program medical criteria ( ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Don D. Sin, MD, MPH, FRCPC, March 2008
... and one of the leading causes of mortality in BC.[ 1 ] For­tunately, stable COPD is readily treatable. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rob Gair, BSc (Pharm), March 2008
... tablets, or powders. Medical toxicologists at the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre may be consulted ... Call 800 567-8911. —Rob Gair, BSc (Pharm), CSPI BC Drug and Poison Information Centre BC Centre for Disease Control Heavy metal poisoning from ...
Editorials / BY: Robert D. Levy, MD, FRCPC March 2008
... epidemiology, and management of COPD with the BC health care community. British Columbia is a hot­bed of ... the development and progression of COPD. Furthermore, the BC health care community is taking a leadership role in the ... world. As pointed out by Ms Camp and Dr Levy (page 80), in BC alone, over 70000 residents over the age of 45 years have ...
Letters / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2008
... a step goal such as 10000 steps per day.  Doctors in BC will have opportunity in 2008 to promote pedo­meter use ...