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Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD April 2008
... irresponsible reporting in the lay press” [ BCMJ 2008;50(1):9 ].  I try to nip it in the bud by correcting it; I ...
Letters / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD April 2008
... would like to clarify these issues for all BCMJ readers: 1. This regulation applies to the vast majority of GPs in BC. ... Assessment Department at 604 244-6181 (toll free 1 888 922-2768). 2. Currently, the new needles cost two to ... Industry and Labour Services Department toll free at 1 888 621-7233. —Peter Rothfels, MD Director, Clinical ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, April 2008
A recent international survey[ 1 ] showed that within the year under study, only 38% of ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2008
... worth the effort? They say you should wait at least 1 year before making up your mind, and we are at about 6 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP April 2008
... compared with adiposity to mortality in older adults.[ 1 ]   An association was found between mortality and ... one in­crease physical activity by the equiv­alent of 1 mile a day. This is close to moving from the unfit to fit ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM April 2008
... million to 500 million cases per year with an estimated 1 million deaths; more than 90% of cases are in sub-Saharan ... Disease Control Laboratory Services, PHSA Further reading 1. Griffith KS, Lewis LS, Mali S, et al. Treatment of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Wen Q. Gan, MD, MSc, April 2008
... systemic inflammation, and cardiovascular disease ( Figure 1 ).[ 1 ]  The evidence for these effects comes from strong ... combined with medications, systemic inflammation,[ 1 ] tissue hypoxia, or a combination of these. Low body ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Don D. Sin, MD, MPH, FRCPC, April 2008
... surgery experience significant pulmonary complications.[ 1 ] Postoperative pulmonary complications include respiratory ... mass index greater than 30 kg/m2 increases the risk 4.1-fold or by 310%). • A positive cough test (see  Table 1 ; this increases the risk 4.3-fold or by 330%). ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Frank Ervin, MD, FRCPC, April 2008
... severity and length of follow-up. The Lung Health Study[ 1 ] followed smokers with airflow limitation who “did not ... mortality from AECOPD can be as high as 11%, and 1-year mortality is in the range of 50%.[ 3 ]  With the ... prognosis. However, half do survive for longer than 1 year after ventilation is in­troduced. All patients with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nabil Al Lawati, MD, MRCP, April 2008
... it is the fourth leading cause of death in the world[ 1 ] and in Canada.[ 2 ] The prevalence of COPD in Canada has ... ob­structive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) account for over 1.5 million physician visits annually in Canada and are the ... The econo­mic impact of the disease in Canada exceeds $1.67 billion[2] and is likely underestimated.[ 5 ] In ...