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Clinical Articles / BY: Navid Dehghani, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... of foreign body aspirations occur in children younger than 4 years of age.  Immature dentition, poor food control, ... is usually readily diagnosed by history and radiology.[ 4 ] Bronchial foreign bodies Aspirated foreign bodies most ...
Letters / BY: Tom Elliott, MBBS, July/August 2008
... records (PHRs—for example, the CMA’s mydoctor.ca[ 4 ] and elliottPHR.ca[ 5]), and developments in medical ...
ICBC / BY: Doug Harrington, July/August 2008
... the time they were ordered, in this particular case.”[ 4 ] In Phelan v. Newcombe, plaintiff’s counsel’s position ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, July/August 2008
... and youth are currently experiencing mental disorders.[ 4 ] • Only 5% of children and youth receive any form of ... MCFD services are provided Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Children and youth requiring services outside of ... and Youth Mental Health Plan that was implemented in 2003.4 Significant accomplishments have occurred in the last 5 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... as a depressive equivalent in this population.[ 4 ]  Ian’s case also reminds us that bereavement and grief ... done poorly because of their unique needs (Cases 4 and 5). There is also no intermediate resource for patients ... for patients and their caregivers (Case 7).  Case 4:  “Ted” is a 27-year-old man with DD and bipolar ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... limb salvage and increased mortality for the patient.[ 1 - 4] In 2004, 84 patients with soft tissue sarcomas were ... to a multidisciplinary centre have inferior outcomes.[ 1 - 4 ]  A multidisciplinary centre has the advantages of access ... not be delayed while waiting for imaging services. Figure 4  shows a well-differentiated liposarcoma that largely ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD, July/August 2008
... for colon polyps and cancer as well as for surveillance.[ 4 ] The lack of qualified endoscopists in rural areas means ... ).  The phy­sician completed the procedure in all but 4 cases, and reached the cecum (56/58) or duodenum (47/49) as ... report was available for comparison in 30% of cases, and 4% of procedures were incomplete. Future studies are needed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Catherine L. Weber, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... to care for these pa­tients. The BC guidelines on CKD[ 4 ] provide detailed information for family physicians and ... stages of CKD (occasionally Stage 3, more commonly Stages 4 and 5).[ 6 , 7 ]  It is important to note that patients ... female of Euro­pean descent who is 1.63 m tall (5'4"), and weighs 50 kg (110 lb) with a BMI of 18.9 would be ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD September 2008
... for compensation, just like any other workers. Scenario #4 Dr Winters is a physician practising as a sole proprietor ... You can reach a service representative from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, by calling 604 244-6181 in ...
News / BY: Michael Myckatyn, MD, September 2008
... The MMES has put teams in the Relay for Life for 4 years and raised over $120000 for the Canadian Cancer ...