BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
June 2008
... 5000 are treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasm 2 and 3. This program has reduced the incidence and ... Gardasil is given in three doses over 6 months (at 0, 2, and 6 months). Studies are ongoing to establish duration ... protection but currently indicate a minimum of 5 years.[ 2 ] Mathematical modeling of HPV 16 antibody decay suggests ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Navid Dehghani, MD, FRCPC,
June 2008
... bodies, we have developed the following guidelines.[ 2 , 3 ] Ingested objects and lodgment sites Children usually ... radiograph (see Figure 1 ) and not visible (see Figure 2 ) can involve endoscopy. Rigid endoscopic removal under ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC,
June 2008
... for 36% of all deaths in British Columbia alone.[ 2 ] Along with an excess of premature mortality, CVD results ... should be measured at least every 5 years (and every 2 years if risk factors for hyperlipidemia and diabetes are ... be assessed at every routine evaluation (at least every 2 years). Family history of premature CVD should be regularly ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Navid Dehghani, MD, FRCPC,
June 2008
... diet should be advanced slowly in terms of food textures.[ 2 ] We look forward to continuing to educate the public about ... thin, sharp objects, such as metallic stickers ( Table 2 ). On rare occasions, these objects can become lodged ... in retrieving the aspirated object (see Figure 2 ). For affected children, care at a tertiary centre with a ...
Obituaries /
BY: Eldon Lee, MD,
July/August 2008
... days a year. A telephone was by his bed and if it rang at 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning for an emergency, it was ...
News&Notes /
BY: Mel Petreman, MD,
July/August 2008
... in the March 1981 issue of the BCMJ. In the past 11/2 years, this five-physician practice has set about to rid ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
July/August 2008
... all spinal cord injuries (97%) occur before age 50.[ 2 ] • The average age of major trauma patients is 43.[ 3 ] ...
News /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
July/August 2008
... al. Toronto: McGraw Hill, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0-07-146633-2. Hardcover, 2754 pages plus index. $199. Come on, admit it, ...
Letters /
BY: Tom Elliott, MBBS,
July/August 2008
... around the entire BC government eHealth process,[ 2 ] and privacy concerns[ 3 ] have resulted in business ...
Letters /
BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI
July/August 2008
... (positive predicative value for malignancy less than 2%), then short interval follow-up is preferable to biopsy. ... is defined as a positive predictive value greater than 2%. Occasionally, suspicious calcification seen ...