WorkSafeBC /
BY: Peter Rothfels, MD
November 2008
... control studies. • Level 4—Case series. • Level 5—Expert opinion. Here are summaries of six recent articles ... of Insurance Medicine. 2007;39:192-198 (evidence level 5)—Will help physicians understand the meanings of the ... pain. Pain Medicine. 2005;6(2):107-112 (evidence level 5)—Describes 10 steps of “universal precautions” ...
Premise /
BY: Marshall Dahl, MD, PhD, FRCPC
November 2008
... to the conventional group that had a median A1c of 7.5%. This is equivalent to one extra death in the intensive ... group for every 95 patients who were treated for 3.5 years. There is no “clear explanation for this higher ... increased mortality with a glycemic goal of A1c below 6.5%. However, the types of pharmacologic interventions that ...
News
November 2008
... McCreary Centre Society has conducted the surveys every 5 or 6 years in school districts across the province. ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Anne R. Synnes, MDCM, FRCPC, MHSc,
November 2008
... and routine practice, performed in 88% of deliveries.[ 5 ],[ 9 ] Since GA is determined more accurately than fetal ... and live births) to only live births to NICU admissions.[ 5 ] The BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre is the ... at the threshold of viability are summarized in Table 5 . The most recent Canadian statement was released in 1994 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Osman S. Ipsiroglu, MD, MAS, MBA,
November 2008
... including an increased exposure to light at night.[ 3 ]-[ 5 ] Demands placed on children’s time (e.g., higher ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Susan Albersheim, MD, FRCPC, PhD,
November 2008
... for the child have subjective and objective components,[ 5 ] and are not purely objective for physicians because of ...
Index
December 2008
... Identification of individuals at increased risk* 5:246; Infective endocarditis prophylaxis: An update for ... out of the ordinary (op) 4:187; Reflections on a year (op) 5:241 Armstrong RW: Focus on the profession: Academic and ... (c) 4:185 Balfour J: Maternity program shortfall (c) 5:242 Barn P: Is living near power lines bad for our ...
ICBC /
BY: Elizabeth Heinz,
December 2008
... a vehicle for 1 to 3 years (first offence) and 2 to 5 years (subsequent offences). A maximum 10-year sentence can ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
December 2008
... after the province implemented helmet legislation.[ 5 ] The economics seem to make good sense, too. It is ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Fawziah Marra, PharmD
December 2008
... in British Columbia has slowly declined from 18.5 to 16.8 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitant-days ... agents such as penicillins has plateaued over the last 5 years; tetracyclines and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole use ...