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Clinical Articles / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD January/February 2008
... The toxicologists and consulting physicians at the BC Poison Control Centre proved to be an invaluable resource ... case history and serial X-rays were presented at a BC Thoracic Surgery meeting. During the discussion and ... chelation therapy as recommended by a consultant from the BC Poison Control Centre, and eventually completed two 19-day ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Neal Shahidi, January/February 2008
... vaccination with a four-dose schedule of PCV7.[ 2 ] In BC a universal infant immunization program that was ... at age 2, 4, 6, and 12 to 15 months.[ 3 ]  In addition, BC authorities continued to offer PPV23 to all persons older ... of age.[ 3 ] Methods IPD is a reportable condition in BC and has been monitored by the British Columbia Centre for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC January/February 2008
... that same year infectious syphilis rates began to rise in BC, to 7.7 cases per 100000 in 2006. Most recently, this ... 90% of specimens collected for prenatal blood screening in BC include testing for syphilis. All pregnant women should be ... and requires specialist care. STI Clinic staff at the BC Centre for Disease Control follow up on all positive ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2008
...  on several occasions, as well as, at one point, in the  BC Medical Journal  be­cause the photo was used in an ad ... However, there is a pilot project underway through the BC Cancer Agency, but the finding and clinical ... office (it’s called the NewsFlash; e-mail  vlee@bcma.bc.ca  to be put on the distribution list). Like all good ...
Editorials / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2008
... confidence in the Journal and its tradition of publishing BC physician-authors writing for the benefit of BC physicians and patients (we’ve kept those letters and ...
Letters / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS January/February 2008
... in their use of their EMR of choice the BCMA and BC government are in effect endorsing six vendors who meet ...
Letters / BY: Stephen D. Anderson, MD, FRCPC January/February 2008
In his November 2007  BC Medical Journal  article,[ 1 ] Dr H. Davis ex­pressed ...
Letters / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2008
... West Linn Paper in Oregon. While we would prefer to use a BC source, there isn’t one. The  BCMJ  is printed by ...
News January/February 2008
... 2007 was a month of awards and recognition for a number of BC physicians: Dr Thomas Kerr Dr Thomas Kerr (Michael Smith ... for Health Research scholar, research scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, assistant professor, ... Dr Hayden and Dr Bruce Carleton are supported by Genome BC and Genome Canada for the project: Genotype-specific ...
News / BY: Judith G. Hall, MD, January/February 2008
... of British Columbia, Room 2D19-4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3V4. All proceeds go to the Department of Pediatrics. ...