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Clinical Articles / BY: James K. Lai, MD, CCFP, FCFP, April 2009
... an essential component of health care reform in Canada.[ 1,2 ] EMRs have been shown to improve quality of care by: • ... “occasional users” and “super users” ( Table 1 ). There were no significant differences in the ... IT use at the main practice setting was common ( Figure 1 ), only 33.3% of survey res­pondents indicated that they ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... the estimated glo­merular filtration rate was 67 mL/min/1.73 m2. An electrocardiogram showed sinus rhythm of 77/min, ... in which cross-reactive host antigens are also targeted.[ 1 ] This patient suffered from arthropathy and carditis and ... 20% to 50% in these pa­tients, it is conceivable that 1 in every 5 to 10 positive throat swabs are falsely ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kristopher L. Schmidt, MSc, April 2009
... toxins of the bacterium  Clostridium botulinum .[ 1 ] Infant botulism usually results from in situ toxin ... botulinum toxin present in poorly prepared food items.[ 1 ] Botulinum toxins are some of the most potent neurotoxins ... may require significant care and lengthy hospital stays.[ 1 , 3 ] Epidemiology Between 1996 and 2007, 71 cases of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... than 75% of their daily water intake from bottled water.[ 1 ] Last September, Metro Vancouver ran a campaign promoting ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD April 2009
... the philosophy of naturopathic treatment is threefold: 1.  Vis medicatrix naturae : the body has the inherent ... were moved from over-the-counter status to Schedule 1. In December 2006 the College of Naturopathic Physicians of ... medicines, but for unrestricted access to all Schedule 1 and 2 drugs, which is identical to the formulary access of ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, April 2009
... Services Committee (GPSC) this April will launch a $1.17 million, 3-month pilot project linking central Vancouver ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, April 2009
... They were identified in 1980 by Waddell and colleagues.[ 1 ] Although these findings were initially described in ... What are the five types of nonorganic findings? 1. Tenderness—superficial, non­ana­tomic, or both: ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... of scientific, Hippocratic medicine in BC  [BCMJ 2009;51(1):6] . It is obvious that the government is trying to ...
Letters / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP April 2009
... Levy ( “Solving the primary care crisis,” BCMJ 2009;51[1]:12-13 ). As an FMG who has practised in the distant ...
Letters / BY: Mike Marshall, MD, April 2009
... ( “Solving the primary care crisis,” BCMJ 2009;51[1]:12-13 ). The two eager students feel this is a classic ...