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Premise / BY: E. Pankratz, MD, January/February 2009
... instances the care of other patients is at best mediocre. My experience differs from that of Dr Richardson in that I knew within about 6 hours what my diagnosis was, but relaying this to the emergency doc was ... succession: the head nurse came and saw me and called the hospital doctor, who was there very quickly, and who in turn ...
Obituaries / BY: Barry Turchen, MD January/February 2009
... Society and chief of pathology services at MSA General Hospital. He was a scholarly man with an outstanding list of ... was a brilliant pathologist and respected leader. Our new hospital in Abbotsford was made possible in no small part ... would give me one of his wonderful smiles or simply touch my hand to let me know how he felt. Joe’s body has left us, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Albert W. Chan, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2009
... the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Royal Columbian Hospital starting in July 2005. Patients who had symptomatic ... who required urgent cardiac surgery were kept in the hospital until surgery and clopidogrel was withheld from ... Acknowledgments I appreciate the assistance of my colleagues Dr Kennely Ho (Department of Neuroscience, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... was reported by Munn and colleagues at BC’s Children’s Hospital, where a child was found to have acute ... alternatives commonly include erythromycin, clarithro­my­cin, and azithromycin. Clindamycin may be employed to ... was very low. For instance, at BC’s Children’s Hospital, we determined the frequency of such resistance to ...
Back Page / BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS April 2009
... training are spiritedly scrutinized. However, in my opinion not enough attention or print is devoted to the ... are no longer with us, but they most certainly live on in my fond memory. In the mid-1960s I was appointed, to no small ... and resident assistant surgeon at the world-renowned Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Street in London. ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD May 2009
A few months ago I attended my 30-year medical school reunion. Our class of 65 ... but not yet. The patient still has the last say. My hope is that we continue to teach good physical ... wide variety of clinical conditions. There are now, in the hospital I work in, preprinted orders for the management of ...
Letters / BY: Judi Vriend Matthews, May 2009
... I related to a retired doctor an incident that happened to my dad, and he suggested I write to the BC Medical Journal about the situation. My dad was a senior with a brilliant mind and full hearing, ... age 14 and totally blind by age 58. When he went into the hospital for heart surgery he had some experiences that could ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, May 2009
... of remote access to the EMR, particularly from within hospital networks. • An economic model that enables ... “I have spent the last year creating the templates in my EMR to capture the right data for my most common types of visits, and from that to ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB June 2009
... course, beyond. I grew up in South Africa. I did not see my mother have to juggle too much (I love you, Mother). Many ... who did all the cleaning, cooking, washing, and ironing. My parents have had the same housekeeper for over 30 years. ... few years ago, one Mother’s Day, I was on my way to the hospital to do ward rounds. As I drove past a cemetery, I ...
Letters / BY: Ivor McMahen, MD, June 2009
... patient in front of me talking about her depression while my computer, which contains the patient data showing she is ... AC ratio; securely transmits an electronic requisition in my name to the appropriate lab facility; and prints a ... implementation. Isn’t this all something like hiring a hospital ad­ministrator without realizing he only speaks, ...