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Clinical Articles November 2010
... (THR) surgery has led to the observation by Coventry[ 1 ] that “total hip replacement, indeed, might be the ... for THR. The two most common ex­posures ( Figure 1 ) are the anterolat­eral[ 2 ] and the posterolateral ... nickel sensitivity), a leg-length discrepancy greater than 1 cm, and women of childbearing age.  The primary concern ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel H. Williams, MSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth), November 2010
... 16% and 44% during the first 5 years of the 21st century.[ 1 , 2 ]  The history of total knee arthroplasty began back ... complication is deep infection, which complicates between 1% and 2% of operations and may require further and repeated ... after the 70th postoperative day.[ 17 ]  Mortality at 1 year following knee arthroplasty is 1.6%, which is half the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc November 2010
... resistance following reduced antibiotic prescribing.[ 1 ]  Ten years ago, BC’s provincial health officer ... with the largest reduction among children less than 1 year of age.  Unfortunately, the use of antibiotics with ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC November 2010
... as $12.6 billion in financial and social costs annually.[ 1 ]  Sanctions resulting from conviction are effective in ... the effectiveness of these Criminal Code provisions.  1) The Criminal Code should be amend­ed to authorize police ...
Letters / BY: Rielle Capler, MHA, November 2010
... about, but I research their scientific evidence.”[ 1 ] Dr Vroom seems to be making an exception for medical ...
News / BY: Michael Schachter, MD, November 2010
... a philosophical shift toward a shared care model.[ 1 ] Shared care refers to a set of ideas designed to ... the College of Family Physicians of Canada for 6.5 Mainpro-1 CME credits. It will be held Saturday, 22 January 2010 at ...
News November 2010
... in British Columbia. Only one award will be made in any 1 year and there shall be no obligation on the fund to make ... be obtained from  www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/1368/la_id/1.htm  (select “About CMA” and “Awards from CMA”). ...
News November 2010
... elective surgeries in BC (see the  Figure ). As of 1 December 2010 three additional fields will be added to all ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC November 2010
... Palmer (Retired), who died 22 December 1999, aged 94.[ 1 ] Dr Palmer’s major contribution to the initiation and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP November 2010
... please contact WorkSafe­BC’s prevention branch at 1 888 621-7233. For more information For further information ... regarding as­bestosis, contact Sami Youakim, MD, at 1 250 881-3490. —Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP, WorkSafeBC ...