Search

WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME March 2010
... All WorkSafeBC medical advisors are physicians licensed in BC—most with a GP/FP background—with a minimum of 5 years ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S.E. Lord, MD, April 2010
... In 2001, Statistics Canada determined the population of BC to be 3907738 and the population of Met­ro Vancouver to be 1986965. The BC incidence rate of pedestrian trauma was 3.2 per 100000 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2010
... but ongoing system improvements should continue.  As one BC virologist said, “This was a training virus.” BC Centre for Disease Control Pandemic influenza: ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2010
... a large truck drove by, vibrating the condo. Being from BC, as the sound and violent shaking built I quickly ...
News April 2010
... the Provincial Health Services Authority, including the BC Centre for Disease Control, under the leadership of the Dr Julio Montaner, director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.  For British ... possible.  It is estimated that more than 12000 people in BC are living with HIV, and about 27% of these individuals ...
News April 2010
... at 604 987-6959 ext. 228 or  meagan.maddocks@cmha.bc.ca  for further details and referral information. News ...
News / BY: Christiane AhPin, April 2010
... have general questions, please contact me at  cahpin@bcma.bc.ca . —Christiane Ahpin BCMA Chief Operating Officer News ...
Obituaries / BY: M. Graham Clay, MD, April 2010
... agreements from earlier years.  The medical profession in BC owes Bud a deep gratitude for his achievements on the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ellamae Stadnick MD, MSc, FRCPC, May 2010
... Lung Transplant (ISHLT) worldwide data registry.[ 1 ]  In BC the first cardiac transplantation was performed in 1988. ... support is 155 days. The current device utilized in BC is the Heartmate II (Thora­tec Ltd., California). It ... disease. Given the scarcity of available donor hearts in BC, efforts have been made recently to develop mechanical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
Kidney transplantation The first kidney transplant in BC was performed in 1968. With the dramatic improvement in ... ( Figure 1 ) and pa­tient survival rates ( Figure 2 ) for BC recipients of deceased donor and living donor kidneys have ... receive ATG, tacrolimus, mycophenolate, and steroids. In BC approximately 80% of transplant recipients are low-risk ...