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Obituaries / BY: M. Graham Clay, MD, April 2010
... surgical internship at Shaughnessy Hospital, followed by 1 year of pathology at the Royal Jubilee. He completed his ...
Premise / BY: Judith Marois, April 2010
... in the practice of psychotherapy by physicians.”[ 1 ] Boundary violations differ from boundary crossings, in ... exploitative, whereas boundary violations are damaging.[ 1 ]  Some boundary transgressions are clearly unethical ... no longer “feel that his/her needs are paramount.”[ 1 ] Breaching the trust underlying the relationship is ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD April 2010
... care for neck pain be triaged as follows: • Grade 1—No signs of pathology and little or no interference with ... is not indicated in the initial assessment of grades 1 or 2 neck pain, while grade 3 may require elective ... can help in the short term. In the early stages of grade 1 or 2 neck pain, the task force recommends the following: ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ellamae Stadnick MD, MSc, FRCPC, May 2010
... and Lung Transplant (ISHLT) worldwide data registry.[ 1 ]  In BC the first cardiac transplantation was performed ... survive the first 5 years following transplant ( Figure 1 ). Increasing recipient age, pre-existing renal ... the Pre-Transplant Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital ( Table 1 ). Patients are required to undergo a series of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
... immunosuppressive therapy Graft survival rates ( Figure 1 ) and pa­tient survival rates ( Figure 2 ) for BC ... (ATG) are now commonly used at the time of transplant.[ 1,2 ]  The immunosuppressive regimen is determined by a ... 3 ] Results in low-risk patients have been excellent, with 1- and 10-year graft survival at 96.4% and 77.7%. Results in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP, May 2010
... improved technical aspects of transplant surgery, the 1-year survival rates were not above 35% in the 1960s and ... with a landmark paper reporting 11 of 12 patients alive 1 year post-transplant on cyclosporine-based immunosuppresion.[ 1 ]  The availability of tacrolimus as an alternative to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer M. Wilson, MD, FRCPC, May 2010
... transplants are performed globally on an annual basis.[ 1 ] The majority of recipients have had underlying cystic ... survival for lung transplant recipients of 5.5 years, or 7.1 years conditional to surviving the first post-transplant year.[ 1 ] Results from experienced centres and for recipients ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Dustin Li, May 2010
... BCCDC’s 2010 Antimicrobial Resistance Trends re­port.[ 1 ]  Bacterial organisms that are monitored for ... (TMP-SMX) has seen a steady decline ( Figure 1 ) likely attributed to the increased prevalence of ... that exhibited resistance toward erythromycin was 6.1%, but this figure has increased dramatically to 32.0% as of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP May 2010
... unstable, and the results were very encouraging.[ 1 ]  After a short time and in a climate of medical ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, May 2010
... of Court for expert evidence, which come into force on 1 July 2010, require that the expert physician must remain ... potential for future development. ICBC requests a minimum 1-year commitment. —Laura Jensen, MD ICBC Medical Community ...