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Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC January/February 2010
... In 1996, the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) developed a DKA protocol ... years ago, based on results published by a large pediatric centre.[ 12 ] In short, two bags of intravenous fluids, ... 30% to 40% of children who have diabetes in BC are on an insulin pump), a new cause of DKA is being ...
Letters / BY: R. Brar, MD January/February 2010
... editorial appeared an advertisement for the Cambie Surgery Centre, the private clinic with which Dr Day is affiliated. ... it discredits the  BCMJ  as an objective resource for BC physicians.  As members of the BCMA, we object to ... policy. Dr Day’s co-ownership of the Cambie Surgery Centre is a well-known fact both inside and outside the ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Paul K.B. Dagg, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2010
... people with psychiatric illness within the province of BC when distances require the use of air ambulance. At Hillside Centre, we provide tertiary psychiatric care in our PICU, ... from throughout the northern and southern interiors of BC. We also run the Behavioural Stabilization and Assessment ...
News / BY: Nicole Racette, MD, March 2010
... efficient and timely fashion in a one-stop clinic. EPAC at BC Women’s The Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic (EPAC) at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre first opened in July 2007 within the Reproductive ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Diana June King, March 2010
In November 2009, we lost a giant of BC medicine. Dr Don Rix has left behind a legacy of ...   Painting by Edgardo Lantin, courtesy of BC Cancer Agency Despite an amazing array of interests and ... other private companies did, he pushed for a day-care centre and even a credit union and ATMs in the labs, neither ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2010
... Mexico. It was first identified by the British Co­lumbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Microbiology ... but ongoing system improvements should continue.  As one BC virologist said, “This was a training virus.” BC Centre for Disease Control Pandemic influenza: ...
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 ...
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. ... until an organ be­comes available.  In 1992 the Heart Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital implanted the first VAD in ... support is 155 days. The current device utilized in BC is the Heartmate II (Thora­tec Ltd., California). It ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP, May 2010
... survival rates of 75% after liver transplantation in BC ( Figure 1 ).[ 3 ]  In contrast, the expected survival of ... diseases in the absence of structural liver disease. In BC this most notably takes the form of urea cycle defects in ... liver function or will die. Early referral to a transplant centre gives patients the best chance for a favorable ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer M. Wilson, MD, FRCPC, May 2010
... can all be seen when looking at lung transplantation in BC today.  It is essential for those caring for patients ... when more specialized input from a lung transplant centre is desirable. Successes The field of lung ... the number of transplants that can be performed in BC and Canada is limited by the relatively small cadaveric ...