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Clinical Articles / BY: James Lee, MD, July/August 2011
... ] Summary Convulsive status epilepticus in children is a medical emergency that is handled most effectively with an ... the setting. Up­dates in the approach described in this article will be posted on the guidelines section of the Child ... declared. ABSTRACT: Convulsive status epi­lep­ticus is a medical emergency requiring early and effective treatment. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, July/August 2011
... Disease Control (BCCDC). Together we provide comprehensive medical and public health expertise about cases of ... about delayed speech and poor social interaction. The medical assessment revealed developmental delay including ... which action may be considered to reduce exposure. This article is the opinion of the BCCDC and has not been peer ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS July/August 2011
... term “evidence-based medicine” first appeared in the medical literature in the early 1990s. Today the concept is ... —Robert Melrose —Judy Neill Library Co-Managers This article is the opinion of the Library of the College of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, July/August 2011
... —Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, FRCPC(EM) Member, Emergency Medical Services Committee This article is the opinion of the Council on Health Promotion and ...
Editorials / BY: Kevin Farrell, MBChB, July/August 2011
... of Emergency Medicine and members of the British Columbia Medical Association’s Section of Pediatrics in the ... the family doctor and emergency physician.  In the first article, we discuss febrile seizures, the most common ... can be used as a guide to management.  In the second article, we propose an approach to establishing whether an ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Clay Barber, July/August 2011
... Drs Chris Gorman and Ron Remick began offering group medical visits for patients with mood disorders. “We saw what GPs were doing with their group medical visits for patients with chronic conditions, and we ... Content and Implementation, Practice Support Program This article is the opinion of the GPSC and has not been peer ...
MDs To Be / BY: Disha Mehta, BSc, July/August 2011
... suffering in silence. We have been inspired early in our medical training by a common passion for reducing disparities ... This project was funded by the Canadian Federation of Medical Students, the British Columbia Medical Association, ... and Community Engagement Initiative at UBC. This article has been peer reviewed. MDs To Be Reducing stigma and ...
Obituaries / BY: Jim Gilmore July/August 2011
... and influencing the lives of thousands of people, in his medical practice in Oak Bay for 40 years and though his ... Victoria on the Board of Direc­t­ors of the BC Medical Association. Bob attended Oak Bay High School and ... was a shy, unassuming man, and in his Special Feature article in the June 2010 BC Medical Journal he recounted how ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Andrew Montgomerie, July/August 2011
... recommending physical activities, and defining medical restrictions. As well, physicians can establish ... concussion. The ser­vices focus on neuropsychological, medical, and functional assessment and treatment, as well as ... Montgomerie Director of Health Care Services This article is the opinion of WorkSafeBC and has not been peer ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Wiese, MD, MA, FRCPC September 2011
... of psychiatric comorbid illnesses. • Review of medical illnesses. • Personal and family history of mood ... and laboratory investigations in order to identify any medical problems that could contribute to or mimic depressive ... this manuscript. Competing interests None declared. This article has been peer reviewed. ABSTRACT: Depression in the ...