Clinical Articles /
BY: Doson Chua, PharmD, BCPS(AQ),
June 2011
... Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) guidelines.[ 4,5 ] Heart failure Clinical trials uniformly show that ACEIs ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC
June 2011
... less abundant, and is less likely to feed on deer mice.[ 3-5 ] Studies have shown that infectivity rates are lower in ... 41 and 70 years of age (mean age 43.7 years, range 3.5–80.6). One-third of patients acquired their illness ... and California, with yearly incidence rates of less than 0.5 per 100000 population (including travel-related cases). ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Richard T. Lester, MD,
June 2011
... year, the number of cell phone subscriptions surpassed 5 billion worldwide.[ 1 ] Statistics Canada recently reported ... treatment for conditions such as diabetes and asthma.[ 5 ] Our aim at the BC Centre for Disease Control is to assist ...
Editorials /
BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD
June 2011
... held accountable. Patients need to be accountable as well. 5. Harassment regarding call-backs. I get 10 to 15 patient ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Blair G. Fulton, MASc,
June 2011
... local air quality, and an increased sense of community.[ 5 ] Even if patients (and doctors) are unable or unwilling to ...
News /
BY: Julie Kwan, BBA, CFP, CLU, GBA
June 2011
... for a physician earning $200 000 net would only provide 5 years of replacement income—not long enough if the ...
News
June 2011
... kills over 600 000 African children under the age of 5. For more information, visit www.msf.ca . News How to ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD,
June 2011
... a time when standard therapies were mostly ineffective.[ 5 ] This stimulated the growth of “buyers’ clubs,” ... Furthermore, after 12 months of follow-up, “22.5 +/-5% of the 84 patients remained event-free and 58 +/-5% were ...
Proust for Physicians /
BY: Marco Terwiel, MB, MD, CCFP, FCFP,
June 2011
... in 1961. He practised as a family physician in the US for 5 years before moving, in 1968, to Maple Ridge, BC. He is ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Aspasia Michoulas, BSc Pharm, MD,
July/August 2011
... should I do? 4. Does the child require treatment? 5. What else should I think about? 1. Was the episode an ... or a reduction of the oxygen content in the blood,[ 3 , 5 ] and are not epileptic in nature. An electrocardiogram ... The parents can be shown how to use rectal diazepam (0.5 mg/kg; maximum dose 10 mg) or buccal midazolam (0.3 ...