Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Liza Kallstrom,
April 2012
... (e.g., internal strengths or external people or supports). 4. Have your patients check in regularly to keep the ...
Letters /
BY: Jim Busser, MD, FRCPC, MHSc,
April 2012
... of the ordinary directors to simple member status for 4 years, after having served for 6 as a director, will ... previously badly taken decisions. Past directors, after 4 such years away, will then be eligible for re-election. The ...
Letters /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
April 2012
... injections of 714X are listed at $300 per month).[ 4 ] Dr Gunn correctly points out that patients attending ...
Letters /
BY: J. Gord McInnes, MD, FRCPC,
April 2012
... patients were never mentioned again) had a decrease of 0.4 mEq/L in their serum potassium in the first 24 hours. No ... second group (sorbitol only) had a reduction from 6.3 to 4.6 mEq/L. No real conclusion can be drawn from this study ... after a placebo, then serum potassium was measured at 4, 8, and 12 hours after administering 30 grams of Kaexylate, ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Annika Klopp, BSc,
April 2012
... offered the opportunity for “cultural immersion,”[ 4 ] an alternative approach to didactic lecturing in ... a safe interaction to be defined by the patient.[ 4 , 9 ] Culturally safe care is providing care congruent with ...
Obituaries /
BY: R. John Hancock, MD,
April 2012
... was an avid player and member of Shaughnessy for over 4 decades, where he apexed at a two handicap. He played all ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Andrew J. Juren, MD,
May 2012
... factor, in the production of carcinoma of the lung.”[ 4 ] He himself had been an avid smoker for 19 years, but quit ... patients need to know about them are summarized in Table 4 . Numerous pharmacological interventions are available for ... release and maintaining partial stimulation of the alpha-4 beta-2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.[ 12 , 14 ] In a ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David D. Sweet, MD, FRCPC
May 2012
... 14 , 15 , 17 ] Patients with a serum lactate level > 4.0 mmol/L have a sharp decline in survival, which is why ... areas. They showed that administering antimicrobials 3.4 hours earlier, on average, resulted in an absolute risk ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Prabjit Barn, MSc,
May 2012
... easy and inexpensive: both the Northern Health Authority[ 4 ] and BC Lung Association[ 5 ] provide kits at reduced cost ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
May 2012
... reports on arsenic toxicity from homeopathic treatment.[ 4 ] There is a sad report at Dna Tube, a scientific video ...