Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Liza Kallstrom,
April 2012
... bringing the Mental Health module into regular practice 1. Maintain a friendly, welcoming, and safe office culture; ...
Letters /
BY: Jim Busser, MD, FRCPC, MHSc,
April 2012
... Their present average of 6 years contains a range from 1 to 23, with half averaging more than a decade. Limiting the ...
Letters /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
April 2012
... of “integrative medicine” found on Wikipedia.[ 1 ] The endorsement of InspireHealth by the privately funded ...
Letters /
BY: J. Gord McInnes, MD, FRCPC,
April 2012
... washroom today. The first by Scherr and colleagues[ 1 ] looked at 32 patients with acute or chronic renal failure ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Annika Klopp, BSc,
April 2012
... groups of the various Aboriginal groups in Canada.[ 1 ] Another afternoon, we learned about the medicine wheel ...
News
April 2012
... adopting a baby or planning a pregnancy in the period of 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013? If you are, then it is ... contact: Lorie Lynch, PLP Administrator; toll free in BC: 1 800 665-2262 ext 2882; direct: 604 638-2882; e-mail: ...
Obituaries /
BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS
April 2012
Phil Ashmore passed away peacefully on 1 September 2011 at the age of 85. Born and raised in BC, he ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Andrew J. Juren, MD,
May 2012
... tuberculosis as the major cause of death in the UK.[ 1 ] This alarming development resulted in considerable ... of all economic backgrounds access to medical care.[ 1 ] Doll served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the ... developed symptoms. The forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) is the same in individuals who quit smoking ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David D. Sweet, MD, FRCPC
May 2012
... in the emergency department (ED) management of sepsis.[ 1 ] EGDT relies on invasive monitoring with arterial and ... management has only emerged over the last 10 years.[ 1 , 11 ] Once septic patients develop macrovascular shock ... value for entry into aggressive management algorithms.[ 1 , 15 ] These algorithms require centres to perform rapid ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Prabjit Barn, MSc,
May 2012
... across Canada, with more than 200 deaths in BC alone.[ 1 ] Although radon is present in outdoor air, typically at ...