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Clinical Articles / BY: David D. Sweet, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... the full EGDT protocol in a busy emergency department[ 3-5 ] be­cause of the time needed to place the various ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Prabjit Barn, MSc, May 2012
... Northern Health Authority[ 4 ] and BC Lung Association[ 5 ] provide kits at reduced cost ($30) while the Donna ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... homeopath father. The parents were charg­ed and jailed.[ 5 ] This is an example of the grave consequence of failure ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Malthouse, MD, May 2012
... of a wedding chapel in which 500 people were killed.[ 5 ] Eighty-nine percent of patients treated homeopathically ...
Letters / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... triggers, and use of music therapy may be helpful.[ 5 ]  We recognize that managing be­havioral symptoms ...
News May 2012
... and submissions must be received at the BCMA office by 5 p.m. on this day. Successful applicants will be no­tified ...
Obituaries / BY: William J. McLaren, MBChB, May 2012
... of diagnostic radiology at the Royal Infirmary. He spent 5 years between Newcastle and Manchester. On a ski vacation ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ken Seethram, MD, FRCSC, FACOG May 2012
... in the group medical visits also received treatment 4 to 5 months earlier than they otherwise would have, on ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ronette Haboosheh, MSc, RAUD, RHIP, May 2012
... of hearing loss in North American adults is age related, 5% to 10% is caused by occupational noise exposure.[ 1 ] ... the eardrum, dislocate the middle ear ossicles, or both.[ 5 ] Acoustic trauma usually results in temporary hearing loss ... should stabilize within 6 to 12 months of the incident.[ 5 , 8 , 9 ] Traumatic hearing loss may be asymmetrical, with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Monika Hudoba, MD, FRCPC June 2012
... factor 4 (PF4) antibodies, which become detectable 5 days or more after initiation of heparin therapy.  There ... The published HIT frequency rates range from 0.5% to 5.0% of all heparin-treated patients. HIT is much more ...