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Clinical Articles / BY: Wei-Shuen King, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2012
... and transmission of bloodborne infectious agents). At $2.60 per gram (Can­adian dollars),[ 5 ] albumin is ... liaison specialist, Canadian Blood Services BC and Yukon, 2 December 2011).  In order to examine the effect that the ... 1 month, and were then asked to collect data for a full 2 months.  At the end of the study period, the anonymized ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leslie A. Sadownik, MD, MEd, FRCSC, January/February 2012
... prevalence of this condition range from 4% to 28%.[ 1-2 ]  The majority of women with vulvodynia (90%) will seek ... characteristics of participants are presented in  Table 2 .  Major themes emerged when the res­ponses to the ... relationship until I get things under control.” Question 2: What was your experience with the health care system ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2012
The publicly funded rotavirus vaccine for infants at 2 and 4 months of age is the orally administered live ... series and a more favorable cost-effectiveness profile.[ 2 ]  Based on im­mu­nization registry data, about ... within 1 year after vaccination to 9 at 5 years and 58.2 at 9 years after vaccination.[ 4 ]  This phenomenon may be ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... is also of great value here. You’ve been CEO for about 2 months now. Any surprises? I have some really positive ...
Letters / BY: Robert Obara, BSc, MPH, January/February 2012
... are dedicated to international medical graduates (IMGs).[ 2 ]  These IMG BC positions are offered only to BC residents ...
Letters / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC January/February 2012
... for case finding of hypogonadism in men with type 2 diabetes.[ 2 ] To endocrinologists, the Endocrine Society is the most ... osteoporotic fractures, the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and shortened life expectancy, that is no longer ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC January/February 2012
... of men over 45 affected by tes­tosterone deficiency”[ 2 ] may cause un­necessary anxieties. The article is based ... we must ask six questions:  1. Who published it?  2. In what group of subjects was the study done? 3. Where was ...
News January/February 2012
... (10029) for Rotarix (oral rotavirus immunization given at 2 and 4 months) is available ( see the article on page 42 ). ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Kukuh Noertjojo, MD, January/February 2012
... Close to 12% of the population is disabled by LBP[ 1,2 ] and its lifetime prevalence is as high as 84%, whereas ... and following failed nonsurgical treatment.[ 13 ] At 2 years, the standardized mean difference for pain and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... in order to limit antibiotic requests and hence use.[ 2 ] The medical practice audit is a powerful tool for ... sinusitis, conjuncti­vitis, and gastroenteritis.  Table 2  de­tails the breakdown of diagnoses for these ... to 13 November 48% of isolates were rhinovirus-like, 2% were parainfluenza, and 1% were adenovirus.[ 7 ]  During ...