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Clinical Articles / BY: Wei-Shuen King, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2012
... a product of questionable clinical benefit. In 2003, the BC Transfusion Medicine Advisory Group (TMAG) audited albumin ... Use in Adults in British Columbia, a joint effort of the BC Provincial Blood Coordin­ating Office, TMAG, and a group ... in the 2009 audit. The Children’s and Wo­men’s Health Centre of BC was ex­cluded because the 2007 guidelines are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leslie A. Sadownik, MD, MEd, FRCSC, January/February 2012
... Gynaecology) in the Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre.  Initially, women who were referred to the Women’s ... it is our expectation that a large number of women in BC experiencing vulvovaginal pain are going without ... Vulvodynia Program located in the ambulatory care centre at Vancouver General Hospital.  Methods:  We ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2012
... registry data, about one-quarter of infants in BC do not complete their third dose of DPT-containing vaccine ... seasonally with the peak in January through April in BC. This virus accounts for up to 40% of all childhood ... Programs and Vaccine  Preventable Diseases BC Centre for Disease Control This article is the opinion of the ...
Letters / BY: Ralph Jones, MD January/February 2012
... therapy de­livered by the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.[ 1 ] This trial was to be the evidence to publicly ... It is both exciting and somewhat puzzling to read that BC research is showing a positive benefit on mortality in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... and bronchitis incidence were high. The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control reported for two similar time ... 1% were adenovirus.[ 7 ]  During similar time periods, BC Children’s Hospital virology section reported ... of respiratory infection at a community clinic in Surrey, BC. Patient requests for antibiotics were found to be ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Travis Hottes, MSc, March 2012
... gonorrhoeae  due to drug resistance.[ 1 ] Data from BC and elsewhere globally now warn against further impending ... of cepha­losporin resistance have been documented in BC as of January 2012, we have an opportunity to stave off ... of IM treatment for MSM and pharyngeal infections. The BC Centre for Disease Control has consulted with numerous ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carolyn Gotay, PhD, April 2012
... breast cancer risk do not reflect their actual risk.  A BC-based study of 761 women found that wo­men’s ratings of ... a grant from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon, to the University of British Columbia (Carolyn ... The clinic is located at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre in Vancouver. The phone number is 604 822-9548 and the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC April 2012
... is a reportable communicable disease in BC.  In 2008 BCCDC mailed surveys to all physicians in the ... survey gives insight into physician treatment of LD in BC. In general, physicians have a low threshold for treating ... and Alecia Kallos. This article is the opinion of the BC Centre for Disease Control and has not been peer reviewed by ...
Letters / BY: Hal D. Gunn, MD, April 2012
... nature of InspireHealth and its programs [Cash-strapped BC government has money to burn.  BCMJ 2011;53:547 ].  ... on staff, both of whom were researchers at the BC Cancer Re­search Centre.  Review of all InspireHealth pa­tients with ...
News April 2012
... and community service.  Dr Christilaw is president of BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, and is a well-known lead­er in wo­men’s health. ... more than 25 years of commitment to women’s health in BC, Canada, and globally. Visit Dr Christ­law’s  alumni ...