Clinical Articles /
BY: Natalie Drouillard, MD,
March 2013
... agnosia, or disturbance in executive functioning.[ 1 ] Of those patients with dementia, more than 90% will ... 23 ] but consider doses in the range of risperidone 0.5 to 1.5 mg per day, olanzapine 5 to 10 mg per day, or quetiapine ... has been previously described, and follow-up intervals at 1 week post initiation of treatment and 10 days after dose ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Gary Mazowita, MD,
March 2013
... disorders on the increase, especially among the elderly.[ 1 ] Within the residential care setting, the reported ... hypoglycemia cases requiring hospitalization are rare (1% of their sample). Less clear are the rates of hypoglycemia ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Marsha Taylor, MSc,
March 2013
... for pregnant women and their health care providers.[ 1 ] Three focus groups were conducted with women in the ...
College Library /
BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS
March 2013
... recently acquired Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volumes 1–3 from Alexander Street Press to provide physicians with ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM
March 2013
... and those caused by humans—has progressively increased.[ 1 ] While we in BC have been spared from the large ... overwhelm the locally available medical resources.[ 1 ] In other words, an event that may be termed a disaster in ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Liza Kallstrom,
March 2013
... were very high. A large majority of GP participants (94.1%) also agreed that they had learned new things from the ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
March 2013
... including kava-kava, aconite, arsenic, and thallium.[ 1-3 ] Severe hepatic toxicity was noted in patients taking ...
Letters /
BY: Shahzad Anwar,
March 2013
... who seeks health-related information on the Internet.[ 1 ] These people tend to focus on the worst-case scenario and ...
News
March 2013
... money, British Columbia places fifth among the provinces: 1. Quebec 2. Ontario 3. New Brunswick 4. Nova Scotia 5. ...
News
March 2013
... 250 952-2867 • Elsewhere in BC, toll free: 1 800 554-0225 News BC Palliative Care Benefits Program update ...