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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Raymond Li, BSc(Pharm), MSc November 2014
... control centres reported 6000 bupropion exposures over a 7-year period in young children. Tachycardia, irritability, ... Most patients had a history of substance abuse.[ 6,7 ] Snorting the substance, referred to as  welbys ,  ...
News / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD November 2014
... a semi-retired GP living in New Westminster. For the last 7 years he has contributed to global warming by burning the ...
Obituaries / BY: Wendy Sutton, November 2014
... In 1993 Roger and Wendy traveled to Pakistan to take up a 7-year position as the head of the Department of Medicine at ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle D. Sherwood, MD, December 2014
... of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord.[ 7 ] AFP is nearly always asymmetric, affects proximal more ... 2 to 3 days, and is associated with neck or back pain.[ 7 ] There is reduced muscle tone and weakness, but typically ... 8 ] At the patient’s most recent follow-up appointment, 7 weeks after discharge, there was slight improvement of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: E.M.M. Wong, MD December 2014
... mmol/L). Her 24-hour urine calcium level was elevated at 7.7 mmol/day (reference range 1.0-7.0 mmol/day). Her estimated glomerular filtration rate was ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Anna F. Lee, MDCM, PhD, FRCPC, December 2014
... unexpectedly has been well documented in several studies.[ 7-10 ] In these studies, the percentage of families affected ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Christine Halpert, RN, BSN, MA, December 2014
... which is more likely to occur if using a short needle.[ 6,7 ] Various studies have demonstrated that using a 25 mm long ...
Letters December 2014
... of embolism increases nearly fourfold at an INR of 1.4-1.7; risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) increases similarly ...
Obituaries / BY: Ted Wilford, MD, December 2014
... She re-entered general practice in 1972 for another 7 years before retiring for good.  Dr Wilford loved nature, ...
Premise / BY: Martin Dawes, MBBS, MD, FRCGP, December 2014
... by [those] whose performance is being measured.”[ 7 ] Despite the cause of disease often being outside the ... reduces secondary care expenditure and interventions.[ 7-9 ] Family physicians make 2500 diagnoses per year, ...