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Letters June 2014
... of the  Journal of the American College of Surgeons .[ 1 ] It is the only article I have found that looked at what ...
News June 2014
... from the site or, if you prefer, call 604 736-5551 or 1 800 665-2262 to have it mailed to you. News Doctors of BC ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP June 2014
... (HAVS), a syndrome previously reviewed in this journal.[ 1 ] HAVS is costly for affected workers as well as for their ... of symptoms—was 18 years, and again ranged widely from 1 to 41 years. The mean latency period for loggers who ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jessica A. Otte, MD, CCFP, July/August 2014
... workers employed on projects at arid locations.[ 1 ] Cases in patients without a history of travel to endemic ... count with differential revealed a white cell count of 15.1 (reference range 4.0-10.5×10 9 /L), with elevated ... 9 /L), elevated monocytes at 0.91 (reference range 0.1-0.8×10 9 /L), and markedly elevated eosinophils at 2.54 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: A. Daniel Malebranche, MSc, MD, July/August 2014
... congenital and occur in about 4 of 10 000 live births.[ 1-3 ] Diagnosis is most often made during infancy and ... of the AC measured approximately 7 mm in diameter ( Figure 1 ). The distal descending thoracic aorta was unremarkable, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sophie Y. Wang, BSc, July/August 2014
... threatens the effective treatment of infectious diseases.[ 1 ] A recent report published by the World Health ... sectors and society to mitigate antimicrobial resistance.[ 1 ] The report is available at  ... across species, and it should be carefully monitored.[ 1 ] Resistance to last-line therapy, such as carbapenems, and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2014
... mortality, and increased use of health care resources.[ 1 ] The onset of multimorbidity occurs at a younger age in ... reasons, which are probably only a few among many. 1.    Lack of knowledge of how one disease impacts ... about his or her prognosis—partially because of reasons 1 and 2 but also out of a fear of seeing our own mortality ...
Letters / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD July/August 2014
... flashed back several decades. Our first daughter was 1 1 / 2  years old and full of unbridled energy. Standing ...
MDs To Be / BY: Sean McGee, BSc (Hons), July/August 2014
... analyze medical education through an economic lens.[ 1 ] They warn that the rising cost of medical school, ... costs of training aren’t matched by later returns.”[ 1 ] They are right to bring attention to the economic aspects ... to rise along with tuition, which recently increased by 5.1% between 2011/2012 and 2012/2013.[ 3 ] The Canadian Medical ...
News July/August 2014
... error that appeared in the article on page 227, paragraph 1, line 12. The sentence that reads “Constipation should be ...