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Letters / BY: Rajesh Nair, MD November 2014
... increased clinical, research, and administrative demands.[ 2 ] Graduates must select the appropriate mentor based on a ... be a good role model; and facilitate decision making.[ 2 ] Other characteristics of an effective mentor include ... altruistic, understanding, patient, and honest.[ 2 ]  Mentorship is fundamental to professional ...
News&Notes / BY: Benjamin Brzezynski, MA, November 2014
... about creating option C. Roger Fisher and William Ury,[ 2 ] Harvard’s interest-based negotiation gurus, recommend ... principles: 1.    Separate the people from the problem. 2.    Focus on interests, not positions. 3.    Invent ...
Obituaries / BY: Wendy Sutton, November 2014
... Sutton, DM, FRCPC, died on 10 September after a courageous 2-year battle with bladder cancer. Dr Sutton led an ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Nancy McLachlan, November 2014
... will pay for sedative-hypnotic medication for up to 2 weeks. Sedative-hypnotics coverage Sedative-hypnotics are ... may pay for sedative-hypnotic medication for up to 2 weeks. WorkSafeBC does not pay for this class of medication ... medication—prescription coverage for 1 to 2 days. •    Treatment of spasticity associated with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle D. Sherwood, MD, December 2014
... A, coxsackieviruses B, and echoviruses E.[ 2 ] Recently, human enteroviruses have been subdivided into ... proximal more than distal muscle groups, progresses over 2 to 3 days, and is associated with neck or back pain.[ 7 ] ... and post-tussive emesis. He had had headaches for 2 days accompanied by neck and left shoulder pain. His ...
Clinical Articles / BY: E.M.M. Wong, MD December 2014
... hormone (PTH) level at 119 pmol/L (reference range 1.2-8.4 pmol/L), elevated ionized calcium at 1.88 mmol/L ... glomerular filtration rate was low at 42 mL/min/1.73m 2 , and an investigative renal ultrasound revealed bilateral ... intraoperative PTH levels decreased from 117.2 pmol/L to 29.3 pmol/L. Pathology examination revealed a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Anna F. Lee, MDCM, PhD, FRCPC, December 2014
... to as "sudden unexplained death syndrome" (SUDS).[ 2 ] Where no cause of death is identified after a thorough ... referred to as "sudden arrhythmic death syndrome" (SADS).[ 2 ] Sudden death in infants under 1 year of age is referred to as "sudden death in infancy" (SUDI).[ 2 ] When the autopsy, scene investigation, and toxicology ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Christine Halpert, RN, BSN, MA, December 2014
... by pain, severe tenderness, or reduced mobility.[ 1,2 ] Reasons for the reactions are unclear; however, they are ...
Letters / BY: John de Couto, MD, December 2014
... is not even considered and more delays of the usual 2-year process follow. Insurance forms for patients, or those ...
Letters December 2014
... small INR deviations are profound: compared with an INR of 2-2.5, risk of embolism increases nearly fourfold at an INR of ... hemorrhage (ICH) increases similarly at 3.6-4.5.[ 2 ] Even in the controlled environment of clinical trials, ...