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Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... and monitoring is defined in the Hospital Act Regulation.[ 2 ] A review of the literature about professional ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Malcolm Brigden, MDCM, FRCPC, FACP, January/February 2014
... (SPE) or immunofixation of the serum and or urine.[ 1,2 ] The monoclonal protein found can consist of light chains ... are often screened for the presence of an M-protein.[ 2-4 ] Many malignant and benign medical conditions commonly ... may be associated with monoclonal gammopathy ( see box [ 1,2,4 ]). On very rare occasions, an M-protein may be detected ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Karen Rideout, PhD, January/February 2014
... 1 ] and food bank use is up over 20% since 2008.[ 2 ] Food security means more than having enough to eat. Even ... assistance are at particular risk for food insecurity.[ 2 , 14 ] Income in relation to living expenses, ...
Letters / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2014
... solution (1 mg/mL) to Methadose, a 10 mg/mL solution.[ 1,2 ] Methadose has been available for purchase by pharmacies ...
Letters / BY: R.M. Preshaw, MD January/February 2014
... bias. The other reference is to a recent Cochrane review[ 2 ] on spinal manipulation in chronic low back pain (not ...
MDs To Be / BY: Greg Costello, MD January/February 2014
... assistant dean, Student Affairs), Patricia Caddy (SMP Year 2 class president), and Warren Brock (SMP admissions and ...
News January/February 2014
... only in utero; however, when they gave the eye drops to 2-week-old mice with aniridia they found that it reversed the ...
Obituaries / BY: Mary Ann Waldmann, RN, January/February 2014
... in Halifax after a rough trip across the Atlantic. After 2 years at Saskatoon General Hospital he moved to BC to begin ...
Obituaries / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC January/February 2014
... with the Kolff Twin Coil Artificial Kidney” in 1957.[ 2 ] There was no such thing as a renal unit in those days. Dr ... the Board of Directors of the BC Medical Association for 2 years. Dr Price had several interests outside medicine: he ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Gary Mazowita, MD, January/February 2014
... specialties. Calls are returned within a maximum of 2 hours and often sooner, with over 75% of calls returned ... G10001 Specialist Telephone Advice, response within 2 hours: $60  •    G10002 Specialist Telephone Patient ...