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Clinical Articles / BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... a practice parameter for skeletal surveys in children.[ 4 ] It is important to note that although bony injuries are ... radiation dose “as low as reasonably achievable.”[ 4 ] A separate radiographic image is required for each ... of rib fractures and should be standard protocol.[ 4 ] In contrast to the skeletal survey examination for ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD October 2015
... On average, an on-site audit will take place over 3 or 4 days. The audit team will be composed of two or three ... rendered were benefits under the Medicare Protection Act. 4.    Fee items claimed were consistent with the services ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... stimulant, euphoric, and empathogenic effects. In 2013, 4% of youth age 12 to 19 surveyed in the BC Adolescent Health ... most tablets/capsules contain multiple substances.[ 4,5 ] The concern was reported to the BC Drug Overdose and ... hyperthermia. The mean first recorded temperature was 39.4°C. Serotonin syndrome was present in 94% of patients and ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Winsby, MD October 2015
... in which collaboration can take place. In the past 4 months, 28 divisions of family practice have applied for ...
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Premise / BY: T. Chan, MHsc, MD, October 2015
... on wait times since 1984 The 1984 Canada Health Act[ 4 ] structured health care responsibilities with the federal ... 2001 and 2010, 25% of survey patients reported a wait of 4 or more months for nonemergent surgery.[ 5,6 ] British ... interpret. While the reported wait for a procedure may be 4 weeks, access to the operating room is not linear, making ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Yu Ling Cheng, BSc, MD, October 2015
... herbal Chinese medicine use in other ethnic groups,[ 4,5 ] minimizing herbal interactions becomes increasingly ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sylvia Stockler-Ipsiroglu, MD, PhD, MBA, FRCPC, November 2015
... those for cardiovascular disease and cancer combined.[ 4,5 ] ID causes are extremely heterogeneous and include ... Of the 19 community pediatricians contacted, 13 (68.4%) responded to the survey. The majority of respondents were ... Vancouver Island (3/13; 23.1%), and the Interior (2/13; 15.4%). No pediatricians from Northern BC responded. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rakel Kling, MD, MSc, November 2015
... by the characteristic erythema migrans rash within 4 weeks of exposure. Later in the course of infection ... recommend a two-step process for serologic testing:[ 3,4 ] when a positive or equivocal positive using a highly ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2015
... the risk for adverse health effects for some people.[ 4 ] Because vitamin D is stored in fat cells, excess doses ...