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Clinical Articles / BY: Andrea K.Y. Lee, MD May 2016
... arrhythmias, and coronary artery calcification,[ 7,8 ] naturally leads us to three related questions: How much ... arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC).[ 7,17-19 ] Heidbuchel and colleagues investigated the ... age 31 years, 80% cyclists) with ventricular arrhythmias.[ 7 ] Eighty percent of the ventricular arrhythmias were of ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD July/August 2016
... as many skaters headed inside. It was Sunday afternoon, 7 December 1941, and we all changed our skates and headed ... He opened an office in Vancouver and practised there until 7 December 1941, the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor. In ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc December 2016
... dose) replaced doxycycline (100 mg orally twice a day for 7 days) as treatment of choice for chlamydia infection. [1] ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lisa Eunyoung Lee, January/February 2016
... immunoglobulin or AQP4-IgG (also known as NMO-IgG).[ 6,7 ] This serum autoantibody targets the aquaporin-4 water ... matter are found in children with features of NMOSD.[ 2,7,10 ] In July 2015, the International Panel for NMO ... Korean, Japanese, mixed) (39.0%), South Asian (Indian) (7.0%), and others (Ghanaian, First Nations, Guatemalan, West ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS January/February 2016
... of dissatisfaction with career and specialty choice.[ 6,7 ] Among Canadian surgeons, on-call burden and lack of ... (FTE) so that the total work time still equaled 7.0 FTEs. On-call duties, OR time, endoscopy time, and minor ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Smith, BFA January/February 2016
... allowing only one passenger in the vehicle is related to a 7.0% reduction.[ 6 ] Research has shown that lowering the BAC ... and a 0.05% legal limit reduces risk even further.[ 7 ] To enforce BAC limits of 0.05% for Class 5 drivers and ... in 2005 and 2008. After 2008, rates declined to less than 7 deaths per 100 000 licensed young drivers in 2012. ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC January/February 2016
... laboratory testing yields a discriminating power of only 2.7 (or 1.35%). Armed with these simple figures it should be ...
News January/February 2016
... in the Diamond Centre Building in Vancouver from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. (a light dinner is served from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.). A ... UBC Roger Wong Empowering physicians to become leaders 7 June 2016 Doctors of BC Juanita Grant Fees, audits, and ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... symptoms, hopelessness, and a perceived loss of dignity.[ 7 ] For some patients, having knowledge about palliative care ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Sheps, MD, MSc, MBA, FRCSC, January/February 2016
... fracture claims, which resulted in claims costs of $13.7 million. Close to $8 million worth of those claims ... the data to establish the superior treatment method.3,[ 7-11 ] The six meta-analyses included 11 studies published ...