BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Rob Gair, BSc (Pharm),
November 2011
... SCr 167 µmol/L (estimated GFR 26 mL/min), potassium 4.5 mmol/L. The patient appeared dehydrated with an ECG ... SCr 269 µmol/L (estimated GFR 16.7 mL/min), potassium 4.6 mmol/L. She recovered after treatment with five vials of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM
April 2011
... of GI illness, potentially related, occurring within a 4-day period and within a specific geographic area (i.e., ... care facilities (48%), hospitals (31%), and day cares (4%). Other settings such as food establishments and events ... at the BCPHMRL showed that 80% of those were caused by GII.4 variants of NoV, the most common variant worldwide. This ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Brian F. Russell, MD,
September 2011
... 2 ] Recent studies published in Canada corroborate this.[ 4-6 ] Poor nutritional status found in circumstances of ...
Letters /
BY: Kevin W. Eva, PhD,
December 2011
... the effect of chance and improve predictive capacity,[ 4 ] leading to its promotion by a global panel of assessment ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC
January/February 2011
... 3 ] and the availability of point-of-care testing[ 4 ] also support expanded HIV testing. In recognition of ...
Editorials /
BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD
June 2011
... office, we book the patient within the next 1 to 2 weeks. 4. Blaming mystery staff. We get a lot of comments that ...
News
October 2011
... people), the volume of weak ones dropped slightly by 4.4% (12.7 to 12.2 DDD/1000 people). The study can be viewed ...
President's Comment /
BY: Ian Gillespie, MD
March 2011
... that would ensure focus on issues and fair play. 4.) CANDIDATE ENGAGEMENT PRINCIPLE - Candidates should be ...
News
July/August 2011
... pulmonary disease newly available oral phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitors, roflumilast or cilomilast, improves lung ... to www.thecochranelibrary.com . News Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors have only marginal benefits in COPD ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Marilyn J. Borugian, PhD,
December 2011
... of vegetables and fruit when compared with nonsmokers,[ 4 ] it is likely that both behavioral and dietary factors ...