BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC
January/February 2011
... of the STOP HIV/AIDS Pilot Project in BC (STOP AIDS).[ 5 ] This article provides considerations for clinicians ...
Editorials /
BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD
June 2011
... held accountable. Patients need to be accountable as well. 5. Harassment regarding call-backs. I get 10 to 15 patient ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP,
October 2011
... impairment be confirmed by neuropsychological testing.[ 5 , 6 ] Although the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria are commonly ...
President's Comment /
BY: Ian Gillespie, MD
March 2011
... on what they want to do to interact with the electorate. 5.) MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT PRINCIPLE - The election process ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2011
... ban the sale of because of the serious adverse effects.[ 5 ] A legal challenge was launched by a supplement ... Syrup DM, with ingredients containing ephedrine HCl 7.5 mg per 30 mL, as well as three other pharmaceutical ... reactions have been reported to occur with doses of 1 to 5 mg.[ 7 ] There are multiple products of ephedrine currently ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Pamela Verma, BSc,
November 2011
... on them. If you don’t do obstetrics for the first 5 or 10 years of your practice, it is unlikely you will go ... a very supportive husband. He was a stay-at-home dad for 5 years when our children were first born. He also helped to ...
News /
BY: Julie Kwan, BBA, CFP, CLU, GBA
May 2011
... Statistics, there were 6450 accidental deaths in the past 5 years, with car accidents and accidental falls as the ...
News
September 2011
... countries. The report acknowledges that over the past 5 years the number of doctors per capita in Canada has ...
President's Comment /
BY: Ian Gillespie, MD
January/February 2011
... Canada’s population is 34 million, and BC’s is 4.5 million. If we extrapolate from US data,[ 1 ] about 25000 ... TBIs, including concussions, among children ages 5 to 18.[ 2 ] This would equate to about 2000 cases per year ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: James Lee, MD,
July/August 2011
... generally recommended that seizures lasting for more than 5 minutes should be treated as for status epilepticus.[ 5 ] Because of the significant morbidity and mortality ... reduced the mortality rate in children to between 1% and 5%.[ 6-9 ] However, status epilepticus can be associated with ...