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Clinical Articles / BY: E.M.M. Wong, MD December 2014
... hormone (PTH) level at 119 pmol/L (reference range 1.2-8.4 pmol/L), elevated ionized calcium at 1.88 mmol/L ... glomerular filtration rate was low at 42 mL/min/1.73m 2 , and an investigative renal ultrasound revealed bilateral ... intraoperative PTH levels decreased from 117.2 pmol/L to 29.3 pmol/L. Pathology examination revealed a ...
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, ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB May 2014
... has been on the wall for a few years now—as I mentioned 2 years ago in my editorial on retirement ( BCMJ ...
Premise / BY: Granger Avery, MD September 2014
... outcomes. Examples are cardiac and thoracic surgery.[ 1,2 ] For procedures that are performed in rural BC, there is ...
Letters / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI March 2014
... with an increasing time interval between mammograms. 2. Early detection allows avoidance of axillary dissection, ... while at the same time reducing false positives by 40%.[ 2,3 ] —Paula Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC Medical Director, Sadie ...
Clinical Articles / BY: A. Daniel Malebranche, MSc, MD, July/August 2014
... significant “white coat” component. She also had type 2 diabetes and benign supraventricular tachycardia. She had a ... rate of 100 beats per minute. Oxygen saturation was 94% on 2 L of oxygen per minute via nasal cannula. The jugular ... venous pressure was elevated at 5 cm. There was a grade 2/6 mid-peaking systolic murmur appreciated over the left ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD November 2014
... in BC upon completion of the program for a minimum of 2 years. •    Complete all required application ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME April 2014
... to WorkSafeBC. (a)    True     (b)    False 2.    You’ve just encountered an emergency in your ... medical or medical-legal issues related to recovery.  2.    (b) WorkSafeBC does not provide patient care, nor do ... on an unstable fracture.              Example 2: driving after a new diagnosis of epilepsy.        ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2014
... of medications included in the Reference Drug Program--H 2 -blockers, NSAIDs, nitrates, ACE inhibitors, and calcium ... and present with at least one from each continent starting 2 years before they were born until death with a dose range ...
News December 2014
... helpful tips: 1. Be timely. Submit your claim immediately. 2. Be thorough. Provide as much information as possible ...