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Physician Spotlight / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC November 2010
... of its liberation by Canadian Arm­ed Forces on 5 May 1945 from Nazi Germany. These celebrations were ... dialyzed with the rotating drum, 12 of whom survived.[ 5 , 6 ] In 1956 Dr Henry left to work in Prince George and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2010
... (WHO) Child Growth Standards Growth Charts for birth to 5 years and the WHO Reference 2007 Growth Charts for older children 5 to 19 years are significant. Four leading national health ... charts depicting the growth of children from birth to 5 years who had been raised in six different countries ...
News September 2010
... #4  Nigel Walton  drnigelwalton@telus.net   District #5  Bruce Horne  brcehorn@telus.net   District #6  Todd ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC January/February 2010
... 10–14), moderate (pH 7.10–7.29, bicarbonate 5–9), and sev­ere (pH <7.10, bicarbonate <5). Endocrinologists may feel comfortable treating mild DKA ... it has been observed in adults as well. Approximately 0.5% to 1.5% of children presenting with DKA will develop ...
News May 2010
... are scheduled 12 months apart for approximately 1.5 hours each. The Caregiver Study requires no extra work from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert McCormack, MD, FRCSC, November 2010
... was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.[ 5 ] This trial captured a tremendous amount of attention ...
Obituaries / BY: Donald Robinson, MSc, March 2010
1917–2010 Dr Cecil Robinson passed away peacefully on 5 January 2010 in Vancouver, at the age of 92 years, ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, July/August 2010
... EMR among solo FSFP physicians is extremely low—between 5% and 10%. Those who have adopted an EMR are typically in a ... of practice groups in many of BC’s smaller communities,[ 5 ] and the difficulty in paper information flow in a ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, December 2010
... of 5183 deaths by the Royal Navy in 1810[ 1 ] revealed 81.5% were ascribed to these causes whereas only 8.3% were ... curative powers of fresh citrus fruits against scurvy.[ 5 ] However, it was Dr Gilbert Blane who finally convinced ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
... to meet patient needs, and waiting times are in excess of 5 years after starting dialysis. This leads to morbidity in ... 20% of low-risk patients required steroids over the past 5 years.  The steroid-free regimen has contributed to ... in which the likelihood of rejection is very high.[ 4,5 ]  In addition to the introduction of potent antirejection ...