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News July/August 2014
... perinatal period (conception through pregnancy and up to 1 year postpartum). The  Best Practice Guidelines for Mental ...
News / BY: Jim Christenson, MD November 2014
... and overdose presents at the ED (24 hours: 604 682-5050 or 1 800 567-8911). *The full bulletin, including the DPIC ...
News January/February 2014
... however, drug spending has decreased by approximately 1%, despite the aging population. Steve Morgan, a professor ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Jonathan Fenton, MD, FRCS, May 2014
... a specialist to consider reconstruction. Recommendations [ 1 ] Surgeons will provide their surgical patients with a list ...
News September 2014
... found at www.return-it.ca/electronics/products , or call 1 800 330-9767. The Return-It Electronics program is a ...
MDs To Be / BY: Jason An, BSc(Hons), December 2014
... had been tasked to bring. As I held the photo of myself at 1-day old, a train of curiosities entered my mind. What was ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, March 2014
“Unsafe at School: Advocating for Children with Type 1 Diabetes” was published in the June 2012 issue of the  ... BCMJ  2012;54:232-237 ). The article describes how type 1 diabetes, unlike other common, life-threatening illnesses ... province-wide policy that will keep children with type 1 diabetes safe at school at last. Changes were planned to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: A. Daniel Malebranche, MSc, MD, July/August 2014
... congenital and occur in about 4 of 10 000 live births.[ 1-3 ] Diagnosis is most often made during infancy and ... of the AC measured approximately 7 mm in diameter ( Figure 1 ). The distal descending thoracic aorta was unremarkable, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Horkoff, MD, FRCSC November 2014
... below the level of the thyroid cartilage ( Figure 1 ). A barium swallow test confirmed that these osteophytes ... apnea secondary to hyperostosis of the cervical spine.[ 1-3 ] A retrospective study of 376 patients over age 60 who ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Keith J. White, MD December 2014
... out across the province in three phases: •    Phase 1: Residential care facilities •    Phase 2: Acute care ... Phase 3: Community-based/primary care (2015/2016) Phase 1: Residential care facilities The initiative was first ...