Letters /
BY: Robert Shepherd, MD
December 2011
... 2011 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal[ 2 ] stated that the available EMR software packages were ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jack Teng, PhD,
April 2011
... rare in the South Okanagan region of British Columbia.[ 2 ] Indeed, Lyme disease, caused by the pathogen Borrelia ... 80 were found to harbor B. burgdorferi s.s .[ 2 ] However, while passive surveys can provide an idea of ... and life stage.[ 10 ] Deer mice were collected every 2 weeks using 36 Longworth live traps[ 11 ] placed in ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2011
... course involves considerable self-study over 2 to 3 months, a couple of weekends of intensive training ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Stacy L. Elliott, MD,
November 2011
... 5% to 20% of men have moderate to severe ED.[ 2 ] ED is a significant clinical problem largely undertreated ... death.[ 11 ] Since penile arteries are typically 1 to 2 mm in diameter—notably smaller than coronary arteries (3 ... without ED or cardiovascular disease) of the PCPT trial, 2% of the men experienced a first cardiovascular event 1 year ...
Obituaries /
BY: M. Graham Clay, MD,
January/February 2011
... and a commissioned piece of Dr Brock Fahrni ( Figure 2 ). During this very creative period, Chris was involved ...
Letters /
BY: Peter Uhlmann, MD,
May 2011
... choice to practice psychiatry, I had the internship and 2 years of general practice medicine to provide me with a ...
News /
BY: Tara Lyon
September 2011
... also served on his student council for 4 years, including 2 years as president. BCMA Scholarship: Zoe Walter Ms Walter ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Dan Bilsker, PhD,
December 2011
... top three causes of mortality among men aged 15 and 44.[ 2 ] Among men of all ages in Canada, suicide ranked as the ... suicides for men and women in Canada, is shown in Figure 2 .[ 17 ] It should be noted that there is a spectrum of ... for 48% and 38% of suicide deaths respectively.[ 2 ] This observation undermines a simplistic, dichotomous ...
Letters /
BY: R.M. Preshaw, MD
March 2011
... followed by colonoscopy, has been underway since 2006.[ 2 ] Total cost is $110 million per year. Increase in workload ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: James Lee, MD,
July/August 2011
... produce an unvarying and enduring epileptic condition.”[ 2 ] Early studies used a definition of continuous seizure ... Intravenous diazepam should be administered over 2 minutes because the risk of respiratory depression is ... and propofol are the most commonly used drugs. Table 2 describes the doses used for refractory SE. However, ...