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Clinical Articles / BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... the standard practised in the Department of Radiology at BC Children’s Hospital. A limited repeat skeletal survey, ... Protection Service Unit and pediatric radiologists at BC Children’s Hospital. Conclusions Diagnostic imaging in ... thanks are due to Dr John Mawson, pediatric radiologist, BC Children’s Hospital, for his advice and assistance in ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD December 2015
... and notifies the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC and Doctors of BC of the recovery action. A copy of the audit report is also ...
News March 2015
BC introduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ... with chronic kidney disease. Currently all laboratories in BC report eGFR values whenever a serum or plasma creatinine ... on an ambulatory patient. As of 15 December 2014, all BC chemistry laboratories calculate and report eGFR values ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Christine Halpert, RN, BSN, MA, June 2015
... procedures in healthy infants and children.[ 2 ] In BC, the immunization schedule calls for 13 to 15 separate ... distraction.[ 9 ] The oral rotavirus vaccine used in BC has a high enough concentration of sucrose that it may ... tools to minimize pain. For more information see the BC Immunization Manual at  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Chapple, MD, FRCPC, September 2015
... law to report situations that may indicate child abuse. In BC, reports are made to the Ministry of Children and Family ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB October 2015
... have all taken. Each year in early September, Doctors of BC has the privilege of joining the Canadian Medical ... by the students. Serving as an introduction to Doctors of BC, this event begins a relationship that will last through ... first time medical students were invited to be part of the BC caucus that attended the CMA's General Council meeting ...
Letters / BY: Shelley Ross, MD January/February 2015
... http://gpscbc.ca/family-practice-incentive/maternity-care-bc ). —Shelley Ross, MD Co-chair, General Practice Services ...
News&Notes April 2015
... affiliated with several organizations, including the BC Cancer Agency and Simon Fraser University, is featured in ... program, visit  www.roadmapepigenomics.org . News&Notes BC researchers unravel health/disease map ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH July/August 2015
... deaths represent an emerging public health concern in BC. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is far more potent ... response to the increase in fentanyl-detected deaths, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) supported several ... from opioid overdose such as brain damage and death. The BC Take Home Naloxone program, initiated in 2012, is ...
News / BY: Andrew Guy, September 2015
... concerts, and music festivals—take place throughout BC each year and, for the most part, they are safe and ...