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Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS January/February 2012
... of general surgeons in Canada is 5.0 per 100 000 people.[ 1 ] In BC we currently have 4.0 general surgeons for every ... 000 people and the number has been as low as 3.3 in 2002.[ 1 ] The United States has 7.1 general surgeons per 100 000 people, which is much closer ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD April 2011
... use of a sedative-hypnotic medication—a prescription for 1 to 2 days will be covered. • Spinal cord injuries—this ... in treating musculo­skeletal chronic pain.[ 1 - 3 ] In addition, no evidence-based clinical practice ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2011
... serious adverse effects and even death when combined.”[ 1 ] It was sold on the Internet. Health Canada advised the ... reactions have been reported to occur with doses of 1 to 5 mg.[ 7 ] There are multiple products of ephedrine ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Charlene Kotze, MD, October 2011
... volunteers had normal MRIs of the lumbar spine.[ 1 ] At least one disc bulge was found in 52%, 27% had disc protrusions, 14% had annular tears, and 1% had frank disc extrusions. Risks of imaging Imaging of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, March 2011
... whether their patients are able to drive safely,[ 1 ] it has proved difficult to develop a screening tool for ... developed dementia. Estimates are that dementia risk is 1% under 65 years and then doubles for every 5 years of age, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2011
... Lyme disease through the bite of an infected tick.[ 1 ] The principal tick vector in BC is the Pacific ...  is generally absent north of N51° latitude ( Figure 1 ). There is concern that global warming could lead to ... annual incidence rate of Lyme disease in BC ranged from 0.1 to 0.3 per 100000 population, a rate similar to that of ...
Editorials / BY: Martha Lou Donnelly, MD, CCFP, FRCPC September 2011
... care planners to the “rising tide of dementia.”[ 1 ] The percentage of Canadians suffering from dementia is expected to increase from 1.5% in 2008 to 2.8% in 2038. Are we prepared?  Fortunately, ... concerns in geriatric psychiatry for the next decade. Part 1 focuses on how to protect and enhance cognitive function ...
News November 2011
... insurance review, please contact Ms John at 604 638-6056, 1 800 665-2262 ext 6056, or  iwoojohn@bcma.bc.ca . News BCMA ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jack Teng, PhD, April 2011
... most frequently contracted zoono­ses in North America.[ 1 ] Human cases of these diseases (e.g., Lyme disease, ... sensu stricto , has a human incidence rate of less than 0.1/100000 in all of BC.[ 3 ] However, there is in­creasing ... ticks and deer mice Ticks were collected once a week from 1 April to 30 April 2008 and 1 April to 30 June 2009 at 11 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, July/August 2011
... regarding a 2-year-old girl with a blood lead level of 1.29 µmol/L (26.7 µg/dL).  The child was brought in by the ... IQ, attention deficit and impaired motor coordination.[ 1 ] Evidence suggests that fetal exposure also causes ... BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at 604 682-5050 or 1 800 567-8911. For assistance with public health follow-up ...