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Clinical Articles / BY: Sympascho Young, MD December 2020
... 2018 were from Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia.[ 2 ] In BC, the trend is reversed: the number of reported cases ... has recently traveled to an endemic area. Endemic areas in BC include Vancouver Island, the mainland coast across from ... test; it must be ordered following discussion with the BC Centre for Disease Control. A positive C6 peptide EIA still ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP March 2020
... in 2015, and one of its collection centres is at BC Women’s Hospital in Vancouver. The other three ... with provincial organ donation organizations like BC Transplant. The Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) program, ... associate director, knowledge mobilization and education, Centre for Innovation at Canadian Blood Services; and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Derin Karacabeyli, MD July/August 2020
... 105 km east of Vancouver, the province’s largest urban centre. Community B, population 6600, is a rural community located in the Kootenay Rockies region of BC. Participants Family practice clinics in communities A and ... a major public health challenge. A pilot study in two BC communities found healthy behaviors that prevent childhood ...
MDs To Be / BY: Anita Weng, BSc December 2020
... occur in small- to midsized communities.[ 2 , 3 ] The BC Coroners Service reports that the illegal drug overdose ... For example, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC states that comprehensive evaluation of the patient, ... for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Alexis Crabtree, MD, MPH, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC April 2020
... of 1425 specimens has identified seven infections in BC, all in travelers or close contacts of travelers to an ... laboratories to quickly develop tests for the virus. The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) Public Health Laboratory ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Leilynaz Malekafzali, BSc September 2020
... 2 and 14 days.[ 1 ] The symptoms of COVID-19 listed by the BC Centre for Disease Control and the World Health Organization ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Armon Molavi, MD October 2020
... 33 ] Prior to the 2019 release of the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) Provincial Guideline for the ... outpatient management of alcohol withdrawal. The previous BC guidelines outlined an approach for identifying and ... 33 ] The pharmacological treatment listed in the previous BC guidelines involves using diazepam for acute withdrawal ...
News September 2020
... Medicine Clinician Support Line, supported by the BC Centre on Substance Use, provides telephone consultation to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Meghan McLennan, BSc, MLT December 2020
... testing. In September 2020, collection centres across BC started offering saline gargle as an alternative to ... resulted in a global shortage of NP swabs, including in BC. The ability to test hinged on the ability to obtain NP ... Hospitals —Michael Donoghue Senior Project Manager, UBC Centre for Disease Control —Linda Hoang, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Derek C. Chang, MD April 2020
... died as a result. Due to the number of fatal overdoses, BC’s life expectancy has fallen for the first time in ... organizations, such as Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC,[ 1 ] Moms Stop the Harm,[ 2 ] the Canadian Association of ... heroin, and decreased criminal activities. Locally, the BC Centre on Substance Use published an evidence-based document ...