Clinical Articles /
BY: C. Mackie, MD, MHSc, CCFP
June 2007
... with effective public communications about such events. [2] Pandemic planning efforts aim to prepare the health ... of physicians are mainly in the area of reporting. Section 2 of the Health Act Communicable Disease Regulation requires ... for this level of absenteeism to last much longer than 2 weeks due to influenza activity alone. If workers stay home ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: H. Davis, MD,
November 2007
... no neurosurgeons, and no psychiatrists on the committee.[ 2 ] The authors state that a patient with mild traumatic ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Pamela S. Lansky, MA, MEd, RCC,
April 2007
... from the “baby blues” to postpartum psychosis. [2] Postpartum depression (PPD) affects from 10% to 35% of ... depression and the mother PPD has been defined as at least 2 weeks of dysphoric mood or lack of interest or pleasure, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Michelle P. Wong, MD
July/August 2007
... and the systematic review by Stanworth and colleagues. [2] The grading of evidence and strength of recommendations ... frozen plasma may be initiated at a rate of 1 unit every 2 hours. However, this should be done only after consultation ... and/or antibiotics. Body stores of vitamin K last only 2 weeks, so these patients are particularly susceptible to ...
President's Comment /
BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB,
December 2007
... at the micro level. Simply put, not everyone will see a 2.83%, 2%, 2%, 3% increase. The second concern is the length of time ...
Obituaries /
BY: Doris Kavanagh-Gray, MD
January/February 2007
... of outrageous tales, died 19 October 2006 after a 2-year struggle with esophageal cancer. Ken was born in ...
Letters /
BY: Hugh H. Macartney, MB, FRCP,
June 2007
... prescribing: Good medicine?” BCMJ 2007;49(2):52-54] concerning the right demanded by pharmacists to ...
Editorials /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
October 2007
... long to do something so important. I have power walked 11/2 hours every day, worked hard physically virtually every ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Brett Heilbron, MB ChB
March 2007
... documented coronary artery disease presented with a 2-year history of atypical chest pain that had increased in ... fraction and left ventricular mass were normal ( Figure 2 ). The ejection fraction and hypokinesis were assessed on ... Close to 100% of coronary arteries greater than 1.5 to 2.0 mm in diameter are reportedly assessable with 64-CT, ...
Letters /
BY: Barbara Fehlau, MD,
July/August 2007
... last resort for treating an awful wound ( BCMJ 2007;49[2]:64-67) . What is most interesting is the conclusion of the ...