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Clinical Articles /
BY: Matthew Mo Kin Kwok, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP
December 2019
... to the Canada Vigilance Program. We also contacted the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) and learned that the provincial toxicology call ... N 2 O cases described in the literature, the calls made to BC DPIC, and news stories of misuse[ 9 ] all suggest that ...
Letters /
BY: Reza Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD
July/August 2019
The BC Medical Journal is always informative and appealing, ... poisonous mushroom, Amanita phalloides , is growing in BC” ( 2019;61:20-24 ). I am writing about the cover ... Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD Senior Scientist, Toxicology, BC Centre for Disease Control Adjunct Professor, School of ...
News
December 2019
The BC Centre for Disease Control’s Drug and Poison Information Centre is urging British Columbians to use extreme caution ... cap mushroom, has been increasingly popping up throughout BC, including in Victoria and South Vancouver Island, the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD
January/February 2019
... elevated blood lead at 5.60 umol/L (115.94 ug/dL). The BC Drug and Poison Information Centre was contacted, and chelation therapy with succimer was ... ). The two BC laboratories that test clinical samples for metals analyze ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Troy Grennan, MD, DTM&H, MSc, FRCPC
October 2019
... context of 919 cases of infectious syphilis reported in BC in 2018—representing the highest number of cases in 30 ... example, increased cases in females of childbearing age), BC’s provincial health officer declared a syphilis outbreak ... diseases experts from BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, the decision was made to institute interim provincial ...
News /
BY: Jessie Wang
March 2019
... out there for medical students. I knew that my Doctors of BC membership is free during my 4 years of medical school, ... I knew that I received free life insurance with Doctors of BC through my 4 years of medical school as well, but as of ... bursaries applied through the UBC Student Service Centre (up to $250 000 is donated each year), but I was not ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Afsaneh Moradi
January/February 2019
... the BCMJ (“ Building interprofessional maternity care in BC ”)[ 1 ] describes how the Shared Care Maternity Network, ... of family practice, supports maternity providers in BC communities to improve interprofessional collaboration and ... www.pentictonmaternity.com ). The South Okanagan Maternity Centre provides Penticton maternity patients with ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Alana Godin
June 2019
... and health authorities—to transform primary care in BC by creating patient medical homes and primary care ... effectively meets the needs of patients and populations in BC. Patient medical homes (with family physicians at the centre) form the foundation for primary care networks, which ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: John Fan
March 2019
... a survey of 660 patients visiting the Diamond Health Care Centre Outpatient Laboratory at Vancouver General Hospital ... of a recent survey completed by 18 endocrinologists in BC indicate a good understanding of biotin interference ( ... from a recent survey completed by endocrinologists in BC indicate a good level of understanding where biotin ...