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Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2004
... Approximately 46% of these are of aboriginal descent, [1-3]  compared with an estimated provincial aboriginal ... lowest life expectancy in all of British Columbia ( Table 1 ). [6] Unfortunately, health data are not routinely ... standard population, standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of 1.4, the potential years-of-life-lost standardized rate ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Fung, MD, FRCPC November 2004
Advances in the treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the past decade have occurred in the ... insulin profiles. Prevention of complications in type 1 diabetes The importance of glycemic control in preventing ... clearly demonstrated by the results of the DCCT in 1993. [1]  The DCCT was a 9-year study examining the effect of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC July/August 2004
... processes. These “information-astute physicians” [1]  will use information and communication technologies ... manifest themselves in various clinical settings. In Part 1 of this theme issue, we explored the use of personal ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: G. Butt, MHSc March 2004
... local agencies or groups. Remarkably, one site provided a 1-day workshop attracting 16 physicians and 105 nurses and ... physician wait times being reduced from 12 to 14 months to 1 month. Approximately 25 patients per site undergo treatment ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Edna Durbach, Ed.D October 2004
... consistently across the hospital. Responsibilities 1. Identify and address barriers to open access to hospital ... the hospital, for all programs and departments, on 1 July 2002. Implementating the policy The new policy was ... to review the health record, the staff member will: 1. Verify the identity of the person making the request. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jonathan Burns, MD, CCFP(EM) June 2004
... devices that can be deployed in a variety of environments: 1. Mobile-not-connected 2. Mobile-in-building 3. ... (some cellular devices won’t work in certain areas).  1. Mobile-not-connected Mobile-not-connected  refers to a ... kind of handheld device in the medical community is 28%. [1]  There are numerous web sites available for medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: M.C. Ashe, MSc December 2004
... fragility in which fractures occur with minimal trauma. [1]  More Canadian women die from the complications of ... than from breast and ovarian cancer combined. Over 1.4 million Canadians have osteoporosis, including 25% of women and 12% of men older than 50 years. [1]  In addition, Canadian health care costs for osteoporosis ...
Editorials / BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD January/February 2004
... Quebec Law Society; a Small Investments minister blows $1 billion of taxpayers’ money; and a gun control registry so far off the rails that $1 billion looks like chicken feed. The outgoing Liberal ...
Letters / BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC July/August 2004
... and under and individuals with risk factors for TB began 1 June 2004. Your participation as front-line physicians in ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2004
... in January/February’s issue of the  BCMJ  ( 2004;46[1]:21-23 ) does not appear to be a valid test of the ... render this trial useless from a scientific perspective: 1. While the article is very readable, it gives the gloss of ...