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Clinical Articles / BY: Tasleem Rajan, MD, January/February 2012
... hours and should not be relied upon for rapid effects. If medical therapy fails or is only temporarily successful, as ... in the first year of residency, and two third-year medical students.  Prior to the second PDSA cycle, which ran ... our intervention. Competing interests None declared. This article has been peer reviewed. Background:  Hyperkalemia is ...
Letters / BY: Glenn A. Scheske, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... perusing my December issue of the BCMJ, I came across the article “A snowy medical adventure,” by Dr Paul Gelpke [ BCMJ 2011;53:565 ]. As I read the article it didn’t take very long for me to realize that I ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Horn, BA, March 2012
... and can have a negative impact on the quality of medical care.[ 19 , 20 ]  The Harvard Medical Practice Study ... sources for this evidence can be found in the referenced article by Panagiotopoulos and colleagues.[ 4 ]  There is no ... clinical practice. Competing interests None declared. This article has been peer reviewed. ABSTRACT: Second-generation ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Florkowski, PhD, MEd, ATC, CSCS, CEAS, CFCE, November 2012
In last month’s WorkSafeBC article, we outlined various therapy programs available to ... therapy, the GP, specialist, physiotherapist, WorkSafeBC medical advisor, nurse advisor, or case manager might ... CCFP, FCFP WorkSafeBC Medical Advisor, Nelson Office This article is the opinion of WorkSafeBC and has not been peer ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2012
... such as anemia and osteoporosis. While there are obvious medical benefits of weight loss such as reductions in rates ... BSc, MPH, BC Mental Health and Addiction Services. This article is the opinion of the Council on Health Promotion and ...
Letters / BY: Marc Kazimirski, JD, June 2012
... persistent neck or back pain.” Unfortunately, this article is fact­ually inaccurate, and quite frankly, ... objective findings at the site of the injury under current medical techniques. Des­pite this lack of objective ... won because the plaintiff’s injuries are supported by medical opinions from treating family doctors and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sol Gregory, MD, November 2012
... physiology of burns and the need for multidisciplinary medical and surgical management.  History of major burn ... for major burn trauma for the province. Primary burn medical and surgical care is led by clinical specialists from ... Ambulance Service. Competing interests None declared. This article has been peer reviewed. ABSTRACT: The impact of major ...
News&Notes / BY: J.C.A. Morrant, MBBS, DObst, RCOG, DPM, FRCPC, March 2012
... the First World War. After being wounded, he served as a medical orderly in the Ukraine, where he met many of the ... trudg­ed home and spent Christmas with his family. This article has been peer reviewed. News&Notes Special Feature: ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2012
... personally, and in our profession. We all come into the medical profession for our own reasons. For some it’s a ... Ross, MD Award recipients BACHOP SILVER MEDAL IN GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTICE Dr Kathleen Cunniffe BACHOP GOLD MEDAL FOR ... Dr John W Campbell Dr Ivan Szasz Dr Wally Unger This article has not been peer reviewed by the  BCMJ  Editorial ...
Letters / BY: John de Couto, MD, October 2012
... again in the daily news.  I would add to Dr Gallagher’s article that in cases of terminal disease, a combination of ... Health’s End of Life program is introducing MOST—Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment—an initiative to ...