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Clinical Articles / BY: Anne R. Synnes, MDCM, FRCPC, MHSc, November 2008
... units (NICUs) in the Canadian Neonatal Network.[ 8 ]  In BC, accurate GA assessment by first trimester ultrasound ... births) to only live births to NICU admissions.[ 5 ]  The BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre is the largest of three tertiary-level perinatal and ...
News / BY: Judith G. Hall, MD, January/February 2008
... of the Department of Pediatrics, the opening of the Health Centre for Children at the Vancouver General Hospital, his ... of British Columbia, Room 2D19-4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3V4. All proceeds go to the Department of Pediatrics. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD January/February 2008
... The toxicologists and consulting physicians at the BC Poison Control Centre proved to be an invaluable resource and led me by the ... case history and serial X-rays were presented at a BC Thoracic Surgery meeting. During the discussion and ...
Clinical Articles December 2008
... pregnancy services at a tertiary perinatal provincial centre. Embedded in the Maternal Fetal Medicine divisional ... Technology (IM/IT) department, both located at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. Division of Maternal ... In summary, the Division of Ma­ternal Fetal Medicine at BC Women’s Hospital has demonstrated the ability to ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, May 2008
Trail BC family physician Dr Blair Stanley is training to do ... and regain their obstetrical skills.  Maternity Care for BC (MC4BC), developed by the joint BCMA/Ministry of Health ... in his home community instead of traveling to an urban centre, which most training requires. “Trail was facing an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... and inpatient mental health services are available in BC along with community health and social services, there ... is a new era. The last institution for adults with DD in BC was closed only 11 years ago. Community health services ... mental health services The Provincial Assessment Centre (PAC), located in Burnaby, is a 10-bed mental health ...
Index December 2008
... (*) indicates a clinical review article. Back Page (bp), BC Centre for Disease Control (cdc), Editorials (ed), ... need to know* 8:444  Bates J: Medical school expansion in BC* 7:368  Beaulieu M: Demystifying chronic kidney disease: ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Neal Shahidi, January/February 2008
... vaccination with a four-dose schedule of PCV7.[ 2 ] In BC a universal infant immunization program that was ... at age 2, 4, 6, and 12 to 15 months.[ 3 ]  In addition, BC authorities continued to offer PPV23 to all persons older ... in BC and has been monitored by the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) since 1999. Invasive ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lori d’Agincourt-Canning, MSc, MA, PhD, December 2008
... periodically, families living in rural and remote areas of BC frequently do not receive the potential benefit of ... K, et al. Cancer Risk Assessment and Follow-up in BC Rural Communities: Needs Assessment and Educational Tools. ... require ongoing training support from the tertiary care centre.[ 16 ] As well as providing evidence that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... 84 patients with soft tissue sarcomas were referred to the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA). Considering there are 111 family ... 5 ] less than 1% of family practice physicians in BC will encoun­ter a malignant soft tissue sarcoma each ... interventions prior to referral to a multidisciplinary centre have inferior outcomes.[ 1 - 4 ]  A multidisciplinary ...