Clinical Articles /
BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC
April 2014
... illnesses have been reported anecdotally.[ 7-11 ] A report from the Hospital for Sick Children in ... meningitis and encephalitis, with or without zoster.[ 7-10 ] Summary The use of varicella-zoster virus vaccine for ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Michelle D. Sherwood, MD,
December 2014
... of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord.[ 7 ] AFP is nearly always asymmetric, affects proximal more ... 2 to 3 days, and is associated with neck or back pain.[ 7 ] There is reduced muscle tone and weakness, but typically ... 8 ] At the patient’s most recent follow-up appointment, 7 weeks after discharge, there was slight improvement of the ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Keith J. White, MD
July/August 2014
... to assignment of payment are provided in the Preamble (C. 7, C. 8, and C. 9) to the Doctors of BC Guide to Fees , ...
Obituaries /
BY: Mary Ann Waldmann, RN,
January/February 2014
... born on 6 December 1920 in Stettin, Germany, and died on 7 October 2013 in Abbotsford, BC. He graduated from Kiel and ...
News&Notes /
BY: Neil Pollock, MD,
October 2014
... when the impoverished nation was shattered by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that led to over 100 000 deaths. After the ...
News
May 2014
... at St. Paul’s. This new unit is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and provides nine dedicated emergency ...
Premise /
BY: B. Nosyk, PhD,
December 2014
... and annually report on OST system performance indicators.[ 7,8 ] While we’ve made important strides in improving ...
News
September 2014
... pain or ability to bear weight has not improved in 5 to 7 days. For the complete list of GPAC guidelines, visit ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Joanne Stares, MHSc,
April 2014
... elevated in Trail by 2011 ( Figure 1 and Figure 2 ).[ 7 ] The consistency of these trends across all three sources ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: E.M.M. Wong, MD
December 2014
... mmol/L). Her 24-hour urine calcium level was elevated at 7.7 mmol/day (reference range 1.0-7.0 mmol/day). Her estimated glomerular filtration rate was ...