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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2015
... available online or in print from your local health unit.[ 4 ] Many studies have shown that the strongest factor in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Patrick Tang, MD, PhD, April 2015
... from sample collection to final results usually takes 4 weeks or more to complete. At the BC Public Health ... isolated, we can track the spread of TB in the province.[ 4 ] This information can help direct public health resources ...
Premise / BY: T. Chan, MHsc, MD, October 2015
... on wait times since 1984 The 1984 Canada Health Act[ 4 ] structured health care responsibilities with the federal ... 2001 and 2010, 25% of survey patients reported a wait of 4 or more months for nonemergent surgery.[ 5,6 ] British ... interpret. While the reported wait for a procedure may be 4 weeks, access to the operating room is not linear, making ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2015
... wards, 60.6% in the emergency room, and 78% in the ICU.[ 4 ] There are four key principles of capacity: understanding ... showed psychiatrist referral rates ranging from only 4.2% to 6.7%.[ 8 ] Referral to psychiatry for a formal ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2015
... when large amounts of contaminated fish are eaten.[ 4 ] Canned tuna contains relatively low levels of mercury ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Brooks, MD, January/February 2015
... 855 476-3049, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. —David A. Brooks, MD, Dip Sport Med, CIME ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... appropriate investigative and management considerations.[ 4 ] The medical literature of the early 1970s went further, ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Nigel Adams, MB, CCFP, MRO, May 2015
... he would do the printing. But I must be there by 4 p.m. “Oh, and don’t forget to bring $40 cash, plus a ... bank and buy a money order.  “Make sure you are here by 4 p.m., and do drive carefully,” he added thoughtfully. ... oils, hand washing, and various other measures. Finally by 4:30 p.m. we were all getting tired and the computer finally ...
Beyond Medicine November 2015
... of acute otitis media but increased nausea and vomiting.4 Benefits of oseltamivir may be more pronounced in ... influenza in pregnant women Pregnant women and women up to 4 weeks postpartum are also at high risk for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Basia M. Hamata, MD, January/February 2015
... without a positive family history, an LDL-C level above 4.5 mmol/L or an apoB level above 1.3 g/L, with or without ... of FH.[ 3 ] The finding of corneal arcus ( Figure 2 )[ 4 ] before age 65 strongly suggests the presence of an ... coronary disease in the family and corneal arcus,[ 4 ] other strong indicators of FH are elevated LDL-C from a ...