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Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... to provide a sense of their messages, reading each author’s book in its entirety will result in fuller ... by embarking on a futile course of action—“a form of medical ‘doing something’ to deny the hovering ... was first published in 1994 and revised in 2010, when the author commented on the rise of medical ethics committees and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... clinical evidence of direct trauma to the head in the form of bruises, cephalohematoma, and skull fractures. ... in the October 2015 issue ( BCMJ  2015;57:331-335). The author corrected an error that appeared on pages 331, 332, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, March 2011
... designated under the neurology section of the assessment form is the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE). However, there are ... of a fitness to drive assessment. The view of this author is that driver assessment should be or­ganized and ... 65 years of age, the visit will initially involve some form of brief memory test (e.g., the TYM), which may be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stacy L. Elliott, MD, November 2011
... reducing nNO. Ra­di­cal prostatectomy in any form (open, laparoscopic, or robotic) often results in ED ... use of papaverine plus phentolamine (bimix) or the diluted form of prostaglandin E1 (10 µg/mL), or more commonly a ... trends of practice in the ED world. Acknowledgments The author acknowledges her colleagues at the BC Centre for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, October 2011
... shown favorable res­ponses, but the lack of a parenteral form for patients refusing oral medications limits their ... in seniors experiencing delirium. Acknowledgments The author wishes to thank Dr Robert Hewko for his review of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC November 2011
... While it is a point of some controversy, the author recommends the bio­available testosterone test as the ... (gels or patches), or oral testosterone in the form of testosterone undecanoate. All of these delivery modes ... for prostate cancer in the past.[ 4 , 5 ] It is the author’s opinion that a year or two after successful ...
Letters / BY: Rupinder Brar, MD, CCFP(AM) January/February 2010
... According to  BCMJ ’s authorship and disclosure form, “all  BCMJ  authors must read and sign the ... of financial interests ( www.bcmj.org/files/BCMJ_Author_Form_2009.pdf ).  We ask the editor to confirm that ... statement and, in the print version, without the author’s full name is a dubious practice. For Dr Day to use ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Dance, BSc, LLB, January/February 2009
... are not easily grasped using other available tools. One author (JPL) has removed a spherical bead off the tympanic ... a right-angle hook and the child was cooperative. Another author (MR) has removed at least 10 objects using this ... ear canal. • Suction.  Otic suction might be used to form a vacuum seal if the foreign body is small, light, or ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC May 2008
... for the diagnosis, it was provided by the patient in the form of a handwritten letter. In hindsight, the radiodense ... 3 ] and Ayurvedic medicines,[ 4 ] and others.[ 5 ] The author reported in a patient with mercury poisoning presented ...
Back Page / BY: Conrad Moralis, MD, May 2008
The author recounts an extraordinary experience that occurred ... for a job so well done, if he was indeed God in human form. *** I think of the man I met some 30 years ago and see ...