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News / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... Part 1 and 2 has also been revised and is included in this issue’s polybag.  The Antenatal Record Part 1 and 2 (BCPHP ... generally extending until the end of September. Since 2003, Canadian Blood Services has performed WNV nucleic acid ... TT-WNV WNV developing within 4 weeks of blood transfusion may be transfusion-associated. Suspected cases of TT-WNV ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2007
For this theme issue on pandemic influenza, we assembled a panel of experts ... syndrome (SARS) emerged as a zoonotic infection in 2003 but did not cause a pandemic.[ 1 ] Rapid action by ... random occurrences and no one knows when another pandemic may occur. Influenza viruses replicate at a rapid and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC September 2007
... factors lower the quality of life of medical trainees and may result in medical errors that compromise patient care.[ ... the ACGME initiated an 80-hour weekly duty limit in 2003 to prevent resident fatigue, promote well-being, and ... for orthopaedics). This makes statistical validity an issue. However, our response rate of 78% for PGY-1 residents ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC June 2007
... Public and political pressure to “do something” may well mount rapidly, especially if the pandemic virus ... is occurring.  Entry and exit screening during the 2003 SARS epidemic was instituted in many countries but was ... of masks in public is a controversial and unresolved issue. Although surgical masks are not designed to protect ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pratibha Reebye, MBBS, FRCPC, May 2007
... that the baby would “grow out of it.” This advice may have worked for at least one-third of the infants who ... frequently used by infant mental health clinicians. In 2003, the  Infant Mental Health Journal  published a special issue devoted to  DC: 0-3R  diagnostic classifications, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Beever, MD June 2006
... as an “artificial chemical” and are concerned that it may have unwanted or unknown side effects on them. Indeed, ... and colleagues, [11]  and supports the claim that ASSS may be used as a mosquito repellent where there is no ... Association of Internes and Residents of Ontario, in 2003. Table 1. Effectiveness of repellents compared with ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
... the monthly editions of e-News. Please note that as this issue of the Journal went to print, the Agreement was still ... process that was ratified by members in 2003. The macro-allocation portion of the process involves ... which the Provincial Salary and Service contract ranges may be exceeded. Joint Standing Committee on Rural Programs ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP July/August 2006
... health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Improved HRQOL may also lead to fewer office visits and hospitalizations and ... mail. The second chart review took place in the spring of 2003. Clinic charts of patients on the September 2001 clinic ... with more severe complications would better clarify this issue. [8] Conclusions Strengths of our study include the ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... and co-guest editor of the BCMJ’s September theme issue on patient safety (BCMJ 2006;48:324-341). Dr Michael ... 5 years, to identify adverse drug reaction markers that may be used to predict and prevent drug toxicity in children. ... Practice Obstetrical Care Incentive Program introduced in 2003. It provides a 50% bonus on the MSC Payment Schedule ...
News December 2006
... physicians during the SARS outbreak in Toronto in 2003. An added bonus is a foreword by world-renowned Canadian ... where a physician is deemed uninsurable, to decline to issue coverage altogether. The amount of coverage is based on ... and election follows the premature and sudden death, last May, of director-general Dr Jong-Wook Lee. The ...