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Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
In 2004, cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounted for ... from COPD itself.[ 26 , 27 ]  Like CKD, part of this risk may be due to a commonality of risk factors, but after ... However, two studies from 2002 directly addressed this issue.  A large meta-analysis by Salpeter and colleagues ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... and increased mortality for the patient.[ 1 - 4] In 2004, 84 patients with soft tissue sarcomas were referred to ... rare in adults and make up about one-half of all soft  issue sarcomas in children. Young adults show a greater ... de­letion affecting the tumor-suppressor gene p53 and may lead to a higher risk of rhabdomyosarcoma, early onset  ...
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.[ ... countries have implemented limits on duty hours. In 2004, Great Britain and other European Union countries began ... for orthopaedics). This makes statistical validity an issue. However, our response rate of 78% for PGY-1 residents ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
... and disintegration, and incestuous complexity. Although we may wish to attribute these problems to the First Nations ... a hospital in northwestern British Columbia”  in this issue). I was not surprised at what I found; it was entirely ... Bulletin [4]  and indeed was the focus of an April 2004 theme issue. [5]  It is worth a few minutes of every ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... the Lord Made . Directed by Joseph Sargent; HBO Films, 2004. Something the Lord Made  is a moving true story of the ... 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. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP May 2006
... article on this topic appears in the 14 March 2006 issue of the CMAJ.) This means we all stand a better chance ... we exercise on a regular basis. As active as we think? In 2004, the BC Nutrition Survey found that although 80% of ... 30 but remain stable thereafter in both men and women. In May 2005, the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) released its ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Program (CADRMP). In 2004, CADRMP received 10 238 reports of suspected adverse ... cited serious and life-threatening ADRs to be a safety issue of concern. The effect of this apparent concern has ... difficulty of recognizing ADRs when they occur. Clinicians may believe another member of the health care team will ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) September 2006
... of us in practice, answering patients’ concerns on this issue can be daunting, particularly if we are presented with ... just by chance. In addition, many “findings of harm” may be insignificant, inaccurate, or simply taken out of ... supplementation. American Academy of Family Physicians. 2004 American Academy of Family Practice policy statement on ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC May 2006
The  January/February 2006 issue of the BCMJ [48(1):14-15]  contains a report by the BC ... as a result of the home hemodialysis program launched in 2004, considerable cash savings have been made by training ... expensive hospital dialysis units. This is good news, but may I re mind you that, as reported in the CMAJ, [1]  the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD, September 2006
... adverse events in Canadian hospitals. [1]  Published in May 2004, the study was based on methods developed by researchers ... establish an estimate of the scale of the patient safety issue within Canadian hospitals, but improvements in safety ...