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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: 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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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: Maria Corral, MD, FRCPC April 2005
... psychotropic medications (see articles elsewhere in this issue) that are usually needed. Bright light therapy The use ... and postpartum women with mood and anxiety disorders may benefit from bright light therapy as their symptoms are ... [3]  In a follow-up study (M. Corral, unpublished data, 2004), 18 women were randomly assigned to one of two groups, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gregory M.F. Ganz, MD, CM, FRCPC July/August 2005
... provision of patient-specific tools such as flow sheets may be more useful. [14]  The Kidney Care Initiative on ... kidney disease in the primary care setting”  in this issue). In addition to promoting awareness of the guidelines, ... physicians choose family practice as a career. In the 2004 CaRMS match, only 26.4% of applicants from Canadian ...
News June 2005
... on your nursing staff were equally well trained? This may seem like an impossible notion, but not when you hardwire ... Stan Solomon and Peter Taylor. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2004. ISBN 1-55263-605-4. Hardcover, 112 pages. $49.95. ... Psoriasis Education Program (PEP) has released the first issue of PEP Talk, a publication for people affected by ...