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MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Brooke Cheng May 2022
... at work and in public settings.[ 2 , 3 ] While this story may surprise some, it is just one of thousands of anecdotes ... and to celebrate racial diversity, the SARS outbreak in 2003 demonstrated the speed at which we can revert to ... outcome as critical as patient safety and care, then this issue must be treated as one of utmost importance. It is also ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... although a mental health diagnosis is a factor.[ 3 ] In 2003, the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development ... [ Figure 3 ]. Conclusions Self-poisoning is a considerable issue in BC, where high rates and increasing trends among ... 19,[ 17 ] mental health and antidepressant accessibility may have contributed to increased self-poisoning rates among ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... other antihyperglycemic agents can confuse physicians and may result in widely variable quality of care as well as ... of evidence from key studies. Updates were published in 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2018.[ 3 ] These guidelines are ranked ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
... health care in BC First Nations populations in BC may receive different health care services based on whether ... patients, many living in remote locations. Established in 2003 and expanded in 2009 to cover almost all First Nations ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD November 2018
... in human islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes. Since 2003, the clinical program at the lab has transplanted islets ... prohormones as biomarkers of islet graft function that may have value in predicting islet transplant failure.[ 5 ] ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gil Kimel, MSc June 2014
... in 1997 and became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003. Balfour Mount is currently retired and lives in ... HF mortality.[ 5 ] Serum b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) may be helpful for prognostication as well, since BNP levels ... revised version of the article published in the June 2014 issue ( BCMJ  2014;56:224-229). The authors corrected an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... correctly (see “Measurement of blood pressure” in this issue) and ensure that office-induced blood pressure ... drug doses despite persistent blood pressure elevation may be part of the phenomena labeled clinical inertia, which ... receptor (MR) in hypertension. In a study published in 2003, treatment with the MR antagonist spironolactone was ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
... After initial research probing societal views on this issue,[ 9 ] the first LAD transplant was perform­ed in ... to protect both the re­cipient and the donor. LAD kidneys may be given to a patient at the top of the wait list, or ... retinopathy.  The first islet transplantation occurred in 2003, and since then 70 islet transplantations have been ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat G. Camp, MSc, PT, March 2008
... for BC and Canada is challenging, as the symptoms of COPD may not be present until airflow obstruction, a key feature ... by a health professional?” Based on data from the 2003 CCHS,[ 4 ] the prevalence of chronic bronchitis and/or ... match findings from other studies that have explored the issue of underdiagnosis. In the United States, data from the ...
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 ...