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Clinical Articles / BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD, July/August 2008
... are often required to perform these procedures.  The issue of how we define a “well-trained” family physician ... of 12 000 people. From September 2002 to December 2004 (2.5 years), 677 scopes were undertaken at the facility. ... the scope from the cecum, and that using less time may result in a higher miss rate for small neoplasms. In ...
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 ... data were searched for COPD cases.[ 6 ]   The 2003–2004 prevalence estimate for COPD in BC was 4.4% for men and ... match findings from other studies that have explored the issue of underdiagnosis. In the United States, data from the ...
Editorials / BY: Gavin Stuart, MD, Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine, September 2008
... University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine. In May 2008, the first class of medical students from the ... 72 students were added to the incoming class in 2004.  As you can imagine, this was neither a simple task ... for its innovative programs. The articles in this theme issue depict aspects of the expansion and describe physician ...
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: 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: 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 ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
Editorials / BY: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC November 2005
... overview with important recommendations. In a previous issue (BCMJ September 2004;46[7], “The new era of treatable Alzheimer disease”) ... the possibility that more than one pathological entity may be affecting the brain and causing symptoms. An ...