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Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... density; 36% have category C: heterogeneously dense, which may obscure small masses; and 7% have category D: extremely ... breast tomosynthesis was approved by Health Canada in 2012, and several sites in BC acquired the technology. It is ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD July/August 2019
... concern (CECs) in transplanted mussels collected in 2012/2013 from locations near urbanized areas around Puget ... of opioids, the Washington study illustrates the larger issue of CECs in the environment and their potential adverse ... impacts. CECs of greatest concern include those which may not pose an immediate effect through acute exposure, as ...
Editorials / BY: Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS March 2018
... this way. With more coordinated and targeted therapy, it may also be possible to reduce treatment sequelae. Already ... of these concerns and complementing Part 1 of this theme issue, which dealt with diagnosis, Part 2 focuses on initial ... the BC Cancer Centre for the North in Prince George in 2012. The authors report that travel time for patients in the ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... withdrawing life-sustaining therapy[ 1,2 ] suggest people may be confused about their right to make life-determining ... can help make the individual feel heard and supported. A 2012 systematic review and meta-ethnography of the underlying ... The author is currently guest editing a theme issue on palliative care that she hopes to publish in the  ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sophie Y. Wang, BSc, July/August 2014
... antimicrobial resistance demonstrates the severity of this issue and calls for concerted action among all government ... resource-constrained settings.[ 1 ] The use of carbapenems may also accelerate the development of carbapenem resistance, ... between 2007 and 2010 and is reported to be at 25.3% in 2012.[ 2 ] The proportion of  S. pneumoniae  nonsusceptible ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD January/February 2013
The CMPA Perspective, published October 2012, focused on physician professionalism. I assume it was just coincidental that this issue appeared before the furor over mandatory influenza ... out that “In support of quality of care, physicians may struggle to find the appropriate balance between meeting ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) November 2013
... EMR adoption rates have risen from 23% in 2006 to 56% in 2012, countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and ... physicians set to retire in the next couple of years, it may make sense to forgo the expense and time-consuming ... typed emergency record the very next morning? In this issue of the BCMJ you can read more about this topic and ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC May 2013
... the BCMA’s pledge to support its members who are now, or may in the fu­ture become, clinical faculty teachers/mentors ... copy was not seen until 10 months later on 26 March 2012 when the Section of Clinical Faculty president received ... wording in the LOI calls into question.  I take no issue with those involved in the system, only with the system ...
Letters / BY: Dana Cole, BScPharm, December 2012
The premise for Dr Miller’s letter in the September issue [ BCMJ  2012;54:327 ] appears to be a recent decision by the BC ... In fact, the BCHA P&T committee made a decision at the 24 May 2012 meeting to add ticagrelor to the formulary with ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB December 2012
... constitutes a winning Christmas light display. Although I may have been un­biased in the eyes of the locals, I was ... on the Editorial Board has his turn come up for the last issue of the year. There is a saying in Yiddish that came to ... who celebrate other holidays, I wish you a happy end to 2012.  To all of you, I wish a Happy New Year! —DBC ...