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Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... evidence from key studies. Updates were published in 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2018.[ 3 ] These guidelines are ranked among ... these concerns, the Therapeutics Letter of September/October 2017 names canagliflozin and dapagliflozin as ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Courtney Young, MBA, MD, FRCPC December 2017
... attention was focused on how QI could favorably affect the issue of medical errors. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was ... indicators at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in October 2016. This was an exciting achievement, but it ... care that was built on the encouraging results from a 2008 PHC pilot project where FPs could page a cardiologist ...
Obituaries / BY: Doug Blackman, MD, September 2015
... Dr Morris VanAndel was born in Arnhem, Netherlands, on 12 October 1943, the fifth of seven children. The family ... 2000, a position he held until his retirement in October 2008. While he was the registrar we fondly called him ... table, making the way clear to a fair resolution of the issue at hand. Dr VanAndel epitomized what one expected of a ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... fatally injured drivers of eight OECD countries.[ 4 ] In 2008, there were 395 road fatalities in BC. Of these, 152 ... annually in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes. From 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011, there were 68 ... of the immediate roadside prohibition program.  At issue was whether the immediate roadside prohibition program ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... Michel Mirowski Mieczyslaw (Michel) Mirowski was born 14 October 1924 in Warsaw, Poland.[ 4 ] The story of his early ... and around the world has grown considerably since 1980. In 2008, 593 ICDs were implanted in British Columbia and 5811 ... presented in  Table 1 . ICDs for primary prevention The issue of which patients should receive an ICD for the primary ...
Editorials / BY: Robert D. Levy, MD, FRCPC May 2010
... in many aspects of transplantation at that time. In October 1985, the BC Ministry of Health announced the ... from approximately 30 operations a year in 1985 to 262 in 2008. British Columbia has moved from one of the lowest per ... Transplantation update The following articles in this issue of the BC Medical Journal are intended to provide a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephen Wheeler, MD October 2009
... services have wrestled with how to deal with this issue. Some programs have developed a policy of excluding all ... defining which patients should be routinely sedated. In 2008, the noncritical transport advisors developed a list of ... Ambulance Service Provincial Medical Leadership Council in October 2008 for approval. Since the criteria were approved, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD October 2008
... factors involved. Accuracy is another important issue. Please ensure that records sent to WorkSafeBC contain ... New regulation regarding medical sharps Effective 1 October 2008 any medical sharp—including sutures, scalpels, and ...
News / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... Part 1 and 2 has also been revised and is included in this issue’s polybag.  The Antenatal Record Part 1 and 2 (BCPHP ... of the Perinatal Database will be implemented on 1 April 2008. New data fields will be added and some pre-existing ... information seminars around the province in September and October. In addition to reviewing the Core-Plus Plan, Ms ...
Index December 2007
... are noted by abbreviations. Location of article is by issue number followed by beginning page number. Albrecht J: ... out of the gate (op) 7:353; EMR program update (pu) 7:373; October musings (op) 8:422; The BCMA responds (c) 9:475; What ... (bp) 3:162; Dr Geoff Appleton, BCMA President 2007–2008—Setting our house in order (op) 7:359; Old issues bog ...