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Beyond Medicine November 2015
... physicians and to the BC Children’s Hospital emergency room for influenza-like illness were well above average ... in the duration of illness and incidence of acute otitis media but increased nausea and vomiting.4 Benefits of ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2012
... control measures. In early March this letter reached the media and it garnered significant interest.  In response the ... issues? Do they know that men and women sharing a room separated by a curtain is now the norm? Are they aware ... workload. But would you want to be a patient in a four-bed room on a general medical ward at your local hospital?  I ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan W. Brunner, MD, FRCPC March 2011
... The aortic wall consists of three layers: the intima, the media, and the adventitia ( Figure 1 ).[ 4 ] Classic aortic ... intima permits the entry of blood to a diseased underlying media, causing the separation of the intima and media and the ... on availability, and on the experience of the emergency room and emergency staff with the modality. The ESC 2001 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert D.H. MacMillan, MD, FRCSC, November 2011
... walk-in clinic, or decides to go to a hospital emergency room if the condition is severe enough. The pa­tient is ... and education about men’s health through social media programs, web-based interactive games, videos, fun ... and clinics. Many men won’t sit in a busy waiting room for a 10-minute appointment. A solution worth ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC July/August 2009
... to Victoria! Since arriving here in “God’s waiting room” they have increased their demands by asking to be ... antifungal medications. It received much attention in the media and health magazines in the past. A position paper of ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD October 2009
... the severity of this year’s flu season might be, the media has perpetuated the H1N1 hype to such a degree that we ... should be made available at the entrance to the waiting room with a sign explaining that patients who arrive with ... patients with flu symptoms. Perhaps segregate your waiting room, if possible, or have patients with flu symptoms ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD January/February 2008
... to one. Initial presentation Upon entering the examining room I was stopped in my tracks. The patient, a 43-year-old ... 114/78, heart rate 116, and oxygen saturation 98% on room air. Diagnosis was bilateral pneumonia, which was ... interests None declared. Acknowledgment Mike Noon, media services technologist, Fraser Health. An extremely ill ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB December 2008
... destroyer/Darth Vader of health care, the elephant in the room, Dr Profit, and some others that I cannot put into ... a reality check for the public, politicians, and the media. For the European Consumer Powerhouse to rank Canadian ... Canadian system. —BD Editorials Medicine, the media, and politics ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2008
... detail people, collegial conversations in the OR change room, and an occasional weekend conference.  On Monday ... pertinence of scientific publication, the role of print media, the hierarchy of evidence, the definition of evidence ... I’ve often wondered (quietly to myself in a very dark room) why no one has ever suggested that I should quit. ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, October 2007
... paper A Prescription for Quality. Each garnered a lot of media and member response. Following this was the CMA’s ... maneuver between the chickens in the open-walled emergency room. The suture used looked like 00 green nylon in large ...