Clinical Articles /
March 2025
BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD, Jeffrey N. Bone, PhD, Rebecca Courtemanche, MSc, CCRP, Leeor S. Yefet, MD, Mary-Claire Simmonds, MBBS, FANZCA, Eric Cattoni, MD, CCFP, Gillian R. Lauder, MB BCh, FRCPC, Douglas J. Courtemanche, MD, MS, FRCSC
Background
Long-term opioid therapy is associated with significant side effect profiles.[1-4] The prevalence of long-term opioid therapy has been reported to be 5.4% in the United States and 17.6... Read More
Clinical Articles /
January/February 2025
BY: Marshall Cheng, MD, FRCPC, Susan Lee, MD, FRCPC, Angela Tecson, RN, BSN, MStat, Parmjeet Panesar, RN, BSN
Background
Patient comorbidities can contribute to surgical complications, but medical optimization can lead to better patient outcomes.[1] The terms preoperative optimization and prehabilitation... Read More
Clinical Articles /
January/February 2025
BY: Angela Hu, MD, FRCPC, Barbara Blumenauer, MD, FRCPC, May Kazem, MD, FRCPC, MHA, Corisande Baldwin, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Raheem B. Kherani, MD, FRCPC, MPHE, Shahin Jamal, MD, FRCPC, Heather Day, MD, FRCPC, Jacqueline Stewart, MD, FRCPC, Grace Wright, MD, PhD, Gwenesta Melton, MD, Kam Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Diane Lacaille, MDCM, FRCPC, MHSc, Mollie Carruthers, MD, FRCPC
Background
In Canada, many physicians work under a fee-for-service model, in which a physician is remunerated a predetermined amount for a rendered medical service.[1] It would, therefore, be... Read More
Clinical Articles /
December 2024
BY: Amy Booth, MPH, Katina Pollard, LPN, Alexanne Dick, BA, Laurie Smith, BN, MPH, Lennette Desjarlais, Travis Holyk, MA, EdD, Charlotte Wenninger, Tanya Davoren, RN (Diploma), Sara Pyke, MScN, Nicole Cross, MHA, Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH, Sheona Mitchell-Foster, MD, MPH
Since 1956, Pap tests (cytology) have been the cornerstone of British Columbia’s Cervix Screening Program. In BC and Canada, organized cervical screening has contributed to a significant decline in... Read More
Clinical Articles /
November 2024
BY: Vivek Gill, BHSc, Sara Kreim, BSc, Ann Pederson, PhD, Lana Sullivan, MA, Kamila Bashir, BDes, Eden Luna Goldet, MDes, Joyce Mah, RN, MSN, Jennifer Kuznetsov, Courtney Hiller, Nadia Beyzaei, MRes, Astrid Christoffersen-Deb, MDCM, DPhil, FACOG, FRCPSC
Background
In Canada, stillbirth is defined as the birth of a fetus or baby with no signs of life at 20 weeks or more gestational age or birth weight of 500 grams or more.[1] In 2022, 3169 people... Read More
