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
Clinical Articles /
November 2024
BY: Jude Kornelsen, PhD, Audrey Cameron, BA, Maura Rutherford, MSc, Jonathan Dresselhuis, BSc, Stuart Johnston, MD, Anthon Meyer, MBChB, CCFP, FCFP
Background
Achieving patient safety within the context of providing high-quality care is the lodestar of our health care system.[1] Although there are logical antecedents to optimizing patient... Read More
Clinical Articles /
September 2024
BY: Eugene Y.H. Yeung, MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FRCPC, FCCM, D(ABMM), CTH
Background
Traditionally, stool culture and microscopy for ova and parasites are the diagnostic methods of choice to detect intestinal pathogens. In 2022, diagnostic laboratories in British... Read More
Clinical Articles /
September 2024
BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS, R. Quinn Parker, MD, FRCSC, Michael Horkoff, MD, FRCSC, Michael Humphreys, MD, FRCPC, Edward Hardy, MD, FRCPC, Kira McClellan, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Yann Brierley, MD, FRCPC, Laurent Brosseau, MD, FRCPC, Hannah Rempel, MN, BScN, BA, RN
Background
Breast cancer is a common condition among Canadian women, with one in eight diagnosed within their lifetime.[1] Despite stable or decreasing age-standardized incidence, the number of... Read More
