Clinical Articles /
March 2018
BY: John A. Taylor, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Erik Vu, MD, CCP, FRCPC, Maria Angelica Leon Elizalde, BSc, Jasmine Li-Brubacher, BSc
Background
Influenza is an important seasonal respiratory illness that is estimated to account for 12 200 hospital admissions and 3500 deaths per year in Canada.[1-3] Emergency department (ED) care... Read More
Clinical Articles /
March 2018
BY: Rebecca Warburton, MD, FRCSC, Connie G. Chiu, MD, FRCSC, Amanda Roberts, MD, MPH, FRCSC, Akushla Wijayanayagam, MD, FRCSC, Sonia Cader, MD, FRCSC, Christopher Baliski, MD, FRCSC, F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC, Elaine Wai, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS, Elaine McKevitt, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS
Over the years, surgery for breast cancer has become less invasive in both the breast and axilla.[1-4] Surgical techniques have advanced to provide better cosmesis in breast conservation and also in... Read More
Clinical Articles /
January/February 2018
BY: Heather E. Cadenhead, BKin, Brennan Eadie, MD, PhD, Colten Wendel, MD, Simon J. Warner, MD, FRCSC
Background
Vision loss resulting from traumatic eye injury has a significant effect on quality of life in the developed world.[1] Trauma to the ocular structures is one of the most common causes of... Read More
Clinical Articles /
January/February 2018
BY: Katherine A. Blood, MD, PhD, Mary McCullum, RN, MSN, CON(C), Christine Wilson, MD, FRCPC, Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS
Background
Women in the general population have a 1 in 9 lifetime risk of developing breast cancer—the number one cancer diagnosed in women in BC.[1] The majority of breast cancers are thought... Read More
Clinical Articles /
January/February 2018
BY: Amie Padilla-Thornton, MD, FRCPC, Jessica Farrell, MD, FRCPC, Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI, Akushla Wijayanayagam, MD, FRCSC, Rebecca Warburton, MD, FRCSC, Amanda Roberts, MD, MPH, FRCSC, Connie G. Chiu, MD, FRCSC, Sonia Cader, MD, FRCSC, F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC, Christopher Baliski, MD, FRCSC, Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS, Elaine McKevitt, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS
The evaluation of breast health concerns and the diagnosis of breast cancer have changed significantly over the past 20 years due to advances in imaging technology and pathology techniques as well as... Read More
