Clinical Case Reports
BY: Denise Werry, PharmD, ACPR, Panteha Eshtiaghi, MD, Leah D. Trippell, MD, Shazia Masud, MD, FRCPC, Inna Sekirov, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Yazdan Mirzanejad, MD, DTMH, FRCP, FACP, MRCP, Patrick H.P. Wong, MD, FRCPC
Case data
A 91-year-old man was assessed by the infectious diseases service at Surrey Memorial Hospital after 3 months of swelling and erythema in the third digit of his left hand. He reported... Read More
Original Research
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
Original Research
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
