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Clinical Articles / BY: Carla Pajak, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... access to surgery, there continues to be variation in practice seen even within a single regional health care ... toward early laparoscopic cholecystectomy and current practice patterns, and to determine the impact of an ... an online survey about surgeon attitudes, preferences, and practice patterns regarding management of acute ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matt Kurrek, MD, FRCPC December 2018
... Society (CAS) published revised anesthesia practice guidelines in 2012,[ 1 ] we wrote an editorial for ... In the operating room, it has been a standard of practice for intubated patients or patients with laryngeal ... when the patient cannot be observed directly. The 2018 practice guidelines of the American Society of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM April 2018
... surgery.[ 16 ] Psychological fitness for surgery Best practice guidelines for assessing a patient’s psychological ... in medication in the short and long term.  Although best practice guidelines do not yet exist for psychological ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Warburton, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... be helpful in making the best decision for the patient. Practice guidelines ( Table ) have been developed to help ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... at large. This public health issue directly affects the practice of physicians who must care for these people. In the ... of injuries in British Columbia: Applying evidence to practice ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin Wing, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... has set a wait-time target of 18 weeks from general practice referral to surgery for 92% of patients. In BC, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... ultrasound in clinically node-negative patients. This practice may evolve as we continue to gain long-term ... be why an increasing number of patients in one surgeon’s practice have opted for partial mastectomy and adjuvant ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... and continuity of care was maintained. A change in practice to more ambulatory surgery has increased the ... rates and facilitating positive improvements in their practice and perioperative education of patients. Our study ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert C. Mack, MD July/August 2018
The residential care initiative (RCI) of the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) aims to improve care for patients in facilities through five best practice recommendations,[ 1 ] one of which is the ... of the South Okanagan Similkameen (SOS) Division of Family Practice discovered significant medication wastage and set ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Simmons, MD, MSc, FRCPC March 2018
... guidelines. Although guidelines are helpful, in practice the decision to offer neoadjuvant therapy to a ... has been a subject of debate. Nonetheless, in clinical practice, pCR is a very reassuring outcome and suggests that ...