Letters /
BY: Marisa Ponzo, MD-PhD, FRCPC
April 2020
... and long-term sequelae. Two recent Canadian publications[ 2 , 3 ] have highlighted the importance of screening at-risk ... comprising a substantial proportion of the population.[ 2 ] Other risk factors for SCARs in individuals prescribed ...
Editorials, COVID-19 /
BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM)
April 2020
... Osler himself succumbed to postpneumonic empyema 2 years after Revere fell at Passchendaele. One wonders how ... peak. While the mortality of both pathogens is likely 2.5% (this will never be known with any certainty), they ... the virus. Measures that would have been inconceivable 2 months ago—border closures, the shuttering of business ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 /
BY: Alexis Crabtree, MD, MPH, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC
April 2020
... 80%) of people have mild illness with recovery in about 2 weeks. Early data from outbreaks on cruise ships suggested ... the epicentre of the epidemic, it is estimated to be 2% to 3%, while outside this area the case fatality rate is ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Derek C. Chang, MD
April 2020
... and Nurse Practitioners of BC,[ 1 ] Moms Stop the Harm,[ 2 ] the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs,[ 3 ] ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Antonia Hyman, MSc
April 2020
... of stereotypes and racist attitudes all play a part.[ 1 , 2 ] One outcome of colonization is a lack of emphasis on ... improved services and support for Indigenous patients.[ 2-5 ] Specifically, UNDRIP article 24.1 states: Indigenous ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: David A. Obert, MD, MPP
April 2020
... as well as Canadian Coast Guard vessels. During 2 weeks in May 2019, I was very fortunate to get an inside ... pledge, and it aptly sums up this motivation. During my 2 weeks with the JRCC (and on-field excursions to 442 ...
Premise /
BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC
April 2020
... group selection[ 1 ] and sometimes called cooperation.[ 2 ] Even Darwin had doubts about the completeness of his ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: J. Connell, BSc, MPH
April 2020
... therapy, suggesting the existence of large service gaps.[ 2 , 3 ] In 2010 BC was faced with a shortage of ... (4.6 patients), 118.3% for ankylosing spondylitis (2.4 patients), and 75.3% for psoriatic arthritis (2.2 patients) [ Figure 2 ]. The Leeds Satisfaction ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: T. Justin Dhinsa, BSc
May 2020
... and the second most common being Ewing sarcoma.[ 1 , 2 ] Osteosarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal neoplasia ... visiting multiple health care professionals [ Figure 2 ]. The six patients whose records were reviewed had an ...
Obituaries /
BY: Ian A. MacDonald, MD, FRCPC
May 2020
... man short and still do well. Jim died in Quesnel, BC, on 2 February 2020. Those of us privileged to have worked, ...