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Clinical Articles / BY: Brett Baumann, MD October 2020
... vaping, product use–associated lung injury (EVALI).[ 4 , 5 ] As of November 2019, there have been more than 2800 cases ... chest X-ray [ Figure 4 ] and additional CT images [ Figure 5 ] were obtained in May 2018 to facilitate a wedge resection ... such as heart failure or connective tissue disease.[ 5 ] In a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Armon Molavi, MD October 2020
... 3 ] The 12-month prevalence of AUD in North America is 8.5%.[ 1 ] In Canada, at least half of all alcohol consumed is ... for AUD and alcohol withdrawal are underutilized.[ 5-14 ] Less than 33% of patients with AUD receive any treatment, and less than 5% receive medications as a part of treatment.[ 15 ] Some of ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Sonny Thiara, MD October 2020
... ranging from 38.0% to 97.0% for patients in ICUs.[ 4 , 5 ] On 22 April 2020, Richardson and colleagues reported that ...
Obituaries / BY: Susan Ketchen October 2020
... BC, on the hobby farm he dubbed Guineacres. At age 5, Michael returned to England with his parents where he was ...
MDs To Be / BY: Rochelle Tonkin, MD October 2020
... dermatoses, sarcoidosis, and urticaria/angioedema.[ 5 ] In addition, short courses of glucocorticoids may be used ... exfoliative dermatitis, and erythrodermas.[ 5 ] Prednisone is an oral corticosteroid drug that can cause ... codes and treatment. Coding is not mandatory, and only 51.5% of UHNBC ER cases had diagnostic codes recorded at ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... versus 10.9%) and pregnancy complications (35.3% versus 14.5%) that affect female surgeons compared to the general ... leave for female physicians seeking fertility treatment.[ 5 ] “Fertility should not be a factor that limits women’s ... and readmission outcomes than their male counterparts.[ 5 ] So, data show that infertility is prevalent—in both our ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lisa J. Zhang November 2020
... pregnancy ranged from 10% when intercourse occurred 5 days prior to ovulation up to 33% when it occurred on the ... body temperature charting is based on the physiological 0.5 °C increase that occurs after ovulation due to ... of ejaculation and in the fallopian tubes within minutes.[ 5 ] Sexual arousal stimulates the release of oxytocin from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lisa J. Zhang November 2020
... (RR 1.53; 95% CI, 1.06-2.21) than were coffee abstainers.[ 5 ] Furthermore, a randomized controlled trial that assigned ... highest quartile (2.3 servings/day) had an 18% (95% CI, 5%-30%) lower probability of clinical pregnancy and a 26% ... such as tuna, shark, marlin, and swordfish to 150 g or 5 oz per month.[ 44 ] The effects of mercury on the male and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... to retrieve donor eggs for fertilization in vitro.[ 3 , 5 , 6 ] These early “third-party reproduction” techniques ... treatment cycles in 2018. Their use nearly doubled in 5 years: 3055 cycles involved donor eggs in 2018 compared ... has the highest age of first birth in Canada at 30.5 years versus 30.3 years in Ontario.[ 10 ] According to ...
Letters / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2020
... as well as in the proportion on long-term opioid therapy.[ 5 ] Considering the growing numbers in this age group due to ...