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MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Justin Fong, BSc September 2020
... structures for various scenarios in the uncertain time.[ 1 ] Authors in the UK commented on selecting medical student ... the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination Part 1 will be postponed until September this year or possibly ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ernest Salcedo September 2020
... Contact Payment Services at 604 276-3085 or toll-free at 1 888 422-2228. You may also contact the customer service ... or arrange a learning opportunity by calling us at 1 855 476-3049 or emailing ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Li Rita Zhang, MPH September 2020
... and reduction in mortality at the population level.[ 1 ] In Canada, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health ... in service provided during the 30-month period between 1 July 2009 and 31 December 2011. By means of postal code ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Kristina Jenei, BSN September 2020
... 1994 best seller The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story .[ 1 ] The book is a nonfiction account of how researchers, ... to human spillover has happened before. In 2003, SARS-CoV-1 emerged from a market in Foshan, China. There is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brett Baumann, MD October 2020
... and additives such as glycerol and propylene glycol.[ 1 ] Use of these aerosolized devices (colloquially termed ... chest in July 2017 revealed no abnormalities [ Figure 1 ], but a CT scan with contrast in November 2017 revealed ... after the patient’s initial CT scan demonstrated an FEV 1 of 2.6 litres (90% predicted) and FVC of 3.7 litres (95% ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Armon Molavi, MD October 2020
... is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality.[ 1 ] Numerous resources have been committed to managing health ... The 12-month prevalence of AUD in North America is 8.5%.[ 1 ] In Canada, at least half of all alcohol consumed is in ... work, interpersonal relationships, and physical health.[ 1 ] Treatment of alcohol use disorder Several studies have ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Sonny Thiara, MD October 2020
... 2019 and resulted in cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China.[ 1 ] Since then, SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly around the ... rate for patients who were admitted to the ICU and an 88.1% mortality rate for patients who required mechanical ... 2.8% (n = 3053) of Canada’s COVID-19 cases and 2.1% (n = 187) of the country’s COVID-19 deaths.[ 9 ] As of 8 ...
News, COVID-19 October 2020
... researchers identified six molecules of importance (CLM-1, IL12RB1, CD83, FAM3B, IGFR1R, and OPTC). They found that ... levels of three molecules (hyaluronic acid, syndecan-1, and P-selectin.) The first two molecules are products ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Karima Jiwa, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2020
... response, call the medical advisor’s contact number: 1 855 476-3049. This is monitored from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 ... can leave a message at any time and get a callback within 1 to 2 days. This phone number is not intended to provide ... on the requisition. Fax requisitions to 604 233-9777 or 1 888 922-8807, or mail them in. Contact the claim owner for ...
MDs To Be / BY: Rochelle Tonkin, MD October 2020
... presented to the emergency room (ER) in an Ontario study.[ 1 ] The most common skin presentations were skin infections, of which cellulitis was the most prevalent.[ 1 , 2 ] A US study found that 9.01% of adult dermatology ... serious side effects. Common adverse drug reactions (≥ 1%) when prednisone is used long term include hypertension, ...