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Clinical Articles / BY: Luke Witherspoon, MD, MSc March 2021
... fertility options following vasectomy, as approximately 7.4% of men ultimately regret having a vasectomy and pursue some type of fertility assessment.[ 4 ] Four treatment options exist: vasectomy reversal; sperm ... range from 48% to 92%, with a late failure rate of 0% to 4%.[ 24 , 25 ] Thirty-one percent of couples in which the ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Vielka Fernandez March 2021
... can provide feedback on their academic performance.[ 4 ] As faculty members must remain up-to-date on the use of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ronald A. Remick, MD, FRCPC March 2021
... have a number of positive effects on the immune system.[ 4 ] The subgenual prefrontal cortex exhibits increased ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), JD, LLM, SJD March 2021
... experienced by Indigenous people (see Finding 4 of the full report, p. 80). To 31 October 2020, First ...
Premise / BY: Hannah Lishman, PhD March 2021
... protecting against hyperallergic responses in the future.[ 4 ] The perturbance of this relationship is commonly referred ... to work toward further building a causal argument, and 4) investigate whether there are patient safety concerns ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Thomas S. Watson, MD, DPhil March 2021
... with suspected rib injuries from minor blunt trauma.[ 3 , 4 ] However, there has been growing evidence over the past 2 ... chest X-ray as the most appropriate investigation.[ 3 , 4 ] This review aims to examine why these analyses have ... Association not mentioning ultrasound at all.[ 3 , 4 ] This contrast between evidence and guidelines raises the ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.[ 4 ] This protection was sustained up to the maximum follow-up ... of Pfizer-BioNTech, compared to an unvaccinated group.[ 4 ] These data are encouraging when you consider that the UK ... first vaccination dose.[ 5 ] However, given that less than 4 months have passed since the vaccine was approved in any ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... Health Act: Health Act Communicable Disease Regulation.[ 4 ] What is required for HCCCFAA documentation? No specific ... Certification under the MHA requires completion of a Form 4: Medical Certificate (Involuntary Admission). The first Form 4 detains an individual for 48 hours; a second Form 4 extends ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sanya Ranchal, BSc April 2021
... for an ectopic pregnancy is a previous ectopic pregnancy.[ 4 , 5 ] Women with a prior ectopic pregnancy have a 10-times ... may impede embryonic passage through the fallopian tube.[ 4 , 7 ] Women with perihepatic adhesions (commonly known as ... have been recognized as significant risk factors.[ 4 ] Jacob and colleagues also described a 1.8-fold (95% CI ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Oxley, MD, FRCSC April 2021
... either through direct traction or increased pressure.[ 4 ] This leads to stimulation of the vagal motor response, ... entrapped muscles, such as orbital floor fractures.[ 4 ] There are reported cases of asystole with activation of ...