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Premise / BY: Hannah Lishman, PhD March 2021
... 5 years of age, most dramatically evident in infants under 1 year. Between 1996 and 2016, BC saw a 77% reduction in antibiotic prescriptions for infants.[ 1 ] This has been mainly due to reductions in antibiotic use ... between antibiotic prescribing in infants under 1 year and incidence of asthma in children under 5 years at ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Thomas S. Watson, MD, DPhil March 2021
... chest trauma presentations to emergency departments.[ 1 , 2 ] The mainstay of rib fracture diagnosis has been the ... in the studies they examined was 0.97 (95% CI 0.93-1.00) with the sensitivity of chest X-ray at 0.77 (95% CI ... discussed below, along with potential counterarguments. 1. Variability between patients and fracture sites One ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... for all currently approved COVID-19 vaccines in Canada.[ 1 ] In light of this change—developed to maximize the ... trials: protection begins around 2 weeks after dose 1 and is sustained thereafter for the duration studied.[ 5 , ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... Health Act (MHA) and treated with oral risperidone for 1 month before she is switched to a depot intramuscular ... of osteomyelitis that requires readmission to hospital 1 month after discharge. Readmission is again prompted by ... because of self-neglect, and she is held in hospital for 1 week after her IV antibiotic treatment has been completed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sanya Ranchal, BSc April 2021
... emergencies encountered by community physicians.[ 1 ] Ruptured ectopic pregnancy can lead to severe hemorrhage ... which allow for early diagnosis and intervention.[ 1 ] Despite this, ectopic pregnancy and its treatments remain ... risk factors.[ 4 ] Jacob and colleagues also described a 1.8-fold (95% CI 1.54-2.09) increase in the risk of ectopic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Oxley, MD, FRCSC April 2021
... a reflex arc created by the trigeminal and vagus nerves.[ 1-3 ] It is defined as a slowing of the heart rate by more ... with any reflex, there is an afferent and efferent limb.[ 1 ] The trigeminal nerve serves as the sensory or afferent ... due to orbital pressure alone. Case data Patient 1 A 59-year-old male suffered a fracture to the left zygoma ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD April 2021
... by a recent CMAJ article by Drs Cohen and Kiran.[ 1 ] As a female physician and a new mother, I am particularly ... The pay gap exists in higher-paying specialties as well.[ 1 ] Neither can the gender pay gap be explained by the fact ...
News April 2021
... team (for patients and providers) is accessible at 1 866 999-1514 or transcareteam@phsa.ca . News Resources to ...
News April 2021
... phone support: Vancouver: 604 456-6950; elsewhere in BC: 1 866 456-6950. Upon request, HIBC can also provide approval ...
Back Page / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... in other words, nurture acting on nature through time.[ 1 ] Nitric oxide Nitric oxide (NO) is a biological signaling ...