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WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM March 2021
... (e.g., hobbies, pets, smoking, travel, home renovations).[ 2 ] If a patient develops a disease and you or they are ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ronald A. Remick, MD, FRCPC March 2021
... physical activity levels and counsel them accordingly.[ 2 ] We know that physicians can be effective at promoting ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), JD, LLM, SJD March 2021
... Indigenous peoples across a range of measures (see Finding 2 of the full report, p. 55).[ ‡ ] In examining attachment ... rate for these conditions among First Nations was over 2 times higher than among other residents in 2017/18.[ 1 ] ... persons 9 years less than non–First Nations people,[ 2 ] a twofold higher rate of infant mortality,[ 2 ] and ...
Premise / BY: Hannah Lishman, PhD March 2021
... may be further reducing the need for antibiotics.[ 2 ] Antibiotic stewardship programs in hospitals and ... in children under 5 years declined by 26%, from 27.3 to 20.2 diagnoses per 1000 children.[ 3 ] This represents the first ... children who were exposed to antibiotics in infancy were 2.5 times more likely to develop asthma in childhood than ...
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 chest ... 4 ] However, there has been growing evidence over the past 2 decades that ultrasound is superior to X-ray in the ... associated with narrowing of this specificity gap.[ 8 ] 2. Lack of appropriate gold standards Lalande and Wylie of ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... extended their gap between the first and second doses.[ 2 , 3 ] The United Kingdom approached vaccination with a ... what was seen in clinical trials: protection begins around 2 weeks after dose 1 and is sustained thereafter for the ... if the extended gap is found to put those waiting for dose 2 at excessive risk, then a shorter interval would need to be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... treatment can be delivered, unless it is an emergency.[ 2 ] Capacity to consent is specific to the treatment being ... are different scopes of a representative’s authority.[ 2 ] However, in most cases, patients who are incapable of ... placing them in long-term care facilities. Section 59.2 states that the designated agency (i.e., health authority) ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sanya Ranchal, BSc April 2021
... of ectopic pregnancy is estimated to be approximately 2% of all pregnancies, it is one of the most common ... maternal mortality in the first trimester.[ 2 ] Thus, timely diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy is essential ... with ectopic pregnancy have identifiable risk factors.[ 2 ] Thus, it is critical to maintain a high index of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Oxley, MD, FRCSC April 2021
... monitor test. No cardiac disease was detected. Patient 2 While driving, an 82-year-old male, who was otherwise ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2021
... the world moves toward mass vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in 2021, many unanswered questions remain. Will vaccine ... Contrast that to the COVID-19 mortality rate of around 2% with a current death toll of 2.5 million. In 1796, British physician Edward Jenner noted ...