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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC May 2021
... use of flumazenil, they can be very difficult to treat.[ 4 ] Xylazine is a partial alpha-2-adreneric agonist ... mg initially, followed by subsequent doses (q2–3 min): 0.4 mg, 0.4 mg, 2.0 mg, 4.0 mg, then 10 mg.[ 6 ] If ongoing sedation ...
Premise / BY: Christopher O.Y. Li, BSc May 2021
... that the life expectancy of Black men also fell by up to 1.4 years following the release of the study’s details, in ...
MDs To Be / BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc May 2021
... As of 2018, individuals age 65 and older made up 17.4% of the Canadian population. Projections estimate that by 2068, this percentage will grow to between 21.4% and 29.5%.[ 1 ] Additionally, it is expected that there ... the loss of family members and geographical distancing.[ 4 ] A longitudinal cohort study by Perisonnoto and colleagues ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lise Leveille, MD, MHSc June 2021
... among adolescents and improved diagnostic techniques.[ 3 , 4 ] ACL rupture is frequently associated with articular ... injury. All analyses were conducted using SAS (version 9.4). Results Eighty-three patients were identified and had a ... patients (25.3%) had medial meniscal tears; 36 (43.4%) had lateral meniscal tears. Forty-six patients (55.4%) ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2021
... capacity and a need for increasing surgical volumes.[ 4 , 5 ] Preoperative testing Faced with pressure to increase ...
Letters / BY: Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC June 2021
... alternatives, including the consequences of refusing.[ 3 , 4 ] —Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC —Leanne Lange, MPA ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2021
4 May 2021 I am writing this editorial as the provincial ...
News / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD June 2021
... the likelihood of one opening soon was not very good. Only 4 years later, I was in UBC Medicine’s second graduating ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Hasina Samji, PhD, MSc June 2021
... securing work experience (e.g., co-op opportunities).[ 4 ] Poor housing affordability contributes to overcrowded ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC June 2021
... is no more an individual choice than cancer or dementia.[ 4 ] Understanding obesity as a medical condition like any ...