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Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2021
... for $50, 1 g for $90, 1.75 g (a half ball) for $150, and 3.5 g (a ball) for $275. He also sold crystal meth at $10 for ... of 8-mg hydromorphone tablets before safe supply was $5 a tablet. After the initiation of safe supply, it went down ... fentanyl is a concern that has been shared by physicians.[ 5 ] Any evaluation of the CERB program and safe prescribing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel Esau, BAppSc, MHSc, MD January/February 2021
... acyclovir. On follow-up 1 week later, she had developed a 5-day history of horizontal diplopia and photophobia. Her ... the geniculate ganglion and causes facial nerve palsy.[ 5 ] VZV can also affect the trigeminal nerve, and V1 ... 6 ] It is rare for VZV to affect multiple cranial nerves,[ 5 , 7 ] but when it does occur, it is usually associated with ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC March 2021
... after the first dose (80.2% overall after dose 1).[ 4 , 5 ] No clinical trials have been able to judge how long ...
Letters / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS January/February 2021
... that since my previous correspondence several years ago,[ 5 ] I have had successful treatment. Unfortunately, despite ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2021
... looked like if I had met them when they were 15 or 10 or 5 years old. Or if I’d met their parents before they were ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC January/February 2021
... deaths in BC compared to 263 deaths due to COVID-19.[ 5 , 6 ] Resources were developed to mitigate these unintended ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Harry Karlinsky, MD, FRCPC January/February 2021
Over the past 5 years, WorkSafeBC has increasingly used telehealth ...
MDs To Be / BY: Maya de Vos, BSc January/February 2021
... care. Volatile anesthetics are documented to contribute 5% of the carbon footprint in the acute medical setting.[ 2 ] ... to reduce their carbon footprint in the operating room.[ 5 ] These include choosing a volatile anesthetic with a lower GWP and minimizing fresh gas flow.[ 5 ] The GWPs over 20 years (GWP 20 ) for commonly used ...
Premise / BY: John Liu, MD January/February 2021
... that physicians are meant to serve. The reality is that 5.5 million Canadians are currently living with a ... retinopathy and other ocular pathology fairly well.[ 4 , 5 ] Moreover, training family physicians to be comfortable ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sean Duke, MSc, MD March 2021
... indication for beta-lactam prescribing in children.[ 5 ] Beta-lactam allergy is commonly misdiagnosed in children, ... in children, with maculopapular exanthems occurring in 5% to 10% of children prescribed amoxicillin or ampicillin.[ ... of nonimmediate mild cutaneous reactions, followed by a 5-day, twice-daily extended course demonstrated tolerance in ...