Clinical Articles /
BY: Emily Wiesenthal, BA
March 2022
... and 40% to 54% of TGD people desire to be parents.[ 1 , 2 ] Overall, a small but important proportion of the Canadian ... to undergo gender-affirming medical interventions.[ 2 ] Since some medical and surgical gender-affirming ... even had their competency as parents called into question.[2] While the right to access fertility services regardless of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Sean Duke, MSc, MD
April 2022
... life-threatening systemic hypersensitivity reaction,[ 2 ] results from the rapid systemic release of mediators from ... the initial management of anaphylaxis is outlined in Table 2 .[ 22-25 ] Challenges in preparing for and managing ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Rahana Harjee, MD, FRCSC
April 2022
... associated with increased spontaneous miscarriage rates.[ 2 ] Pandemic stress may be exacerbated in patients who are ... per positive beta-human chorionic gonadotropin [ Figure 2 ]. Across all treatment types, the spontaneous miscarriage ... embryo transfers, clinical miscarriages occurred in 12.2% of patients prepandemic and 12.6% during the pandemic ( P ...
Letters /
BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP
April 2022
... Dr G. Zabakolas, an excellent doctor, has quit.[ 2 ] Consider a 93-year-old friend of mine who signed up to ... a patient of the James Bay Urgent and Primary Care Centre 2 years ago. She still has no family physician. She never ... taking early retirement or simply quitting from stress.[ 2 ] Some are moving to other provinces. The average ...
Letters /
BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC
April 2022
... of key recommendations or auditable quality standards.”[ 2 ] Furthermore, “many recommendations are flexible, ... used by individuals or services to benchmark practice.”[ 2 ] Finland, Sweden, Norway, and the UK are re-evaluating ...
Letters /
BY: Andrew Kotaska, MD
April 2022
... species are perhaps the most amenable to treatment.[ 2 ] Identifying them during a preterm loss may help direct ... and Mycoplasma , whereas metronidazole does not.[ 2 , 4 ] We have not typically performed fetal cultures for ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
April 2022
... crafted, Russia has invaded Ukraine and we are into year 2 of a global pandemic. People are discouraged and tired. ...
Editorials /
BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD
April 2022
... and to the values of health equity and social justice. [ 2 ] The Canadian Association of Community Health Centres is ... K. Chahal, MD Editorials Quest for Superdoc, Version 2.0 ...
College Library /
BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS
April 2022
... and volume of content.[ 1 ] As noted in the BCMJ ,[ 2 ] UpToDate is available without cost to specialists ...
Premise /
BY: Karen Trollope-Kumar, MD, PhD, CCFP
April 2022
... that surround eating, body weight, and body shape[ 2 ] and include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, ... increasing capacity by 500% while reducing wait times from 2 or more weeks to within 24 hours. By employing the Careteam ...