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Premise / BY: Karen Trollope-Kumar, MD, PhD, CCFP April 2022
... their first diagnosis by their primary care physician.[ 5 ] Yet too many physicians feel unprepared to diagnose and ... 6 , 7 ] Canadian medical students receive only 3 to 5 hours of education about eating disorders in their ...
MDs To Be / BY: Nora Tong, BDSc April 2022
... a hotly debated topic over the last several decades.[ 1 , 5-9 ] Although the evidence for declining sperm counts is ... exam, assessment of testicular size (normal length is 4.5–5.1 cm, 15–19 g, or 20 mL), consistency, and presence of ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Yazdan Mirzanejad, MD, DTMH, FRCP, FACP, MRCP May 2022
... of infectious diseases in BC since 1978 (Chow).[ 5-8 ] The second article describes the evolving roles for ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Anthony W. Chow, MD, FACP, FRCPC May 2022
... shortened hospitalization, and cost savings.[ 4 , 5 ] The diversity and specialized nature of many infectious ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ava Azhir, BSc Pharm, ACPR May 2022
... cost savings of the model were also demonstrated.[ 5 ] In 1995, BC formally incorporated outpatient ... therapy (34%), discontinuation of antibiotic therapy (5%), and other changes including changes to alternative IV ... and consisted of the following: 1.0% worsening infection, 5.2% related hospitalization, 4.0% unrelated hospitalization, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Fakhredine, MD May 2022
... and Candida colonization during the perioperative period.[ 5 ] For lung transplant recipients, ischemia at the bronchial ... Cytomegalovirus disease is treated with IV ganciclovir 5 mg/kg every 12 hours or oral valganciclovir 900 mg twice ... invasive fungal infections are summarized in Table 5 .[ 32 ] CT findings consistent with invasive aspergillosis ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rahel Zewude, MD May 2022
... which may be interpreted as regular vaginal discharge.[ 5 ] Males, however, are more likely than females to have ... to increase.[ 6 , 10 ] Females have approximately 1.5 times the diagnosis rate compared with males, who remain ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Veronic Clair, MD, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC May 2022
... disproportionate impact on families living with children.[ 5 ] In 2021, opioid overdoses were the third-leading cause of ... disorder is estimated to yield lifetime savings of $5 million per child.[ 8 ] However, evidence-based preventive ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: British Columbia COVID-19 Therapeutics Committee May 2022
... if they had mild to moderate COVID-19 and were within 5 (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) or 7 days (remdesivir) of symptom ... placebo (6.3% versus 0.8% for nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and 5.3% versus 0.7% for remdesivir ).[ 1 , 2 ] As Omicron causes ... nirmatrelvir/ritonavir. Patients need to be within 5 days of symptom onset to qualify, which can be extended to ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Brooke Cheng May 2022
... for their appearance, culture, and identity.[ 4 , 5 ] Though efforts have been made to educate the public on ... of racist tendencies in the face of fear and uncertainty.[ 5 ] In a similar vein, the COVID-19 pandemic has reignited ... as the targeted mass shooting in Atlanta in March 2021.[ 5 , 8 ] Six Asian women were among the victims. ...