Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Anthony W. Chow, MD, FACP, FRCPC
May 2022
... antimicrobial delivery was both safe and cost-effective.[ 7 ] Candidates include patients with bone and joint ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ava Azhir, BSc Pharm, ACPR
May 2022
... the potential drug–drug and drug–host interactions.[ 7 ] Therefore, patients should be counseled when a change to ... specialist nurse (£710) for short-term treatments of 4 to 7 days. For patients who required a longer duration of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: S. Fakhredine, MD
May 2022
... encountered in solid organ transplant recipients.[ 7 ] Cytomegalovirus Cytomegalovirus is the most frequently ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Rahel Zewude, MD
May 2022
... of testing methods, or changes in gonorrhea strains.[ 6 , 7 ] Testing for gonorrhea and chlamydia is indicated for ... has tested positive or is being screened for another STI.[ 7 ] Symptoms of gonorrhea and chlamydia are quite similar and ... or pain, sore throat, or rectal pain or discharge.[ 7 ] Sites for screening should be based on symptoms and on ...
Editorials /
BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM)
May 2022
... Statistics Canada figures from 2019 indicate that 17.7% of BC residents (897 567) lacked a regular health care ...
Joint Collaborative Committees /
BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC
May 2022
... in BC rural, remote, and Indigenous communities. Operating 7 days a week, the program enables Indigenous people who have ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Veronic Clair, MD, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC
May 2022
... BC’s representative for children and youth.[ 7 ] Furthermore, both BC and Canada lack funding for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: British Columbia COVID-19 Therapeutics Committee
May 2022
... COVID-19 and were within 5 (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) or 7 days (remdesivir) of symptom onset. Both treatments ... versus 0.8% for nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and 5.3% versus 0.7% for remdesivir ).[ 1 , 2 ] As Omicron causes less-severe ... days of symptom onset to qualify, which can be extended to 7 days for those who would otherwise be referred for IV ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 /
BY: Brooke Cheng
May 2022
... as being caused by the “Chinese virus.”[ 2 , 6 , 7 ] This phenomenon transcends borders, occurring even in ... environments and individuals exposed to COVID-19.[ 2 , 7 ] The manifestations of this fear have been numerous and ... in both their personal and professional lives.[ 2 , 7 ] A survey conducted by the Canadian Union of Public ...
Obituaries /
BY: Mary Conley, MD
June 2022
... 10.” Gail’s ambition to become a doctor started at age 7 when she noticed that her local doctor had a house with a ...