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MDs To Be / BY: Nora Tong, BDSc April 2022
... the Examination and Processing of Human Semen in 1999,[ 2 ] with the 6th edition released in July 2021.[ 3 ] Dozens ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Yazdan Mirzanejad, MD, DTMH, FRCP, FACP, MRCP May 2022
... diagnoses in inpatient and outpatient medicine.[ 1 , 2 ] We are facing many emerging infectious diseases ... in the light of current epidemics such as SARS-CoV-2, HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, as well as the rapid ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Anthony W. Chow, MD, FACP, FRCPC May 2022
... in Canada lagged behind the United States by a decade.[ 2 ] In the 1980s, due to health care reform and managed care ... diseases trainees to extend their fellowships by 1 to 2 years in order to pursue dual subspecialty certification. ... across all five health regions of the province [ Table 2 ]. VGH, St. Paul’s Hospital, and Surrey Memorial Hospital ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ava Azhir, BSc Pharm, ACPR May 2022
... home administration and outpatient infusion centres.[ 2-4 ] In 1978, Dr Grant Stiver reported on the first Canadian ... complications, and improving patient quality of life.[ 2 ] Over the decades, the use of outpatient antimicrobial ... is highly cost-effective for the health care system.[ 2 ] At Surrey Memorial Hospital and the Jim Pattison ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Fakhredine, MD May 2022
... are associated with significant morbidity and mortality.[ 2 ] We review risk periods for infections and ... occurred in the British Columbia transplant program. Table 2 summarizes the current recommendations in BC for antiviral ... is currently used for the highest-risk groups [ Table 2 ]. The main side effect of valganciclovir is cytopenias. If ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rahel Zewude, MD May 2022
... 1 ] However, in 2021, screening rates began to normalize.[ 2 ] STI clinics have resumed services and continue to provide ... urine, ideally without having voided in the preceding 1 to 2 hours, as well as on swabs of the cervix, vagina, throat, ... of oral azithromycin 1000 mg to cover chlamydia [ Table 2 ]. With rising antibiotic resistance in gonorrhea strains, ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) May 2022
... practising at Eagle Creek Medical Clinic in View Royal.[ 2 ] The husband-and-wife team “cited burnout, lack of ... fallen behind the average annual Canadian inflation rate (2.34%). Factoring in overhead of 30% to 40%, fee-for-service ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Veronic Clair, MD, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC May 2022
... 2013, with the worst rates among female and LGBTQ+ youth.[ 2 ] Even pre-COVID-19, BC was not on track to meet its mental ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: British Columbia COVID-19 Therapeutics Committee May 2022
... has been limited due to loss of activity against the BA.2 variant of Omicron. On 23 March 2022, due to increased drug ... being over 55 years of age or having a comorbidity.[ 1 , 2 ] Adults were offered treatment if they had mild to ... and 5.3% versus 0.7% for remdesivir ).[ 1 , 2 ] As Omicron causes less-severe disease than Delta and ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Brooke Cheng May 2022
... and microaggressions at work and in public settings.[ 2 , 3 ] While this story may surprise some, it is just one of ... the situation as being caused by the “Chinese virus.”[ 2 , 6 , 7 ] This phenomenon transcends borders, occurring ... with environments and individuals exposed to COVID-19.[ 2 , 7 ] The manifestations of this fear have been numerous ...