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Clinical Articles /
BY: Omair Arshad, MD
July/August 2022
... tanks (also known as mods), vape pens, and cig-a-likes.[ 5 ] The most recent trend in e-cigarette use involves the use ... US high school students increased from 11.7% in 2017 to 27.5% in 2019,[ 13 , 14 ] which is the largest recorded increase ... cigarette smoking (odds ratio [OR] 3.50, 95% CI, 2.38-5.16, P = 0.03).[ 15 ] Another study showed similar results ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD
July/August 2022
... across health care platforms and facilities.[ 5 ] At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of ... scale from poor (corresponding value of 1) to excellent (5) was used in the survey. Additionally, common themes ... The mean age of respondents was 61.4 years (± SD 16.5), and most were female (65.4%). Most patients (49.1%) ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Elizabeth Purssell, MD, MSc
September 2022
... fatalities, accounting for 45% to 60% of deaths.[ 4 , 5 ] Historically, the only means of attempting to control ... severity score for the likely candidate group was 31.5 (IQR 26.8) [ Table 2 ]. The mean systolic blood pressure on ... the first hour of arrival in the emergency department was 5.5 (SD 2.3), and the mean total within the first 24 hours ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC
September 2022
... of the Provincial Health Services Authority. It serves 5.1 million residents of BC and Yukon through six regional ... are specific factors contributing to burnout in oncology.[ 5 , 6 ] Despite these issues, over the last decade, the core ... felt they had input into administrative policies [ Figure 5 ]. Fewer oncologists in BC also had a sense of control over ...
Obituaries /
BY: Jack and Ruth Albrecht
September 2022
... 1924 and Bill Fairbank left the world on 25 February 2022, 5 days after experiencing a cerebral hemorrhage. His ...
Obituaries /
BY: David M. Lawson, PhD, RPsych
September 2022
... her health and fitness, she worked out at the gym or pool 5 days a week after retiring. She was a loyal friend and ...
Letters /
BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC
September 2022
... study to date of boys found an 88% rate of desistance.[ 5 ] Given evidence of the mutability of gender identity, Ms ...
Letters /
BY: Julie Leising, MD, FRCPC
September 2022
... in evidence and that delay affirming care. In the Premise[ 5 ] published in this issue, I summarize the available ...
Letters /
BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC
September 2022
... of quality of life post-transition is parental support,[ 5 ] so where a youth consents, the process mandates ...