Clinical Articles /
BY: Emily Ertel, MD
November 2022
... 1 , 7 , 8 ] or laparoscopic transcystic sphincteroplasty[ 9 ] as single-stage options are also being offered. These ... 1 ]. The mean age of the cohort was 60.5 years, and 56.9% of the patients were females. Compared with patients in ... cystic duct blowout. Thirteen of the CF patients (61.9%) had an intraoperative cholangiogram, and 11 (52.4%) had a ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: O. Maheshwari, MD
November 2022
... the scoring of depression severity in both PHQ-8 and PHQ-9.[ 16 ] The GAD-7 scores symptoms of generalized anxiety ... support for the virtual groups [ Figures 7 to 9 ]. Modality preference was assessed for those who had ...
Obituaries /
BY: Peter Kokan, MD
November 2022
Dr Petar Josip Kokan was born in Split, Croatia, on 9 July 1930. He witnessed the events of World War II and how ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Alessandro Cau, BSc (Hons)
November 2022
... the protective effects of SGLT2i on the kidney.[ 4-9 ] Although the benefits of SGLT2i are not unique to the ... enough to warrant discontinuing SGLT2i therapy.[ 5 , 9 , 22 ] There have been suggestions that SGLT2i use may also ... fasciitis of the perineum, also called Fournier gangrene.[ 9 , 27 ] However, it remains unclear whether gangrene ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ellison Richmond, MD, MPH
December 2022
... the toxic unregulated opioid supply in British Columbia.[ 9 ] As potency of unregulated opioids increases, higher doses ... to Creekside Withdrawal Management Centre for 7 to 9 days of treatment. All patients received oral hydromorphone ... and the patient received 14 mg of buprenorphine. By day 9, he was at baseline and was discharged on a buprenorphine ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC
December 2022
... 2014 and 2018, 12 cases of congenital syphilis, including 9 cases of early congenital syphilis,[ 3 ] were reported in ...