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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: BCCDC Overdose Drivers Knowledge Translation Group June 2022
... pandemic, with an unprecedented six lives lost per day.[ 1 ] A better understanding of the root causes that contribute ...
Editorials / BY: Yazdan Mirzanejad, MD, DTMH, FRCP, FACP, MRCP June 2022
... series on infectious diseases in British Columbia (part 1 appeared in the May 2022 issue of the BCMJ ). The first ... recommendations on duration of antibiotic therapy.[ 1-4 ] The second article provides a comprehensive review of ... B rates were highest in males aged 30 to 39 years (1.19 per 100 000) and in females aged 25 to 29 (0.67 per ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maggie Wong, PharmD, ACPR June 2022
... to kill more people than cancer by the year 2050.[ 1 ] The human cost is staggering, with one death occurring every 3 seconds.[ 1 ] Appropriate use of antibiotics is one of the key ... assigned to the treatment groups. Clinical cure at 1 year was achieved in 91% of patients in each group. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patrick H.P. Wong, MD, FRCPC June 2022
... and the Orthohepadnavirus genus that infects mammals.[ 1 ] Chronic hepatitis B has a worldwide prevalence of more ... are from endemic countries and are not vaccinated [ Table 1 ]. It is also recommended that at-risk individuals who have ... pregnant women are routinely screened, and that 0.7% to 1.2% screen positive for HBsAg.[ 13 ] Clinical presentation ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM June 2022
... the host at least 24 to 72 hours to transmit infection,[ 1-3 ] at which stage they are engorged [ Figure 1 ]. Often, but not always, the engorged tick is seen. There ... radiculoneuropathy, 2% had meningitis or encephalitis, and 1% had carditis.[ 4 ] Despite being promoted by some groups, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Haile Zapata-Dixon June 2022
... deplaned in Canadian airports for international travel.[ 1 ] Vancouver International Airport was the point of nexus ... most of the increase in air traffic at Canadian airports.[ 1 ] This shift in Canada’s international air travel ... 89/1494, 6%), and enteric fever (n = 81/1494, 5%) [ Table 1 ]. The most common syndromic diagnoses were febrile ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John van Bockxmeer, MBBS July/August 2022
... chronic conditions and coordinate and integrate care.[ 1 ] As many physicians will be aware, simply bringing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Omair Arshad, MD July/August 2022
... compared with traditional combustible cigarettes.[ 1 ] However, emerging evidence is demonstrating detrimental ... showed similar results (adjusted OR [aOR] 6.8, 95% CI, 1.65-28.25).[ 16 ] This association was further supported by ... have shown e-cigarettes to be superior to NRT [ Table 1 ]. A UK randomized controlled trial published in 2019 ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD July/August 2022
... care services, with a common form being virtual care.[ 1 , 2 ] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine was used ... a multiphysician primary care office in Langley, BC, from 1 November 2020 to 15 February 2021. Approval for this study ... A Likert rating scale from poor (corresponding value of 1) to excellent (5) was used in the survey. Additionally, ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB July/August 2022
... that mental illness cost our economy $51 billion in just 1 year. We pay to prevent patients from being treated, and ...