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Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Jocelyn Y. Wong October 2022
... fertility. These rumors are unfounded and harmful.”[ 4 ] Research has also been conducted to address concerns ... which is similar to background stillbirth rates of 0.4% to 0.6% in Ontario.[ 11 ] The University of Washington ... 12 ] Obstetrical symptoms were reported in 346 of 7809 (4.4%) pregnant participants after the first vaccine dose and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Emily Ertel, MD November 2022
... and deal with the common bile duct stones afterward.[ 1-4 ] Patients with a low probability of common bile duct ... to have ERCP first, followed by cholecystectomy.[ 1-4 ] Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography or endoscopic ... (61.9%) had an intraoperative cholangiogram, and 11 (52.4%) had a subsequent ERCP; therefore, ERCP was avoided in 10 ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: O. Maheshwari, MD November 2022
... care need, though it was the least likely to be met.[ 3 , 4 ] COVID-19 effects When the COVID-19 pandemic began in ... and more groups were offered each year [ Figures 2 to 4 ]. Most patients were female (70.1%), and the average age ... attendance, 21.7% (n = 314) had partial attendance, and 4.7% (n = 68) did not attend any sessions [ Figure 5 ]. ...
News / BY: Erin Connors November 2022
... fee structure, which currently approaches approximately 1.4% of the value of an average policy. Beneficiaries aren’t ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2022
... experience it and feel good as a result of it.”[ 4 ] Some common activities during which one might experience ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD November 2022
... results from the 2021 benchmark member engagement survey,[ 4 ] which had a response rate of 12%. The survey brought ...
MDs To Be / BY: Alessandro Cau, BSc (Hons) November 2022
... associated with a slower progression of kidney disease.[ 4 ] More specifically, in patients with type 2 diabetes, ... doubling of serum creatinine, kidney failure, and death.[ 4 ] Since then, there have been numerous cardiovascular ... the protective effects of SGLT2i on the kidney.[ 4-9 ] Although the benefits of SGLT2i are not unique to the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ellison Richmond, MD, MPH December 2022
... in moderate withdrawal to avoid precipitating withdrawal.[ 4 ] The rapid rise in the potency of unregulated opioids, ... of hydromorphone initiation and had resolution within 2 to 4 days of its discontinuation. Other medications administered ... fentanyl, morphine, benzodiazepines, and amphetamines. A 4-day buprenorphine rapid induction was started, with a day 1 ...
Obituaries / BY: Ian L. Mitchell, MD, FRCP December 2022
... to Canada in 1970 with three children under the age of 4. Vance spent 2 years at the University of Alberta Hospital ...
Obituaries / BY: Davinder K. Sandhu, MD December 2022
... Hospital and Ottawa Civic Hospital, and subsequently 4 years in practice at the National Defence Medical Centre. ...