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Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Jocelyn Y. Wong October 2022
... underwent assisted reproductive technology treatments.[ 5 ] Clinical pregnancy rates in the control group (54 ... infections (14 pregnancies out of 32 ET cycles, 43.8%).[ 5 ] Overall, results showed no differences in ovarian ... fertility or assisted reproductive technology outcomes.[ 5 ] Another observational study looked at 1347 pregnant women ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Emily Ertel, MD November 2022
... also referred to as choledocholithiasis.[ 1-3 ] Between 5% and 15% of patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis harbor ... the presence or absence of common bile duct stones.[ 1 , 3-5 ] In some centres, a single-stage approach with ... reduces hospital length of stay, costs, and need for ERCP[ 5 , 10 ] or endoscopic ultrasound.[ 5 ] Resistance to ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: O. Maheshwari, MD November 2022
... and highlighted the lack of sustainably funded programs.[ 5 ] By the end of 2021, 37% of Canadians and 41% of British ... and confidence with the skills they learned using a 5-point Likert scale and gave qualitative feedback. The ... sessions, “partial attendance” as attendance for 1 to 5 sessions, and “no attendance” when patients attended 0 ...
News / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC November 2022
... Lane. W.W. Norton and Company, 2022. ISBN: 978-0-393-65148-5. Hardcover, 400 pages. When you were a medical student, you ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2022
... called Human Motivation. The professor, Richard Koestner,[ 5 ] taught us how autonomous motivation can be either ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD November 2022
... cover most physicians’ overhead, which is on average 35.5% of gross earnings. A regular patient visit with a family ... One of my colleagues gave me the book The Coffee Bean ,[ 5 ] which offers a simple lesson in creating positive change. ...
MDs To Be / BY: Alessandro Cau, BSc (Hons) November 2022
... severe enough to warrant discontinuing SGLT2i therapy.[ 5 , 9 , 22 ] There have been suggestions that SGLT2i use may ... supported by evidence from large clinical trials.[ 4 , 5 , 27 , 30 ] In fact, a few meta-analyses have demonstrated ... on SGLT2i.[ 23 , 24 ] A modest dip in GFR of approximately 5 mL/min/1.73 m 2 predictably occurs when starting SGLT2i.[ ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ellison Richmond, MD, MPH December 2022
... initiation and the avoidance of precipitated withdrawal.[ 5 ] Consequently, new protocols suggest using inductions in ... from the patients. Patient 1 This patient was using 0.5 to 1.0 g of IV opioids daily, with sporadic use of ... and the patient received 12 mg of buprenorphine. On day 5, he had difficulty making purposeful movements and had ...
Letters / BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP December 2022
... statements attached to the annual report show $32.5 million in long-term investments, including $10 million in US equities and $5.8 million in international equities. There are no details ...
Letters / BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD December 2022
... budget for 2022–23 is $38.2 million, so the $32.5 million that Dr Wade refers to comprises 85% of that ... the past 10 years to build financial reserves at a rate of 5% per year. Our peers generally have between 6 and 18 ... investors—its long-term rate of return is > 5%. The College’s financial reserves help to keep ...