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Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: A. Cherukupalli, MD, MHSc September 2023
... The current treatment of NERD involves a combination of medical and surgical management.[ 1 ] Medical management can involve a stepwise or often arbitrary ... showed that over 10 years, per patient, appropriate medical management after functional endoscopic sinus surgery ...
Letters / BY: Michelle Hawkins, BSc (Hons) September 2023
We read with interest the article “Health care in supportive housing facilities”[ ... and colleagues, published in the May issue of the BC Medical Journal . While we share the authors’ concerns ... in meeting their health needs, we believe the article’s conclusions could have gone further toward ...
Premise / BY: R. Eric Demers, BSc, CCPA, CD September 2023
... assistants are “academically and clinically educated medical generalists who practice medicine within a formalized ... and provided insight into funding models. In 2014, an article in the Harvard Business Review endorsed the use of ... regulation. Dr Katharine Smart, former Canadian Medical Association president, stated that “In an optimal ...
Editorials / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... information on funding for adults with autism. The first article in this theme issue is an update and review of some ... intervention and treatment for aggressive behavior. The article concludes with information about accessing public ... The algorithm guides the clinician to rule out or treat medical, sleep, and psychiatric conditions; consider ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... of evolving knowledge, it is beyond the scope of this article to provide a comprehensive review of more ... at Sunny Hill Health Centre, responded to Lundström’s article with a letter to the British Medical Journal , noting that in BC, a substantial proportion ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Aaron Ooi, MBChB, DipPaed, PGDipClinEd, FRACP October 2023
... the scope of these definitions for the purposes of this article. The causes for irritability and aggression are often ... Irritability and aggression can also be related to medical symptoms such as pain and discomfort or a symptom of ... have been published in BC but are beyond the scope of this article.[ 65 ] Risperidone and aripiprazole. The efficacy of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2023
... are less likely to report psychiatric symptoms.[ 1 ] This article focuses on generalized anxiety disorder, which is ... are less common later in life, and should rule out other medical causes that can cause or mimic anxiety (e.g., ... in seniors, but this falls beyond the scope of this article. The first step is recognizing and treating anxiety ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC November 2023
... assessment and treatment of ADHD. For the purposes of this article, minor modifications to those guidelines have been ... for substance use disorder is beyond the scope of this article; however, physicians are encouraged to identify and ... to cardiac events, especially arrhythmias. Other medical conditions and potential drug interactions should be ...
Letters / BY: Bernhard E. Driedger, MD, FRCSC November 2023
... East Kootenays for 35 years, I was most interested in this article [ BCMJ 2023;65:160-164]; however, I was disappointed ... I am surprised these obstacles were not discussed in this article. Let us start with the focus of the article. Let us ... in response to “Health care providers’ perspectives on medical travel in northwestern BC.” Letters Re: Health care ...
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