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Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: James R. Gray, MD, FRCPC July/August 2023
... cancer in individuals over 50 years of age.[ 3 , 4 ] However, over the past 2 to 3 decades, several countries, ... new cancer cases in 2022 and 11% of all cancer deaths.[ 4 ] In general, there has been a steady decline in both ... diagnoses and deaths over the past 20 years [ Figure 4 ].[ 1 ] This is attributed partly to screening programs ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: David F. Schaeffer, MD, FRCPC July/August 2023
... in BRAF and KRAS play a prominent role [ Figure 1 ].[ 4 ] Each of the overarching pathways gives rise to molecularly distinct colorectal cancers.[ 4 , 5 ] Adenomatous lesions All colonic adenomas consist of ... BC physicians varies (median: 7%; 10th, 90th percentiles[ 4 , 10 ]) and is associated with physician specialty.[ 13 ] ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Jennifer E. Nuk, MSc, CGC, CCGC July/August 2023
... test in the detection of colorectal cancer were 4.8% and 100%, respectively.[ 9 ] In addition, the Dutch ... in a lifetime risk of duodenal or periampullary cancer of 4% to 12%. Screening for and resection of any small ... rare few have a pathogenic variant identified in RNF43 (1.4%) and biallelic pathogenic variants in MUTYH (2.5%), often ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Kaitlyn Kwok September 2023
... been made in an effort to reduce the spread of infection.[ 4 ] In British Columbia, various levels of province-wide ... most severe vitals and lab values within the first 4 hours of pediatric ICU care to predict risk of mortality.[ ... there was a subsequent increase the following year (37.4% invasive, 43.3% non-invasive) relative to the pre-COVID ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: A. Cherukupalli, MD, MHSc September 2023
... airway symptoms. NSAID reactions can occur between 1 and 4 hours after exposure and are dose dependent. Patients may ... 1000 mg because acetaminophen is a weak COX-1 inhibitor.[ 4 ] Asthma is difficult to control in NERD patients. A study ... Typically, aspirin desensitization therapy is started 3 to 4 weeks after the patient’s first functional endoscopic ...
Premise / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC September 2023
... earnings because of the rising costs of office space[ 4 ] and staff[ 5 ] and the introduction of electronic medical ... may be earned by spending 7 hours on patient encounters 4.5 days per week, with an average of 20 minutes per patient ... the $120 of the fee-for-service model, or $900 million for 4.5 million BC citizens. For the 1 million citizens who are ...
Premise / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS November 2023
... transmission of SARS-CoV-2 related to HVAC systems,[ 4 ] nor did a 2021 systematic review of 21 studies on ...
Letters / BY: Michelle Hawkins, BSc (Hons) September 2023
... demand for health, shelter, and social services.[ 4 ] Addressing the current and future health needs of ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2023
... a transition ritual, (3) praise as balance for criticism, (4) praise as a peacemaker, (5) praise as a consolation prize, ...
Premise / BY: R. Eric Demers, BSc, CCPA, CD September 2023
... by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.[ 4 ] This overview compares BC’s and Manitoba’s ... ]. As of 2021, there were 648 nurse practitioners in BC,[ 4 ] and the provincial government wants to continue ... practitioners and 138 physician assistants in Manitoba.[ 4 ] The low number of provincial job postings for those two ...