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Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: David F. Schaeffer, MD, FRCPC July/August 2023
... lesions, and traditional serrated adenomas [ Table 1 ];[ 2 ] and hereditary predisposition syndromes (e.g., Lynch ... epithelium and are classified as benign neoplasms [ Figure 2 ]. Depending on the extent of the villous component, an ... to follow up a positive fecal immunochemical test, 2.8% had at least one sessile serrated lesion removed and ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Jennifer E. Nuk, MSc, CGC, CCGC July/August 2023
... family history of colorectal cancer or adenoma.[ 2 ] The guidelines employed the most rigorous evaluation of ... risk-based screening strategies was deemed arbitrary.[ 2 ] The group recommended colonoscopy as the preferred ... a family history of colorectal cancer: 1.37 (95% CI, 0.76-2.46) in pooled cohort studies. The relative risk increased ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Kaitlyn Kwok September 2023
... each year, approximately half of which occur in children.[ 2 ] Sepsis can result from either a bacterial or viral ... severity, and final outcomes are presented in Table 2 . The number of ICD code diagnoses categorized as influenza ... in the pre-COVID years to 22 (11.0/year) in the first 2 years of COVID-19. Between March 2022 and March 2023, there ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: A. Cherukupalli, MD, MHSc September 2023
... by-products, a pro-inflammatory environment is created.[ 2 ] However, multiple mechanisms regarding the underlying ... loss, and noncardiac chest pain.[ 7 ] NERD is common: 7.2% of patients with asthma and 8.7% to 10.0% of patients with ... have the disease.[ 8 ] NERD has a prevalence of 0.3% to 2.5%, and it is estimated that there are 1.5 million patients ...
Premise / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC September 2023
... a comparison of fee-for-service in 1982 versus 2022[ 2 ] (several oral communications with Drs Charles Faulkner, ... Health has provided a compensation calculator.[ 1 ] Table 2 is a completed version, which demonstrates how “$385 000 ... family physicians who prefer annual salaries.[ 20 ] Aim 2: Enhancing the patient’s experience of care The improved ...
Premise / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS November 2023
... of portable HEPA filters for eliminating airborne SARS-CoV-2.[ 2 ] A HEPA filter filters 99.97% of aerosols with a size of ... for other particle sizes (larger and smaller). SARS-CoV-2 is thought to be around 0.1 μm. All 11 studies showed that ...
News September 2023
... and human-caused disasters around the world. They spent 2 weeks traveling with CMAT to provide medical care in ... and around the world. Dr Butska returned to Kyiv for 2 months this summer with her husband and daughter. The ...
Letters / BY: Michelle Hawkins, BSc (Hons) September 2023
... and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”[ 2 ] As such, an exploration of health needs in the context ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2023
... are not motivating are: (1) praise as positive guidance, (2) praise as a transition ritual, (3) praise as balance for ... should be contingent , specific , and credible .[ 1 , 2 ] It is also important to note that praise is not the same ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD September 2023
... action to help move from truth-telling to reconciliation.[ 2 ] Call to Action #80 calls for the establishment of a ... to 6000 children who attended residential schools died.[ 2 ] First Nations people and their communities always knew ... resulting in the health disparities we see today.[ 2 ] The color orange was chosen to recognize Phyllis ...