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BY: David May, MD, CCFP
October 2023
... its name as part of its commitment to reconciliation.[ 4 ] A member of the Tla'amin Nation wrote about place names ...
Premise /
BY: Jan Hajek, MD
October 2023
... without any pain control is still an acceptable practice.[ 4 ] Female pigs can be kept in small crates most of their ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Lisa Jeffery, MD
November 2023
... during the pandemic compared with the prepandemic period.[ 4 ] There was a significant decrease in the number of ... at several institutions worldwide during the pandemic.[ 4-7 ] Emergency general surgery patient outcomes included ... the pandemic compared with the prepandemic period.[ 2-4 , 8 , 9 ] Vernon Jubilee Hospital in the interior of ...
Clinical Articles, Clinical Case Reports /
BY: Eugene Y.H. Yeung, MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FRCPC, FCCM, D(ABMM), CTH
November 2023
... in British Columbia and Alberta were culture-positive.[ 4 ] Of those cases, 365 (10.3%) were drug resistant, and 24 ... of those drug-resistant cases were multidrug resistant.[ 4 ] Twenty (83%) of the multidrug-resistant patients were foreign-born, and five (21%) died.[ 4 ] In the past 2 decades, Western Canada has had the ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC
November 2023
... is estimated to be 7%; in adults, it is estimated to be 2.4% to 4.0%.[ 4 ] The rate of ADHD identification, diagnosis, and treatment ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM
November 2023
... to work. A plan is typically not started at fewer than 4 hours per day. For most conditions, a plan would not last longer than 4 to 6 weeks. The plan does not need to start at the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Lynsey J. Hamilton, MSc
November 2023
... to be directly responsible for 5400 deaths and $1.4 billion in health care costs in Canada in 2018.[ 1 ] The ... allergic are actually able to safely receive it.[ 4 ] A simple decision-making tool[ 5 ] ( ...
Proust for Physicians
November 2023
... and Surgical Facilities accreditation program every 4 years. What is your motto? “Compassion is the keen ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Larissa Steidle, MD
November 2023
... to a gynecological consultation and a diagnosis of stage 4 endometriosis. Throughout the early stages of my medical ... patient discomfort and fear of hurting the patient.[ 4 ] However, students who completed training with a ...
Clinical Articles, Clinical Case Reports /
BY: Jordanna Roesler, MD
December 2023
... cases occurring during the summer to late autumn.[ 3 , 4 ] While Lyme disease has a bimodal age distribution, ... one-third of patients requiring temporary pacing.[ 4 ] In our patient, the progression to third-degree ...