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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2023
... and is accompanied by restlessness and disturbed sleep.[ 2 ] However, it’s important to also consider conditions ... life than depression, with estimated rates ranging from 1.2% to 7.3% for 6- and 12-month prevalence respectively, and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kloshe Tillicum Research Team: Chee Mamuk BCCDC, Simon Fraser University October 2023
... system,[ 1 ] and the shameful history of Indian hospitals[ 2 ] serve as fundamental sources of mistrust for Indigenous ...
Back Page / BY: David May, MD, CCFP October 2023
... the Province of British Columbia from 1872 to 1879.[ 1 , 2 ] He was instrumental in both banning the potlatch and ...
Premise / BY: Jan Hajek, MD October 2023
... them alive while they only appeared to be in pain.[ 2 ] We now cringe at the thought of someone being so callous. ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Lisa Jeffery, MD November 2023
... directly from respiratory illnesses caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus but also indirectly due to reduced or delayed ... to the emergency department for other acute diseases.[ 2 ] Patients who required emergency general surgery were no ... during 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
... of different categories of resistance [ Table 1 ].[ 2 ] Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis is now divided ... with additional resistance to bedaquiline or linezolid).[ 2 ] The typical antimicrobial duration of treatment for ... tuberculosis, depending on medications used.[ 2 , 3 ] The definition of disseminated tuberculosis is ...
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, ... patients who present with a high likelihood of ADHD. Step 2: Gather information The diagnostic process is assisted by ... For example, your patient may work on projects for 2 to 3 hours when others take only 1 hour to complete the ...
Letters / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP November 2023
... Primary Care model and Dr Barbara Starfield’s ideas)[ 2 ] suggests that by taking an organizational approach to ...
Letters / BY: Bernhard E. Driedger, MD, FRCSC November 2023
... District of East Kootenay provides bus service, but only 2 days per week. As a result, for surgery, a patient may need ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2023
... the cost of each issue to members has remained at $2 for over 37 years, thanks in part to advertising support ... Brian Day, and Cindy Verchere retired in the last 2 years, I was honored to welcome Drs Terri Aldred, Michael ...