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Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2024
... BC, which was 74 less than the Canadian average of 232.[ 2 ] To keep up with population growth, it was projected that ... data with the original raw data from the 2012 study.[ 2 ] Using the Canadian average of 5.7 surgeons per 100 000 ... by the respondents with those reported in the 2012 study.[ 2 ] Billing data were obtained from the BC MSP payment data ...
Letters / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD March 2024
... those suffering from mild to moderately bothersome pain.[ 2 ] Management of this complex condition adds to the burden ...
Letters / BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2024
... substance use disorder comprising 162 099 individuals.[ 2 ] Meanwhile, people who use drugs but do not meet criteria ... BC has the tools to address the drug poisoning emergency (2).” Letters Re: BC has the tools to address the drug ...
News March 2024
... of several months, when patients visit a clinic every 2 weeks to ingest a higher dose of an allergen under medical ... months to build up to a small dose—in most cases, just 2 mg of protein—which is absorbed through the membranes ... other allergens. Patients took these doses daily for 1–2 years. While most patients had mild symptoms during the ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC March 2024
... not seem aligned with the stated needs of our population.[ 2 ] In his recent interview with the BCMJ [2024;66:10-13], ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB March 2024
... lower incidences of posttraumatic stress disorder.[ 2 ] When dealing with the illness and death of my patients, I ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sofia R. Bartlett, PhD March 2024
... in both liver-related[ 1 ] and non-liver-related[ 2 ] mortality. Despite the availability of effective ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD March 2024
... fall of 2020 found burnout rates ranging from 51% to 68%.[ 2 , 3 ] Against this backdrop, we want to remind you that our ...
BC Stories / BY: Allison Chung, MD March 2024
... was too much else to do, so I continued to squint for 2 more years. I was carrying a vomit bag in one hand and a ... Vancouver and wrote letters to Heng Mian Chu fervently for 2 more years, until I was in grade 9 and preoccupied with ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Eiko Waida, MD, FRCPC, FAAP* March 2024
... physician and operational experience as dyadic partners.[ 2 ] This raises questions about how to optimize the dyadic ... mutual respect, and complementary competencies.[ 2 , 5-9 ] What is unique is how these factors guided the ...