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Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: S. Darabian, BA May 2024
... sex, obesity, and history of knee malalignment or injury.[ 2 , 3 ] While the evidence concerning the influence of ... your other hand on the suprapatellar recess [ Figure 2 ] . Apply firm pressure down above the patella; in cases of ... is a top-angled view, looking down at the knee caps. Table 2 summarizes when a certain imaging modality may be useful.[ ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: A. Sidhu, MD May 2024
... Canada has been estimated to be more than $6.4 billion.[ 2 ] Patients typically experience knee pain that is often ... in the treatment group compared with the placebo group at 2 weeks and 6 weeks but not at 12 weeks, which indicated that ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Adrian Marcuzzi, BHSc May 2024
... as being in a health state “worse than death.”[ 2 ] The wait times for elective procedures have increased ... surgical follow-up during that period increased from 41.2% to 55.0%.[ 4 ] In Alberta between 2013 and 2015, an ... were prescribed opioids. The rates of misuse varied from 2.0% to 56.3%, and the rates of addiction ranged from 0.7% to ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Tyson A. Boettcher, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... Society Score, as well as a satisfaction rate of 85.5%.[ 2 ] In addition, the all-cause revision rate was 5.4% for the ... knee replacements at a mean of 10.8 years follow-up.[ 2 ] Also, 10-year survival for aseptic loosening alone was 98.2%.[ 2 ] These are encouraging findings and support total ...
Obituaries May 2024
... Dr Charles Carpenter 21 August 1929–2 April 2023 Obituary: ... Dr Ralph Marenus Christensen 4 June 1928–2 November 2023 Obituary: ... Dr Warwick Llewellyn Evans 21 October 1950–2 July 2023 Dr Bruce Alan Fleming 11 November 1951–19 July ... Dr Matthys Michiel Slabber du Toit 23 September 1932–2 September 2023 Obituary: ...
Letters / BY: Jill Norris, MD, CCFP May 2024
... than inaction, and early diagnosis is always better.[ 2 ] Additional drivers of too much medicine include our ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... as hospital beds and health human resources. Canada has 2.6 hospital beds for every 1000 people, which is behind ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jae Ford, MD, MPH May 2024
... of ticks and tick-borne diseases varies by geography.[ 2 ] In BC, Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes angustus ticks are ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM May 2024
... agents in the OHS Regulation (Sections 6.33–6.40).[ 2 ] Implemented infection prevention and control practices[ 3 ... Incident Investigation Report (Form 52E40).[ 7 ] Scenario 2: You are performing a minor procedure on a patient at your ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC June 2024
... Disability Benefit, and a national school food program.[ 2 ] These initiatives will come at a significant cost: ... growing $1.4 trillion national debt than on health care.[ 2 ] To help pay for some of its commitments, the government ...