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Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: A. Sidhu, MD May 2024
... and knee function scores were improved with bracing.[ 5 ] Additionally, the bracing group had an increased walking ... at 3 and 12 months ( P = .03 and P = .04, respectively).[ 5 ] It was concluded that bracing was effective. The effects ... that 39% of the topical diclofenac group (consisting of 1.5% w/w diclofenac sodium) suffered from local skin dryness ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Adrian Marcuzzi, BHSc May 2024
... at least one opioid prior to total knee arthroplasty.[ 5 ] While there are no direct data for British Columbia, the ... adjusted WOMAC scores and physical functioning scores.[ 5 ] Postoperative pain is one of the most significant factors ... review indicated that withdrawal symptoms were 1.5% more frequent in patients prescribed opioids compared with ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Tyson A. Boettcher, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... Knee Society Score, as well as a satisfaction rate of 85.5%.[ 2 ] In addition, the all-cause revision rate was 5.4% for the entire cohort of 1283 total knee replacements at ... up to one in three for patients aged 50 to 55 years.[ 5 ] Revision rates following total knee replacement are a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jae Ford, MD, MPH May 2024
... (typically < 1%) of B. burgdorferi in BC ticks.[ 1 , 4 , 5 ] In comparison, highly endemic areas in central and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM May 2024
... would submit a Physician’s First Report (Form 8)[ 5 ] to WorkSafeBC, and a claim would be started. As the ... a WorkSafeBC claim or Physician’s First Report (Form 8)[ 5 ] was not initiated, you would fill out a Form 8 to start a ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC June 2024
... are expected to bring in about $19.3 billion over the next 5 years.[ 4 ] The government’s plan to tax the “very ... tax may prompt doctors to quit, CMA warns.”[ 5 ] So, what is a capital gain? And why do these changes ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kate Smolina, DPhil, CHE June 2024
... Nations and Métis Peoples in BC, see other reports.[ 4,5 ] People living with chronic conditions were ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: William Liu, BHSc June 2024
... principles such as privacy, confidentiality, and consent.[ 5 ] Importantly, physicians will maintain responsibility for ...
Premise / BY: Lauren Whitehead, MD, FRCSC June 2024
... Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick. [5-11] Fertility funding in BC In February 2024, BC announced ... to the point that some women age out of funding. [5] In fact, a temporary reimbursement program was established ... for out-of-pocket IVF in these individuals and families. [5] Ontario Ontario also has a long history of fertility ...
Premise / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM June 2024
... is likely soon to follow. Beatrice’s height is 170 cm (5 ft. 6 in.), her weight is 133 kg (293 lb.), and her BMI is ... symptoms and the need for joint replacement surgery.[ 4 , 5 ] In Canada, 73% of men with arthritis have increased ... grouped together based on a clustering of BMI at every 5 points. The flaw is that most of those studies grouped ...