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Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Angela Hu, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... a predetermined amount for a rendered medical service.[ 1 ] It would, therefore, be presumed that this payment model ... male rheumatologists earned $506 238 on average [ Figure 1 ; Figure 2 ] . This equates to a gender income gap of 31.2% ... compared with the highest-earning man (average $1 347 055) from 2018 to 2022.[ 4 ] Women with young ...
News January/February 2025
... Committee. Dr Thompson will begin his new role on 1 January 2025, when Dr Charlene Lui, the current ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Marshall Cheng, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... medical optimization can lead to better patient outcomes.[ 1 ] The terms preoperative optimization and prehabilitation ... process, and availability of SPOC resources [ Figure 1 ] . We used plan-do-study-act cycles to test change ideas ... We measured patients’ satisfaction by telephoning them 1 month after their surgical procedure and asking them two ...
Clinical Articles, Clinical Case Reports / BY: Denise Werry, PharmD, ACPR January/February 2025
... to have partial response. The joint was re-aspirated 1 month later, which showed 278 000 × 10 6 /L total ... and mycobacterial cultures were obtained. They revealed 1+ acid-fast bacilli on auramine-rhodamine staining. ... aureus . The postoperative wound is shown in Figure 1 . Histopathology showed granulation tissue and ...
Premise / BY: Davie Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... hospitalizations and minimizing nosocomial complications.[ 1 ] However, with a growing body of literature that has ... In my practice, I follow the same set of principles: (1) there is a safe and effective oral option, (2) the patient ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ali Okhowat, MD, MPH, CCFP January/February 2025
... the bark in a disease state known as sooty bark disease.[ 1,2 ] The descriptor “sooty” refers to the mats of fungal ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Alex Kilpatrick, MD, MPH, CCFP January/February 2025
... screening and interventions to mitigate future risks.[ 1 ] Socioeconomic disadvantage compounds these challenges. ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2025
... More than half of adults abandon their resolutions,[ 1 ] with 23% giving up before the end of January.[ 2 ] If ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC January/February 2025
... steps” to prevent the use of their platforms by youth.[ 1 ] This legislation aims to protect youth mental health and ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD March 2025
... is associated with significant side effect profiles.[ 1-4 ] The prevalence of long-term opioid therapy has been ... were excluded to meet the criteria of opioid-naive [ Table 1 ] .[ 30 ] Similarly, prescriptions associated with the ... users (see episode duration definitions[ 30 ] in Table 1 ). Study population The study population was categorized ...