Beyond Medicine /
BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc
June 2015
... hand washing with 0.05% chlorine and PPE spraying with 0.5% chlorine between each step. My first entry/exit was the ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: David Ho,
June 2015
... • WorkSafeBC also sets aside an amount equal to 5% of the award and, at retirement, the worker receives this ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Benjamin Matthew, MHSc, MD,
July/August 2015
... for the entire study cohort at baseline was 7.7% (RYGB 7.5%, SG 7.9%). The mean HbA1c level for all patients with diabetes at baseline was 8.3% (RYGB 8.2%, SG 8.5%). Of 52 patients with hypertension at baseline, 8 patients ... a mean score of 77.8 preoperatively to a mean score of 56.5 postoperatively, indicating a significant improvement in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH
July/August 2015
... deaths in British Columbia increased dramatically from 5% of total illicit drug deaths in 2012 to over 25% in 2014.[ ... especially for those who are opioid naive.[ 1,5 ] In response to the increase in fentanyl-detected deaths, ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
July/August 2015
... has been permitted since 1998, reveal that less than 0.5% of all deaths are from legal fatal prescriptions. The vast ... option is better than others, and expression of choice.[ 5 ] Regulations should specify that a capacity assessment be ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: John Hamilton, MD,
July/August 2015
... health services to bring about system-wide improvement.[ 5 ] The value to BC physicians and their partners is that ...
News
July/August 2015
... Journal, discusses a comparative study among children 5 to 12 years old with and without orofacial clefts born ...
News
July/August 2015
... breast cancer patients follow up adjuvant treatment with 5 to 10 years of endocrine therapy to reduce the chances of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jean Hlady, MD, FRCPC
September 2015
... certification by the American Academy of Pediatrics.[ 5 ] More recently, the Royal College of Physicians and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: D. Chapple, MD, FRCPC,
September 2015
... between abusive bruising and accidental bruising.[ 5 ] The literature also suggests that bruising may be the ... to the pediatric intensive care unit because of trauma.[ 5 ] Bruising characteristics of inflicted and accidental ... 0 months to 17 years and found that 17% of children had 5 skin injuries and 4% had 10 or more skin injuries.[ 3 ] ...