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Clinical Articles / BY: Bradley Ashman, MD November 2016
... of breath, chest pain, hemoptysis, hypotension, anxiety.[ 17 ] Knowing the likelihood of VTE developing and promptly ... nerve and the femoral nerve most commonly affected.[ 17 ] Multiple causes must be considered, including traction ... drop orthosis for sciatic nerve palsies, is recommended.[ 17 , 18 ] While vascular injury is exceedingly rare during ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul Dooley, MD, MSc, FRCSC November 2016
... patient satisfaction following knee arthroplasty.[ 16 , 17 ] While good outcomes have been reported in octogenarians ...
News / BY: Ada Lo November 2016
... benefits. The program provides up to $1000 per week for 17 weeks over a 52-week period to BC physicians who take a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Gabriel, MD, MSc, CCFP October 2016
... repeated the coding and theme identification for all 17 interviews completed. Ethics approval for this research ... the 30-month study period, interpretation was provided in 17 different languages, with 26 physicians participating in ... refugees who were seen for prenatal care. In total, 17 physicians were interviewed, including 8 physicians who ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ivana Jakovljevic, MD October 2016
... An estimated 12.6% of children and youth age 4 to 17—almost 84 000 young British Columbians—are ... estimates, approximately one in five BC children age 0 to 17 (20.4%) are living in poverty,[ 3 ] and the numbers are ... and structural changes of the developing brain,[ 17 , 18 ] a finding supported by studies demonstrating ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Chris Rumball, MD October 2016
... tested positive for marijuana doubled from 8% in 2013 to 17% in 2014.[ 1 ] In Colorado the number of drivers in fatal ...
Letters / BY: Anne Wachsmuth, MD July/August 2016
In the recent Doctors of BC 2016–17 election for president-elect, less than 30% of our ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jaclyn R. Farquhar, MD July/August 2016
... 2003, the proportion of obese Canadians has increased by 17.5%.[ 5 ] As our population grows heavier, surgical care ... 12 , 16 , 18 , 28 , 29 ] and failure rates.[ 11 , 17 , 21 , 24 , 30 , 31 ] An obesity guideline from the ... 25, and exceptionally so in patients with higher BMIs.[ 17 ] Longer operating times,[ 10-15 ] higher rates of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP June 2016
... 151 patients newly diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer.[ 17 ] Patients were randomly assigned to receive either usual ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jonathan Pearce, MD, CCFP(PC) June 2016
... outcomes, length of stay, and resource utilization.[ 17 ] In a goals-of-care discussion physicians will often ...