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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Andrew Hurlburt, MD April 2016
... is between 3 and 12 days, and the illness lasts between 2 and 7 days.[ 3,10,11 ] Most patients recover fully without ... are some worrisome associations under investigation.[ 2,10 ] Associations with GBS and microcephaly A relationship ... circulation should avoid becoming pregnant for at least 2 months following their last potential exposure.[ 19 ] Of ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD April 2016
... categories: 1.    Diabetes mellitus (type 1 and 2).  2.    Chronic kidney disease.  3.    Heart failure.  ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM April 2016
... deaths and over 6500 injuries within the first 24 hours.[ 2 ] The region’s only acute care hospital suffered ...
Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2016
... rates of approximately 12% per embryo transferred.[ 2 ] As a result, egg freezing was generally reserved for ... compared with 34.5% of embryos from women age 35 and 58.2% from women age 40. By age 43, only 16.6% of embryos were ... 37.7 years, and that the overall egg survival rate was 85.2%. For women who were 35 or younger at the time of egg ...
Editorials / BY: Saul Isserow, MBBCh April 2016
... median length of stay in our coronary care units is only 2 days. Before patients know it they are back home, and only ... to contribute to the clinic’s success in future. In Part 2 of this theme issue, articles will discuss cardiovascular ...
Letters / BY: Aidan Byrne, MD, FCFP, April 2016
... drug reactions in elderly patients presenting to the ER.[ 2 ] In addition, there are concerns that using a broad stroke ...
Letters / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2016
... following errant injections along the lateral arm.[ 2-4 ] Although subcutaneous injections should, in theory, ...
Letters / BY: Meena Dawar, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2016
... with administration advice based on provincial guidance.[ 2 ] This advice is consistent with national and US ...
Articles / BY: Derek Plausinis, MASC, MD, FRCSC December 2016
... is performed for every thirty hip and knee replacements,[ 2 ] this less commonly performed procedure has similar ... implant survivorship was 75.6% for hemiarthroplasty and 83.2% for total shoulder replacement.[ 8 ] Many patients with ... that gives the appearance of a biconcave glenoid ( Figure 2 ). Deciding how to manage the glenoid deformity caused by ...
Articles / BY: Kelly L. Apostle, MD, FRCSC December 2016
... as arthritis of the hip[ 1 ] or congestive heart failure.[ 2 ] Arthrodesis has long been the mainstay of surgical ... and is instead a good candidate for ankle fusion ( Figure 2 ). Between these two patients there are patients occupying ... with ankle arthroplasty using the STAR prosthesis at 2-year follow-up, researchers found that equivalent pain ...