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Point Counterpoint / BY: Will Offley, RN December 2016
... Coastal Health Authority,[ 3 ] Providence Health Care,[ 4 ] the Interior Health Authority,[ 5 ] the Northern Health ... to wear for 12 hours a day continuously over a 4-month period. In addition, the requirement to mask serves ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2016
... to achieve anything close to high coverage levels.[ 4 ] •    The evidence that high vaccine coverage ... to wear for 12 hours a day continuously over a 4-month period.” Consistent application of the policy in BC ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Kelly Mayson, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... within the rest of the Enhanced Recovery protocol.[ 4 ] The Anesthesia COP recommends appropriate fluid be ...
Letters / BY: Murray Trusler, MD, MBA, FCFP, FRRMS, May 2016
... Rocket-AF 55% [rivaroxaban], Aristotle 62% [apixaban]).[ 2-4 ]  But warfarin can be managed at a TTR > 75%. To ... is entered into a computerized warfarin-dosing system. 4.    The software mathematically calculates:        ... and accept the warfarin dose if the INR is < 1.5 or > 4.0. 6.    A warfarin-dosing calendar is printed and the ...
Letters / BY: Vandad Yousefi, MD, CCFP, FHM, May 2016
... of family medicine has been in the making for decades.[ 4 ] For example, in our previous research on drivers of the ...
News May 2016
... equipment. The program will pilot over a 3-month period (4 April to 29 June 2016). Transfer appointments are currently ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc November 2016
... declines in the average cost of a prescription (−10.4%) were of the same order of magnitude as increases in population (+10.4%) over the decade, so these effects tend to cancel each ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC November 2016
... in fractures, heart disease, cancer, or dementia.[ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] The synergy of nutrients and related substances ... is no evidence of benefit for disease prevention[ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] and no indication for routine screening for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bradley Ashman, MD November 2016
... led to joint failure and the need for revision.[ 4 ] Over the last 15 years or so the use of crosslinked ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul Dooley, MD, MSc, FRCSC November 2016
... the two is better in terms of function and survivorship.[ 4 ] It is well understood, however, that total knee ... Institute for Health Information estimates that 1 in 4 Canadians are obese and that the rates are continuing to ...