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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 ... process. 1.    Patients attend the lab as usual. 2.    The INR is performed using an INR point-of-care ... patient self-management program (KIDCLOT) was studied over 2.7 years. Children and their parents managed warfarin at ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Hynes, BA, MBA, December 2016
... Care Services at 604 232-7787 or 1 866 244-6404 (press 2). —Peter Rothfels, MD Chief Medical Officer and Director ...
Letters / BY: Vandad Yousefi, MD, CCFP, FHM, May 2016
... for the 80% of Canadians who live in urban areas,[ 2 ] the model of comprehensive primary care has long gone the ...
News May 2016
... testing (e.g., fasting plasma glucose [FPG; $1.46] or 2-hour plasma glucose [2hPG; $12.94]) can be used for ... anti-hyperglycemic agents available for treatment of type 2 diabetes that can be considered as part of an ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD May 2016
... . WorkSafeBC will require approximately 2 weeks to process the forms from the date of receipt. If we ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD November 2016
... after them. But should I feel guilty? I’ve only taken 2 weeks off this year. I have a solo family practice with no ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS November 2016
... only picked it up as a communication and information forum 2 years ago. Research shows that more and more people, ...
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 ... there is no evidence of benefit for disease prevention[ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] and no indication for routine screening ... are already enriched to prevent widespread deficiencies.[ 2 , 3 ] Contrary to the widely held belief that vitamins and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bradley Ashman, MD November 2016
... by patients with metal-on-metal total hip replacement.[ 2 ] Although rare, these inflammatory masses have been ... long-term stability. While cemented implants ( Figure 2 ) are still favored in some parts of the world, including ... rates of symptomatic VTE events occurred in approximately 2% to 5% of hip arthroplasty patients within 3 months of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul Dooley, MD, MSc, FRCSC November 2016
... are equivalent to primary knee arthroplasty.[ 1 , 2 , 3 ] Unicompartmental arthroplasty Unicompartmental ...