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Letters / BY: Ashley Roberts, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2016
We thank Dr Brown for his interest in our article, “ Management of influenza infection in children ... stockpiling of oseltamivir are outside the scope of our article. Our article provides practical local guidance for ... North America (Canadian Paediatric Society, Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada, American ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Stanger, MD, March 2016
... surgery based on support for the 1-year interval in an article by Browne and colleagues.[ 7 ] In the case of ... treatment will mean a time commitment for the surgeon’s medical office assistant (MOA) and may require a change in ... reimbursement.” The same would hold true for all medical interventions, surgical and nonsurgical. Support ...
Letters / BY: Alan Tung, MD March 2016
I really appreciate the article by Ms Young and Dr Everett [ BCMJ  2015;57:434-437 ] ... or drug abuse, and it becomes tricky when patients refuse medical treatment that we strongly believe can improve or ... judgement of risks and benefits differs from ours? The article’s algorithm is easy to read and apply, and will ...
Letters / BY: Stephen D. Anderson, MD, FRCPC March 2016
... consultation-liaison psychiatrist who has practised on the medical and surgical wards of a busy teaching hospital for over 20 years, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article from Ms Young and Dr Everett regarding an ethical ... two complex cases they presented was not discussed in the article. The first case involved a patient who had both ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Benjamin Millar, MD, March 2016
The use of social media is rapidly growing for medical education and practice sharing, and emergency ... practice approaches among health professionals. A recent article that discussed the benefits, risks, and opportunities ... (CPD) for practising health professionals. This article intends to illuminate how social media has been ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ahmad Abdullah, MD, April 2016
... Aside from asthma and intermittent diarrhea, her medical history was unremarkable. Notably, the patient was a ... findings are described by Mills in a comprehensive review article: proximal vasculature sparing, segmental occlusion, ... was traumatizing for the patient and difficult for the medical team. In addition to recommending smoking cessation ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, April 2016
... attention from the media, the general public, and the medical community. SCD in athletes is often the result of ... athletes younger than age 35 (the focus of this article), the majority of sudden cardiac death cases are due ... a controversial topic within international sport and medical societies. We cannot, however, ignore the fact that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James McKinney, MD, MSc, April 2016
... of MET and other fitness-related terms used in this article.) Although determinants of cardiorespiratory fitness ... fitness (referred to simply as “fitness” in this article) can be used as an objective surrogate measure of ... Depression is associated with poorer adherence to medical treatments and reduced health-related quality of ...
Editorials / BY: Saul Isserow, MBBCh April 2016
... is made even safer and more beneficial.  In the first article, Dr James Mc-Kinney and his fellow authors discuss ... activity and cardiorespiratory fitness. In the second article, Dr Michael Luong and his fellow authors discuss ... and Paralympic Games, when Dr Jack Taunton served as chief medical officer and I (Dr Isserow) served as lead ...
Letters / BY: Aidan Byrne, MD, FCFP, April 2016
... admit that I am not sure what to make of Dr Gallagher’s article, “Real doctors treat more than one species,” in ... system of medicating frail geriatric patients. In medical practice, however, I have found that treatment ... look to physics for advice on how to approach complex medical issues. Dr Einstein’s recommendation that we should ...