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Clinical Articles / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM October 2017
... eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, and Montana.[ 2 ] The causative agent is the spirochete  Borrelia hermsii ... procedures were used to visualize spirochetes ( Figure 2 ) in the whole blood of patients collected during a febrile ... of spirochetes is at least 105 cells per mL of blood.[ 2 ] Immunofluorescence assay (IFA).  A two-step sandwich ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc October 2017
... and if it is bacterial, whether antibiotics are needed. 2. I pledge not to ask for antibiotics for colds or the flu, ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD October 2017
... visits were occurring very frequently—weekly or every 2 weeks—over a long period of time with very little being ... chronic diseases would be every 3 to 6 months, or every 2 to 3 months to review the status of their condition and to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michelle Murti, MD, FRCPC October 2017
... pediatric exposures to cannabis was almost double 2 years after legalization when compared with 2 years before legalization, with almost half of those exposures being from cannabis edibles.[ 2 ] When assessing and advising patients, physicians need to ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD October 2017
... of getting out and caring for them when they need me. 2.    I live on a sunny 33-foot lot in Vancouver. That ...
Letters / BY: David D.W. Twa, BSc October 2017
... have hampered our understanding of such substances.[ 2 ] Extrapolating risks and benefits of marijuana ...
News / BY: Channelle Sawyer October 2017
... to review your insurance with a professional once every 2 to 5 years or whenever you have a major life event (e.g., ...
Obituaries / BY: Beverley Tamboline, MD October 2017
... was looking for two doctors to provide medical care for 2 years to their subsidiary in British Guiana. The company ... and they agreed to equal pay for equal work! That was 2 years of fabulous experience. Word got out to the East ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: John Paul Thompson, MD October 2017
... total incidents of symptomatic spinal disc herniations.[ 2 ] Incidence is highest in males between ages 40 and 60. An ... (back dominant) pain in the mid- to lower-thoracic spine. 2.    Radicular pain that may accom-pany axial pain, occur ...
Clinical Articles / BY: E. Pharo, BSc November 2017
... in travelers to tropical and subtropical latitudes.[ 2 , 3 ] This diagnosis is not often considered in patients ... in temperate regions of North America, including Canada.[ 2 , 4-6 ] This report outlines the first documented case of ... to form a fluctuant draining mass, or furuncle, 2 cm above the left eyelid. The lesion had a central punctum, ...