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News / BY: Eric Wong January/February 2017
... the actual length of that disability can average between 2.1 and 3.2 years. It is never too early to start thinking ...
News January/February 2017
... please e-mail insurance@doctorsofbc.ca or call 1 800 665-2262. To contact the carrier, please call 1 877 333-4088. News Legal expense insurance program ...
News / BY: Maria Hubinette, MD January/February 2017
... may take students for a variety of durations, ranging from 1 afternoon per week (for as little as 4 weeks). Longer ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2017
... people’s desire for hastened death can change over time[ 1 ] and according to their physical and psychological ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC January/February 2017
... died a lingering death from dementia and spent more than 1 year in the state commonly referred to as the infantile ... Carter decision. The principles I see underlying MAID are: 1.    The autonomy of an individual in a free and ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Brad Fritz, MD January/February 2017
... BCMA needed a full-time communications expert. First, on 1 September 1965, Premier W.A.C. Bennett introduced the BC ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Rodney French, MD, MEd, FRCSC January/February 2017
... and has a complication rate between 3.6% and 39%.[ 1 ] As a result more minimally invasive techniques have been ... these sites are then infiltrated with micro-aliquots of 1% lidocaine (usually 0.1 cc), which anesthetizes the skin only, not the digital ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tiffany Chan, MD, MHsc March 2017
... were able to remain at home without hospital care ( Table 1 ). The mean MELD score for patients studied was 19.2 (range ... The in-hospital mortality rate was 5.2% and the overall 1-year mortality rate was 8.4%. Surgical complications were ... pseudoaneurysm (2 cases), common bile duct stricture (1 case), hepatic artery thrombosis (1 case), and portal vein ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha Spencer, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... team is essential to the practice of geriatric medicine.[ 1 ] A good example of this can be seen in continence clinics ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amanda Hill, MBChB, FRCPC March 2017
... of patients who underwent inpatient procedures and 32.1% of patients who underwent outpatient procedures were 65 and older.[ 1,2 ] The care of frail older adults is challenging because ... delirium the risk of mortality at 2 years was 38.0% (HR 1.95), the risk of dementia in the subsequent 4 years was ...