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News / BY: Maria Hubinette, MD January/February 2017
... ranging from 1 afternoon per week (for as little as 4 weeks). Longer blocks are available upon request. Myth: My ... the province (including in rural areas) and involving all 4 years of medical trainees, we are sure to have an option ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2017
... offender the right to euthanasia in the fall of 2014.[ 4 ] After 30 years of prison he had requested either transfer ... of the data from Benelux countries and the US showed only 4.2% to 6.7% of applicants for PAD see a psychiatrist[ 13 ] ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Rodney French, MD, MEd, FRCSC January/February 2017
... have been reported. A night extension splint is worn for 4 to 6 months to reduce recurrence. Some advocate steroid ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tiffany Chan, MD, MHsc March 2017
... rate was 5.2% and the overall 1-year mortality rate was 8.4%. Surgical complications were defined as reoperative, ... multiple indications for repeat surgery. In 31 cases (15.4%) an unplanned reoperation was required. The most common ... a bile leak subsequently developed a stricture ( Table 4 ). Biliary strictures were identified by endoscopic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha Spencer, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... and nocturia, and fecal incontinence and constipation.[ 4 ] This nursing specialty was developed in Great Britain in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amanda Hill, MBChB, FRCPC March 2017
... with the risk of MACE after cardiac surgery (odds ratio, 4.89).[ 3 ] Moreover, preoperative frailty assessment was ... (CI 70% to 90%) and a specificity of 84% (CI 77% to 89%).[ 4 ] Four or more characteristics predicted 6-month ... nursing facility. Patients not assessed as frail had a 4.2-day hospital stay, 19.5% postoperative complication rate, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joshua Budlovsky, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... 22.2 at the hip) and most recent measurement (T score 22.4) were not in the osteoporotic range, you refer to the World ... fragility fracture by approximately 50% over the next 3 to 4 years. You decide to measure her BMD now and again in 3 ... in our aging population. Osteoporosis occurs in 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8 men over the age of 50 and affects ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kenneth M. Madden, MD, MSc March 2017
... defined as “a transient loss of consciousness.”[ 4 ] Both medical school and residency training teach that ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark W. Tyndall, MD, ScD, FRCPC March 2017
... to address the high rates of opioid prescriptions.[ 4 ] Although the standards are directed primarily at reducing ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ronald A. Remick, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... activity level, and decreased depression and anxiety.[ 4 ] With support from the Vancouver Foundation, a detailed ...