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Editorials / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS March 2017
... for the health care system include cost containment.[ 3,4 ] CGA has been successfully applied in the acute care setting[ 4,5 ] as well as in the ambulatory care setting,[ 6-8 ] where ...
MDs To Be / BY: Marc Jutras, BBA, UBC Medicine, Class of 2018 March 2017
... levels of catecholamines such as norepinephrine.[ 4 ] The field of psychotherapy, with its early roots in ...
News / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD March 2017
... and Canada. He arrived in Fort Nelson in 1966 to take on a 4-month locum and stayed 50 years. His in-depth historical ...
News / BY: Rory Sutherland, UBC MD Candidate, Class of 2019 March 2017
... guidelines from major cardiovascular organizations,[ 3,4 ] and availability of proven risk-reducing strategies, few ... to relevant national and provincial guidelines.[ 3,4 ] Over the longer term, the program aims to reduce the ...
Premise / BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP March 2017
... registration. Recent criticism of the privileging project[ 4 ] focused on the inherent flaws of minimum-volume ... acute for new physicians working as locums. In the 4 months since I completed residency, I have received more ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC March 2017
... there is usually no appreciable chronic weakness.[ 4 ] Some patients may experience fatigue cramping, mild ... orthopaedic surgeon on call. Ruptures that are more than 4 weeks old are considered chronic and may be more difficult ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marisa Wan, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... the use of a urinary catheter, and any iatrogenic event.[ 4 ] With each additional predisposing factor, the likelihood ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul Blackburn, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... Columbia older than 65 is predicted to rise from 16.4% in 2013 to between 23.9% and 27.0% by 2038.[ 3 ] An ... centres, 27.0% complained of depressive symptoms, with 4.0% complaining of more severe symptoms and 0.8% meeting criteria for a major depressive episode.[ 4 ] A more recent community-based study yielded a prevalence ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leo Lai, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... symptoms or the most harm should be withdrawn first. Step 4: Plan and initiate withdrawal A deprescribing protocol ... (3) determining if medications can be withdrawn, (4) planning and initiating withdrawal, and (5) monitoring and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katalin Balogh, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2017
... 82% for detecting mild cognitive impairment.[ 4 ] MoCA results can be affected by the patient’s language ... for patients with cognitive decline at this time.[ 6 ] 4. Comprehensive geriatric assessment can add value if the ... accepted guidelines but is not necessary in all cases. (4) Comprehensive geriatric assessment can add value if the ...