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Clinical Articles /
BY: Katalin Balogh, MD, PhD, FRCPC
April 2017
... (classified as major neurocognitive disorder in DSM-5 ) has changed over the last 2 decades. The incidence of ... detecting dementia among community dwelling older people.[ 5 ] It has, however, low sensitivity for detecting mild ... function, and delayed placement in long-term care.[ 8 ] 5. Medical treatment of modifiable vascular risk factors for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Melissa McLaws, DVM, PhD
April 2017
... of altered behavior. It is estimated that less than 0.5% of bats are actually infected.[ 2 ] Other species in BC ... tested positive for rabies between 1969 and 2016 include 5 cats, 4 skunks, 1 beaver, and 1 horse. All had bat-variant ...
Editorials /
BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS
April 2017
... the four Ds in geriatrics: dementia (classified in DSM-5 as major neurocognitive disorder), delirium, depression, ... present in the acute care or the community setting.[ 1,3-5 ] They can be associated with adverse outcomes in the short ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Shelley Ross, MD
April 2017
... of Opioid Use Disorder in early 2017.[ 4 ] As of 5 June 2017 this guideline will replace the College of ... Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Use Disorder[ 5 ] as the provincial guideline for the management of opioid ...
News
April 2017
The Terry Fox Research Institute invested $5 million for New Brunswick researchers and their colleagues ... Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal. He hopes the 5-year study will result in new approaches to identifying, ...
News
April 2017
... of a telephone survey” ( http://cmajopen.ca/content/5/1/E40.full ). News Older Canadians skip meds, risk ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Geoff C. Jarvie, MD, MHSc
May 2017
... minimal impact on the care patients ultimately receive.[ 5 , 6 ] Thus the increased demand for advanced imaging and ... the time of referral for all shoulder pathologies. Table 5 compares preoperative and postoperative diagnoses and ... to be of limited value in the early diagnostic stages.[ 5 , 6 ] However, in our study, subjects underwent advanced ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Emily Peterson, MPH
May 2017
... and range extension of pathogens and disease vectors.[ 3-5 ] Air-quality impacts include increased ground-level ozone, ... from chronic respiratory and cardiac conditions.[ 3 , 5 , 6 ] Extreme weather events can lead to flooding, ... air–quality concerns, and mental health impacts.[ 3 , 5 ] More frequent drought conditions will impact agricultural ...
Editorials /
BY: Brian Day, MB
May 2017
... in court as a “non-expert.” My first time was as a 5-year-old witness in a Liverpool criminal trial. Someone had ...