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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2017
... since late 2015. In 2016, 303 cases were reported (6.4 cases per 100 000 population); 209 cases have been reported ... with skin and wound infections.[ 2,3 ] Over 1 in 4 cases in 2016 reported being homeless/underhoused, another recognized risk factor.[ 4 ] Varicella infection has been associated with a fiftyfold ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD September 2017
... who have received MSP-billed services in the preceding 4 months.  Most random audits have very few material ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2017
... Health Agency of Canada was given a 2-year budget of $1.4 million to raise awareness about and develop a ... of tests that can be administered at the sideline.[ 4 ] If there are ongoing concerns about a suspected ... spontaneously over 10 to 14 days in adults and 3 to 4 weeks in children. Evidence supports cervical and ...
Obituaries / BY: Nis Schmidt, MD September 2017
... His final event was a stroke from which he passed away on 4 January 2017. The world would be better off if we had more ...
Premise / BY: Paul Winston, MD, FRCPC September 2017
... make people disabled after back injury. Chou and Shekelle[ 4 ] have noted that the most helpful indicators for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Oleksandr Butskiy, MD October 2017
... with forehead swelling 2 weeks after he had experienced 4 days of upper respiratory tract infection with symptoms of ... a rapid decrease in facial swelling over 2 days ( Figure 4 ). He was treated with nasal xylometazaline for only 72 ... rhinosinusitis are indistinguishable from adenoiditis.[ 4 ] Adenoiditis is the sole diagnosis in up to 10% of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM October 2017
... area where physicians are more likely to recognize TBRF.[ 4,5 ] Infection with  B. hermsii  leads to a relapsing ... tube yielded the highest proportion of positive results (4 of 11 samples) followed by IgG IFA (19 of 109), IgM IFA (9 ... information. A convalescent specimen is required 2 to 4 weeks after collection of the first specimen.  Prior to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc October 2017
... relief for infections that do not need antibiotics. 4. When they are prescribed, I pledge to take antibiotics as ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michelle Murti, MD, FRCPC October 2017
... of overconsumption and intoxication remain for all ages.[ 4 ] For instance, older children can overcome child-resistant ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD October 2017
... is lovely and wants to grow so badly, why not let it? 4.    I don’t cage or restrain plants. I fully plant ...