Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc
September 2017
... or loss of consciousness. The Concussion Recognition Tool 5 is a useful tool for parents and coaches to help identify ... an injury. The effectiveness of this tool diminishes 3 to 5 days after injury, although the concussion symptom ... coaches, teachers, and health care professionals.[ 5 ] The greatest risk for having a concussion is a history of ...
News /
BY: Mariel Ang, MPH, BA Kin
September 2017
... being trained from public and private clinics through a 1.5-day course focusing on best practices in OA management. ...
Obituaries /
BY: Daryl Harder
September 2017
... School of Medicine. Became a doctor, a talented GP, After 5 years, he chose a specialty. The field of orthopaedics was ...
Premise /
BY: Paul Winston, MD, FRCPC
September 2017
... and was still taking high doses of hydromorphone, a drug 5 times more potent than plain morphine (e.g., 6 mg of ... psychiatric comorbidities. Finally, Colman and colleagues[ 5 ] have addressed depression and reviewed factors that ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Oleksandr Butskiy, MD
October 2017
... of the frontal bone, continuing anteriorly as a 1.8 cm by 5.0 cm by 8.0 cm collection of fluid ( Figure1B ). A ... between acute bacterial rhinosinusitis and adenoiditis.[ 5 ] Complications of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis can be ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM
October 2017
... where physicians are more likely to recognize TBRF.[ 4,5 ] Infection with B. hermsii leads to a relapsing fever ... to detect antibodies to B. hermsii HS1 (serotype 33).[ 5 ] Samples were considered positive if dilutions of 1:256 or ... and then presented to a physician in a nonendemic region.[ 5 ] The percentage of TBRF cases in BC also seems high ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD
October 2017
... of the MSC Payment Schedule, specifically section C.5. Inclusive Services and Fees: If it is not medically ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Michelle Murti, MD, FRCPC
October 2017
... with cannabis edibles for children and adults. Children 5 years and younger had the highest rate at 0.15 calls per ... drowsiness/lethargy, ataxia, and red eye/conjunctivitis.[ 5 ] Unlike the range of presentations in older children and ...
Editorials /
BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD
October 2017
... and the garden surrounds even your toes as you sit in it. 5. I always consider the fourth dimension and its ...
Letters /
BY: David D.W. Twa, BSc
October 2017
... of marijuana legalization has come into question.[ 5 ] I have faith that we will be prepared if the Canadian ...