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Clinical Articles / BY: Jerry C. Chen, MD, FRCSC October 2017
... deep venous problem, a topic beyond the scope of this article. Reasons to treat varicose veins The natural history ... thrombose and close down. n-BCA achieves closure using medical grade cyanoacrylate (superglue). These methods can be ... complex treatment they require is not addressed in this article. In patients with primary varicose veins, valve ...
News&Notes December 2017
... outlived their uselessness.” —Marshall McLuhan The medical hinterland of Bri­tish Columbia is on the cusp of ... to access something so ordinary as an ultrasound. The medical community has long embraced the belief that patients ... Project) for his ongoing support of this program.  This article has been peer reviewed. News&Notes Special report: ...
College Library / BY: Paula Osachoff December 2017
Medline is the largest medical database in the world with more than 20 million article citations, using a controlled vocabulary of subject ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Damon Ramsey, MD December 2017
... across North America.[ 1 ] While the terms electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (EHR) can ... interchangeably, we have used the term EHR throughout this article to acknowledge the capacity of electronic records to ... PROMs and the use of asynchronous communication. In this article we have not discussed the more traditional workflows ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Bidu, MBA December 2017
... in clinical practice by Dr Brennan Spiegel at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and by Drs Brenda and Mark Wiederhold at the Virtual Reality Medical Center in La Jolla, where they have been treating ... fees from several digital health companies named in this article: Ayogo, Claris Healthcare, Curatio, Equicare Health, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Perminder Bains, MD, FRCPC January/February 2017
... new field of biomedical engineering. As the head of the medical engineering section, he led a team in the development ... of biomedical engineering. In 1965 he founded the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society.[ 9 ] He took on a ... Medical, and Boston Scientific. The other authors of this article have not received fees from these manufacturers and ...
News January/February 2017
A recent study by UBC medical researchers examined the health care costs associated ... data from British Columbia’s health system. The related article, “Reoperation costs in attempted breast-conserving ... online at  www.current-oncology.com/index.php/oncology/article/view/2989 . News Potentially avoidable breast cancer ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tiffany Chan, MD, MHsc March 2017
... with previous abdominal operations and significant medical comorbidities. Post-transplant complications can ... transplantation, which means we did not take into account medical complications such as sepsis, renal failure, or ... products and services firm. The other authors of this article have not received fees from these firms and have no ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha Spencer, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... and type of fluid intake, bowel elimination history, medical history, and medications. Lastly, the NCA assesses ... a management plan. The assessment begins with a detailed medical and obstetrical history to help establish causes of ... General Meeting in Vancouver. All of the authors of this article have benefited from funding provided by Pfizer to the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kenneth M. Madden, MD, MSc March 2017
... as “a transient loss of consciousness.”[ 4 ] Both medical school and residency training teach that syncope is ... monitoring. Referral to a cardiologist for appropriate medical, surgical, and pacemaker therapy is required for all ... of interest. Acknowledgments The work described in this article was supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes ...