News
December 2018
... 6 months after a previous birth, researchers found a 1.2% risk of maternal mortality or severe morbidity. Waiting ... . News At least 1 year between pregnancies reduces risks for mother and baby ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd
December 2018
... anguish over their children’s pointless pain.[ 1 ] While Haughton was glad to make proper diagnoses as a ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Matt Kurrek, MD, FRCPC
December 2018
... published revised anesthesia practice guidelines in 2012,[ 1 ] we wrote an editorial for the Canadian Journal of ... the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society 2012 guidelines[ 1 ] described above, other leading medical societies and ... the adequacy of tissue perfusion and oxygenation.[ 1 ] Cost considerations Capnographic monitoring is now a ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Andy Jiang, BSc
December 2018
... which resulted in nearly 6 million years of life lost.[ 1 ] Though Canadian national data are sparse and incomplete, ... visits in 2010 alone, costing the nation an estimated $1.26 billion.[ 2 ] In British Columbia, drug poisonings have ... (5.8 per 100 000) and the 75 and above age group (6.1 per 100 000) having the highest self-harm poisoning ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Andrea McNeill, BScOT, BA Psych, OT(C)
December 2018
... require any special medical treatment. Of the more than 1.1 million patients with MTBI who are treated and released ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: David Unger, MD
December 2018
... of opioids and sedatives” practice standard,[ 1 ] published this year, strives to effect positive change by ... “Safe prescribing of opioids and sedatives,”[ 1 ] was published in June 2018. Changes made to the updated ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Michael R. Lyon, MD, ABOM
December 2018
... body considers our normal weight continues to increase.[ 1 ] After intentional weight loss, potent neuroendocrine ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
May 2018
... Medicine Editorials Guest editorial: Infertility, Part 1: Why infertility patients deserve our attention ...