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WorkSafeBC /
BY: Peter Rothfels, MD
June 2018
... the use of opioids to treat chronic noncancer pain.[ 4 , 5 ] This increase in opioid pain prescriptions has likely ... of opioids, and physicians who attend will receive 2.5 Mainpro+ credits. Sessions have already been held in ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
June 2018
... of nuts, seeds, healthy fats, and nonsalt spices.[ 5 ] To build greater awareness over food choices and the link ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
June 2018
... years, according to Statistics Canada, compared with 30.5 years in Ontario and 25.4 years in Nunavut.[ 1 ] In 1991 ... opportunities for motherhood that did not exist even 5 years ago. For health care providers, these technologies ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ken Seethram, MD, FRCSC, FACOG
June 2018
... improved as markers were added. Canadian screening[ 5 , 6 ] tests now employ various combinations of the ... patients before and after prenatal genetic screening.[ 5 ] Their committee opinion on the topic states that some ... program, not that her fetus is necessarily affected.[ 5 ] The SOGC also provides suggestions for discussing the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Daniel Shearer, BSc
June 2018
... of 7.0% or less before pregnancy, with a target of 6.5% or less being preferable if this level can be achieved ... 4 ] Above 7.0%, adverse outcomes increase by approximately 5.5% for every 1.0% in HbA1c.[ 3 ] Comprehensive preconception ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Elizabeth Taylor, MD, FRCSC
June 2018
... 10%, with risk increasing to nearly 80% by age 45.[ 5 ] The relationship between miscarriage risk and maternal ... in 13% of women with recurrent miscarriage, compared with 5.5% of women in the general population.[ 7 ] Congenital ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Constantin Shuster, MD
June 2018
... higher than the national average of 9.1% ( Figure 1 ).[ 5 ] The readmission rates in Saskatchewan (9.7%) and Ontario ... average. Manitoba (8.7%), Quebec (8.6%), Nova Scotia (8.5%), and New Brunswick (8.8%) had rates that were ... rate for both targeted conditions (from 24.1% to 22.5%) and for nontargeted conditions (from 17.8% to 17.3%).[ 21 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jeffrey Roberts, MD, FRCSC
May 2018
... potential of the patient at the time of treatment.[ 5-8 ] Primordial follicles are not mitotically active, so ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
May 2018
... a pregnancy, while after another year only an additional 5% to 8% of couples will become pregnant.[ 2 ] Peak ... retain the ability to fertilize a human egg in vitro after 5 days.[ 4 , 5 ] Following ovulation, an egg may be ready for ...