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Clinical Articles / BY: Ekua Yorke, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... treatment with either oral or injectable medications.[ 4 ] Despite such recommendations and the excellent outcomes ... lead to removal of the band. The removal rate can be up to 4% per year, and at 15 years almost half of all gastric bands ...
News May 2018
... and out-of-pocket costs of dementia is estimated at $10.4 billion—estimated to increase by 60% to $16.6 billion by ...
Editorials / BY: Sharadh Sampath, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... typically produce limited results in the long term.[ 4 ] Telling patients that this disease is “their fault” ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM April 2018
... treatment for obesity and its comorbidities.[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] The Canadian criteria for selecting patients to ... obstructive sleep apnea with right heart failure.  Stage 4. Patient has end-stage comorbidities associated with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Chang, MD, CCFP April 2018
... Pureed diet for 2 weeks. Soft and moist solids for 4 weeks. Transition to regular food in very small amounts at ... hernia occurs after RYGB with a reported incidence rate of 4.5%,[ 3 ] the risk can be reduced if the mesenteric defects are closed with running sutures.[ 4 ] Treatment for internal hernia is laparoscopic surgery ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin Wing, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... in the publicly funded health care system.[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] Moreover, it is difficult to obtain accurate ... to surgery than for consultation, with a range between 29.4 and 36.3 weeks.  Once again however, each region had ... was seen for average surgery wait times (between 29.4 and 36.3 weeks) than for average consultation wait times ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ben Jong, MD April 2018
... centred on plate fixation versus nonoperative management.[ 4 , 5 ] This study and its follow-up, reported in 2017, ... treated with hook plates. The conservative group included 4 type-III and 17 type-V. Mean follow-up time for the surgical group was 32.4 months, and for the conservative group, 34.77 months. No ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kara Solmundson, MD, CCFP (SEM), Sport Med Dip, MSc April 2018
... Canadians attain guideline levels of physical activity,[ 4 ] and only 15.8% of Canadian physicians provide patients ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS April 2018
... for the producer. The National Guideline Clearinghouse[ 4 ] (NGC) is an American directory of guidelines with an ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2018
... Aston Martin, provided free of charge by Doctors of BC,[ 4 ] but be careful about which buttons you push. Dr Robert ...