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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2018
... whereas in BC that percentage was significantly higher, 64.9%.[ 2 ] These data are encouraging for BC, but because they ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carla Pajak, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... with a higher risk of complications and costs.[ 5 , 9 , 12 ] Patients with acute cholecystitis who are discharged ... Conversion to open procedures was required in only 3 (2.9%) of all the cholecystectomies. The preoperative status of ... had a subsequent open conversion rate of only 9.2% and an overall mortality rate of 1.5%.[ 13 ] Perhaps the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... 2 ] The calculation applied disability weights,[ 9 ] which reflected the severity of the health decrement on a ... from $3.3 billion to $4.1 billion, a 24.4% increase over 9 years. While the cost of transport-related injuries ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... and hallux valgus as well as other conditions.[ 5-9 ] Non-weight-bearing images are often felt to be ... reliability in assessment between studies and patients.[ 9 ] Weight-bearing radiographs are also used to assess ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2018
... older.[ 5 , 6 ] Efficacy against PHN was 91% (95% CI, 75.9-97.7) for those 50 and older, and 89% for those 70 and ... with activities of daily living) were reported by 8.5% and 9.5% of recipients 70 and older, and 50 and older, respectively, compared to 0.2% and 1.9% by the corresponding placebo recipients. Systemic adverse ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... 31 (12.5 %) presented with postoperative bleeding, 27 (10.9%) presented for concerns about wound appearance, and 13 ... complaints categorized as “Various.” Only 23 patients (9.3%) presented with complaints unrelated to their surgery. ... to contact their GP for follow-up. Of the remainder, 23 (9.3%) had presented with complaints unrelated to surgery and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD October 2018
... mental health support services/institutional support,[ 7 , 9-11 ] a lack of time (and space) in a busy practice,[ 5 , 7-9 , 11 ] fear of misuse and diversion of the medication,[ 7 , ... to allow Suboxone prescribing in a shared clinic.[ 5 , 7 , 9 ] A lack of addiction specialist support was a further ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC October 2018
... emergency and people dying while using substances alone.[ 9 ] What can physicians do? Physicians can respect people’s ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Peter Thorpe, PGDip October 2018
... delays or changes in how paramedics are dispatched after 9-1-1 calls are received ( Figure 2 ). How the app works ... system. When a sudden cardiac arrest is reported through 9-1-1, BCEHS dispatchers automatically send a notification of ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP November 2018
... ethically,[ 8 ] and promote more social responsibility.[ 9-10 ] Slowly, through medical school admissions and ...