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Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB July/August 2018
Letters / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC July/August 2018
... the benefits of IVF over expectant management (NNT = 4).[ 2 ] For women with bilateral fallopian tube obstruction ...
News July/August 2018
... and has studied the Kodaly Method of piano since age 4. He remains a loyal student of the Vancouver Academy of ...
News / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) July/August 2018
... results, an analysis of the program use found that only 4% of heart failure and COPD acute care admissions in Island ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert C. Mack, MD July/August 2018
... then quantified at 10 residential care facilities over a 4-week period in 2016: Multi-dose packaging. Medications at ... who quantified the number of medications returned during a 4-week period. Remedy’sRx did not identify individual ... assigned numbers to anonymize the data. During the 4-week study period, medication changes came in over the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... and 50% of primary care patients have mental illness[ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] and many patients have their first contact with ... 8.7) years. Interviews completed by 2 psychiatrists and 4 family doctors who participated in pit appointments were ... times for pit appointments between 2014 (mean 11.7, SE 2.4) and 2016 (mean 9.7, SE 1.9) ( Figure 3 ). Referral reasons ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA July/August 2018
... and checklist of what clinicians should consider.[ 4 ] The ethical approach outlined below for managing patients ... as making a positive contribution to quality of life.[ 4 ] Harming patients is contrary to the codes of ethics of ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM July/August 2018
... 8%, varying by population, geography, and region.[ 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 ] MRSA is not reportable in BC.[ 6 ] HA-MRSA can be ... contaminated personal items, and lack of cleanliness.[ 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 , 11 ] These factors may also need to be ... have been identified as likely sources of transmission.[ 4 , 6 , 12 ] Unless directed by a health care provider or an ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2018
... and guideline are similar to the national guideline[ 4 ] that was updated in 2017, but lacked guidance that a ... pain management resources in their community. After 4 months, 198 complete responses were received. Eighty-eight ...
Obituaries / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD July/August 2018
... 2 years he volunteered for the Royal Navy. For the next 4 years, as a sublieutenant he worked on coal-burning mine ...