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Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Chang, MD, CCFP April 2018
... or gastric bypass are typically discharged from hospital 1 to 2 days after surgery and followed closely by a ... after sleeve gastrectomy with a reported incidence rate of 1.06%[ 1 ] and after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) with a reported ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin Wing, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... of rationing in the publicly funded health care system.[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] Moreover, it is difficult to obtain ... (BCOA) has long known that patients can wait up to 1 year for nonemergency access to orthopaedic consultation ... either seen in consultation or received surgery between 1 May and 31 July 2017. Patients who waited less than 42 days ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ben Jong, MD April 2018
... service trades, or transit operator sectors. Only 1% required surgical correction, while others received ... regarding surgical and nonsurgical treatment persists.[ 1 ] Mechanism of injury The most common mechanism of AC joint ... of the acromioclavicular and coracoclivicular ligaments.[ 1 , 2 , 3 ] Indirect mechanisms of injury resulting from a ...
Obituaries / BY: Michael Moscovich, MD April 2018
... complications on 16 November 2017. Charlie was born on 1 September 1928 in North Vancouver. Some years before, his ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi April 2018
... highest cause of death for youth age 10 to 24 in Canada.[ 1 ] Suicide intervention is a particularly pressing issue for ...
News April 2018
... in need of help themselves. There are approximately 1 million caregivers in BC, and research[ 1 ] from the Office of the Seniors Advocate indicates that ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kara Solmundson, MD, CCFP (SEM), Sport Med Dip, MSc April 2018
... type 2 diabetes, and 40% of cancers would be prevented.[ 1 ] Physical activity is effective treatment and prevention ... more written exercise prescriptions 3 months following a 1-day workshop.[ 8 ] All patients are impacted by physical ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD April 2018
... and the Doctors of BC Guide to Fees , which states:  1.    Services are not benefits of MSP if a medical ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS April 2018
... of the benefits and harms of alternative care options.”[ 1 ] Their utility and limitations have recently been well ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2018
... get mistaken for Daniel Craig, particularly at the beach.[ 1 ] Sometimes I even fake an English accent and answer the ...