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WorkSafeBC / BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... be more accurately assessed for OA with standing films.[ 4 ] Standing foot and ankle X-rays are the standard for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2018
... (PHN). PHN is more common in older people, affecting 4% to 15% of zoster cases in people aged 50 to 59, 7% to 26% ... Canada in October 2017 for adults aged 50 and older.[ 4 ] The adjuvant is unique to this vaccine (AS01 B ), and is ... of liposomes containing two immunostimulants: 3-O-desacyl-4’-monophosphoryl lipid A from Salmonella minnesota ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... or pulmonary embolism. In addition, 53 patients (21.4%) presented with other surgery-related complaints ... followed by wound concerns (13.0%) and fever (13.0%).[ 4 ]  A 2001 study by Imasogie and Chung found a 1.0% rate of ... visits is well supported in the literature.[ 3 , 4 , 9 , 10 ] A reduction in unnecessary emergency department ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD October 2018
... of buprenorphine and naloxone combined at a ratio of 4:1 and administered sublingually. This made it legal for any ... a factor associated with higher rates of abstinence.[ 4 ] Finally, greater physician willingness to prescribe ... and confidence in the induction phases of treatment.[ 4-11 ] Respondents in a 2012 Australian study identified ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2018
... resources, and job security to fail quickly and iterate? 4.    It’s about people, always. Care is better when we ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC October 2018
... it is a clinically mandated and ethical method of care.[ 4 ] While harm reduction is often thought of as the provision ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP November 2018
... have shown that diverse teams are more creative,[ 1-4 ] achieve better results,[ 5-7 ] act more ethically,[ 8 ] ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD November 2018
... if it is moving fast. In a fact sheet on road safety,[ 4 ] the World Health Organization states the following: “An ... in a 3% higher risk of a crash involving injury, with a 4–5% increase for crashes that result in fatalities.” ...
Editorials / BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC November 2018
... in a report estimating that 29% of British Columbians (1.4 million people) are living with diabetes or prediabetes.[ 1 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... caring for people with either diabetes or prediabetes.[ 4 ] Not only is the prevalence of diabetes increasing,[ 5 ] ... with DC and GPAC on a number of topics, as shown in Table 4 . In an example regarding cardiovascular outcomes and the ...