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Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD September 2018
... was more shocking is that the photo got 14 000 likes in 1 day. Were the likes for the surgeon who operated on the ... Protective Association (CMPA) that addressed this issue.[ 1 ] The CMPA suggests that “physicians who share ... doing their part to maintain patient confidentiality.[ 1 ] There are myriad online comments to the interesting ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2018
... from a pulp and paper mill some 50 years ago.[ 1 ] The mercury levels downstream of the plant should have ...
Letters / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP September 2018
... article “Best practices in treating noncancer pain” [ 1 ] chose to use United States data and an Ontario study ...
News September 2018
... consolidation” by Fabien Dal Maso and colleagues in the 1 July 2018 issue of NeuroImage . News Fifteen minutes of ...
News September 2018
... paraffin in extreme detail. It is estimated approximately 1 in 10 people over the age of 40 may suffer from COPD. Dr ...
News September 2018
... response times for life-threatening and time-critical 9-1-1 calls, and enhancing services for patients who don’t ... many of the changes that have already taken place in year 1 of the 3-year plan. Progress includes adding 127 paramedic ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2018
... preferred source of health information for many people.[ 1 ] Last year, the CMA’s General Council passed a ... survey responses at face value, it means there are over 1.3 million British Columbian adults who are physically ... 4 ] A large study by Kaiser Permanente involving almost 1.8 million patients found that by promoting the systematic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carla Pajak, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... cause of gastrointestinal-related hospital admissions.[ 1 ] Cholecystectomy is the accepted standard of care to ... cholecystitis as outlined in the Tokyo guidelines ( Table 1 ).[ 2 ] However, research has shown convincingly that early ... have a delayed procedure during the study period ( Figure 1 ). Overall, management of acute cholecystitis at Langley ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... the leading cause of death among British Columbians age 1 to 44, and the fifth leading cause of death among Canadians of all ages.[ 1 , 2 ] Every year in BC approximately 2000 deaths and 8000 ... the health decrement on a scale from 0 (perfect health) to 1 (dead). The disability-adjusted life years were then ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... some authors who feel supine radiographs are sufficient,[ 1 ] but many consider a weight-bearing AP pelvis film to be ...