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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2018
... in BC that percentage was significantly higher, 64.9%.[ 2 ] These data are encouraging for BC, but because they come ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carla Pajak, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... as outlined in the Tokyo guidelines ( Table 1 ).[ 2 ] However, research has shown convincingly that early ... Of these, 59 (97%) underwent cholecystectomies and 2 (3%) had drainage procedures. This left 74 patients (55%) ... to that seen at other Fraser Health sites ( Figure 2 ). After the educational intervention, 129 patients ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... leading cause of death among Canadians of all ages.[ 1 , 2 ] Every year in BC approximately 2000 deaths and 8000 cases of permanent disability result from injury.[ 2 ] Beyond the injured person, there are far-reaching ... decision-makers regarding the extent of the injury issue.[ 2 ] Injury costs in BC in 2010 amounted to $3.7 billion in ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... consider a weight-bearing AP pelvis film to be standard.[ 2 , 3 ] Although osteophytes can be seen on both, the ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi September 2018
... of their work on the GPSC Residential Care Initiative.[ 2 ] The Dementia Roadmaps are the brainchild of Dr Trevor ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2018
... 66.5% against post-herpetic neuralgia unaffected by age.[ 2 ] This vaccine is given as a single dose subcutaneously. In ... and Quillaja saponaria Molina. RZV is given as a 2-dose series intramuscularly, 2 to 6 months apart. The vaccine has performed well in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... day surgery compared with approximately 65% in 2001.[ 1 , 2 ] Previously, when patients had longer hospital stays, ... department visits. Presenting complaints ( Figure 2 ) for all 248 patients presenting to the CGH emergency ... presented for concerns about wound appearance, and 13 (5.2%) presented with symptoms of deep vein thrombosis or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD October 2018
... therapy for the management of opioid use disorder in BC.[ 2 ] Suboxone prescribing resource A resource designed to ... compared with abstinence or withdrawal-only therapies.[ 2 ] Suboxone and methadone are considered equally efficacious ... resource includes induction algorithms for Day 1 and Day 2, advice on gauging withdrawal severity using the clinical ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2018
... IT, and service contracts. Other communities may not. 2.    Identify privacy as paternalism. While we argue ...
Letters / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD October 2018
... so that they go directly to the readers’ hearts. About 2 years ago I asked the editors if a collection of some of ...