Letters /
BY: Margo S. Clarke, MD
July/August 2024
... proposal.” Letters Closure of the CPSBC medical library (4) ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Valerie C. Doyon, MD
January/February 2024
... in sensitive or cosmetically important areas.[ 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 ] However, the margins of the subsequent wide local ... invasive and in situ). Cutaneous biopsies In 46 (7.4%) skin biopsies, the biopsy technique (e.g., punch) was not ... and shave (3.3%). Nontraditional formats were used in 4.2% of biopsies, including saucerization, wedge, narrow ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: A. Sidhu, MD
May 2024
... arthritis in Canada has been estimated to be more than $6.4 billion.[ 2 ] Patients typically experience knee pain that ... the plane of the deformity driving the pathology.[ 4 ] For example, symptoms due to isolated medial compartment ... hyaluronic acid had a therapeutic effect at 4, 8, and 24 weeks.[ 27 ] Cross-linked preparations tend to ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Peter Rothfels, MD
March 2024
... has purchased WorkSafeBC Personal Optional Protection.[ 4 ] If you have worker status and are injured in the course ...
Editorials /
BY: Maziar Badii, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
June 2024
... adjunct therapies for additional support. Article 4 : Zentner addresses the challenges of assessing surgical ...
Letters /
BY: Frank X. Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc
October 2024
... stratification tool—the no objective testing rule[ 4 ]—also uses age 50 as a cutoff. Emergency Care BC is ...
Premise /
BY: Clara MacDonald, MSc, MD
April 2024
... but caring physicians may also be deeply affected.[ 4 ] Second victim syndrome, a term first coined by Albert Wu ... prepare them for the impact of adverse events.[ 4 ] Proactive education may also help address the ...
Premise /
BY: Martina Scholtens, MD, MPH, FRCPC
December 2024
... Victorian-era psychiatric hospitals and army hospitals.[ 2-4 ] In 1802, Benjamin Rush, widely considered the founder of ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
June 2024
... will spend more this year to service the growing $1.4 trillion national debt than on health care.[ 2 ] To help ... to bring in about $19.3 billion over the next 5 years.[ 4 ] The government’s plan to tax the “very wealthiest” ... in recent decades, reaching as high as 75% in the 1990s.[ 4 ] Many Canadians will not be affected by the tax increase, ...
Premise /
BY: Khushi Dabla, BSc
October 2024
... awareness and engagement in life-saving interventions.[ 4 , 5 ] To address this public health emergency, we ... roles as an emergency physician and researcher [ Figure 4 ] . Increasing visibility and retaining engagement Take ...