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Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD April 2021
... medicine is not immune, as highlighted by a recent CMAJ article by Drs Cohen and Kiran.[ 1 ] As a female physician ... implicit gender-based biases still existed throughout my medical school and residency training. I can’t count the ...
Letters / BY: Roger Seldon, MBChB, MD June 2021
I was interested to read the April 2021 article, “Management of vulnerable adult patients seeking ... during my shift the previous evening. Unfortunately, the article did not specifically address a certain common ... he could voluntarily continue treatment or leave against medical advice. Is this sober window (reportedly the only ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC September 2021
... individuals. Further studies on this, as suggested in the article [ BCMJ 2021;63:211-216 ], would be helpful. However, ... of a hemarthrosis is, in fact, identified. In today’s medical climate of COVID-19, precipitated telephone ... not be the case. The paper referenced in Dr Leveille’s article (Ardern CL and colleagues), recommending the need for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... to usual therapies in advanced disease of any cause. This article focuses on how to prescribe safely and effectively in ... the prescribing physician, and the community. This article assumes that each patient who was started on opioids ... happens when opioids are used for dyspnea in a controlled medical environment? The use of opioids for symptomatic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Oxley, MD, FRCSC April 2021
... zygoma fracture with comminution of the orbital floor. His medical history was positive only for high blood pressure ... fatal arrhythmias, asystole, and even cardiac arrest. This article presents two severe cases of the oculocardiac reflex ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Santabhanu Chakrabarti, MD, FRCPC, FCCS December 2021
... that allows eligible Canadian adults to request medical assistance in dying (MAID). In Canada, two methods of ... in 10.1% of individuals in Canada who are eligible for medical assistance in dying. Within this population, cardiac ... of MAID Assessors and Providers when developing this article. ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular conditions are highly ...
MDs To Be / BY: Maya de Vos, BSc January/February 2021
... threat to human health on a global scale.[ 1 ] The medical community has an obligation to advocate for change ... ethics board review (Tri-Council Policy Statement 2 Article 2.5). Environmental and sustainability offices in ... their assistance in acquiring the data included in this article. ABSTRACT: Anesthesiologists are well positioned to ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2021
... [ BCMJ ;54:61 ] discussing the use of abbreviations in medical writing, essentially pleading with scientific writers ... without having to wonder what it stands for and rescan the article above for a definition. Medicine is full of commonly ... your writing. Frequent use of abbreviations turns a good article into a manuscript that reads like fingernails across ...
Letters / BY: Anthony F. Shearer, MB January/February 2021
... ]. It clearly lays out a problem that has dogged the medical and scientific community for years. I am sure a vast ... published by JAMA ( https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2772749 , login required). I believe that ... speed up exponentially the communication of scientific and medical information as well as give instant feedback and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Giselle Hunt, BSc May 2021
... of endometriosis, family physicians and other primary care medical professionals play an important role in identifying ... long-term morbidity such as chronic pain.[ 15 ] This article reviews the contemporary diagnosis and management of ... making regarding the review and acceptance of this article for publication. ABSTRACT: Endometriosis is a common ...