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Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... about refusing or withdrawing life-sustaining therapy[ 1,2 ] suggest people may be confused about their right to make ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... exposure to radon increases the risk of lung cancer.[ 2 ] The current Canadian guidelines, established in June ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bakul Dalal, MD, July/August 2016
... (GPI), normally present on the membrane of blood cells.[ 2 ] GPI is a bridge protein that binds many proteins on the ... in PNH testing in British Columbia since 2001 ( Figure 2 ) represents a significant cost to the health care system. ... diagnosed PNH, hemolysis, and thrombosis ( Table 2 ). These indications are relatively specific for PNH and ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Benjamin Millar, MD, March 2016
... media for the education of health professional trainees[ 2 ] highlighted a relative lack of evidence in the literature ... principles such as constructivism and connectivism.[ 2 ] Studies have suggested that physicians hold a positive ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Will Offley, RN December 2016
... in the 24-hour asymptomatic period following infection.[ 2 ] A policy without evidence The reality is that no ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bradley Ashman, MD November 2016
... by patients with metal-on-metal total hip replacement.[ 2 ] Although rare, these inflammatory masses have been ... long-term stability. While cemented implants ( Figure 2 ) are still favored in some parts of the world, including ... rates of symptomatic VTE events occurred in approximately 2% to 5% of hip arthroplasty patients within 3 months of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP June 2016
... goals and providing sophisticated care coordination.[ 2 ] Palliative care is no longer reserved for a time when all ... better quality-of-life and mood scores. They also survived 2.7 months longer than those who received usual care, despite ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... are taking for primary or secondary disease prevention.[ 2 ] Dangerous adverse effects from medications titrated to a ...
Articles / BY: Derek Plausinis, MASC, MD, FRCSC December 2016
... is performed for every thirty hip and knee replacements,[ 2 ] this less commonly performed procedure has similar ... implant survivorship was 75.6% for hemiarthroplasty and 83.2% for total shoulder replacement.[ 8 ] Many patients with ... that gives the appearance of a biconcave glenoid ( Figure 2 ). Deciding how to manage the glenoid deformity caused by ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC October 2016
... that spread dengue fever and Zika virus disease.[ 2 , 3 , 4 ] In December 2013 the first locally acquired CHIKV ...