Clinical Articles /
BY: L.S. Yefet, MD
October 2021
... 20.0 per 100 000, twice the national average of 10.2.[ 17 ] It is important to understand the variability in opioid ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Giselle Hunt, BSc
May 2021
... loop between local estradiol production and inflammation.[ 17 ] There is a 5% to 8% increase in the risk of developing ... such as in early menarche or late menopause.[ 1 , 17 ] Historically, there has been a perception that ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Brian Deady, MD, FRCPC
September 2021
... transmission rather than in-hospital exposure.[ 16 , 17 ] It seems probable that now, in the era of strict ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Catherine Zhou, MD, MSc
July/August 2021
... reduces the time to resolution of the obstruction[ 15 , 17 , 18 , 21 , 22 ] and reduces the need for surgery.[ 17 , 18 , 20 , 22-24 ] Furthermore, Gastrografin has been ... difference in time to surgery between the two groups (3.17 days versus 3.66 days; P = 0.688). This persisted after ...
News
April 2020
... Hamilton. HIP ATTACK involved 2970 people at 69 sites in 17 countries. Ten years ago, Dr P.J. Devereaux, principal ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Sonny Thiara, MD
October 2020
... had recommended against international travel.[ 12 ] On 17 March 2020, a BC public health emergency was declared, and ... and a late increase in critical care admissions.[ 17 , 18 ] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, most ICUs operated ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jan Klimas, MSc, PhD
September 2020
... risks prior to prescribing an opioid for pain.[ 15-17 ] Similarly, the Alberta Opioid Use Disorder Primary Care ... for a positive likelihood ratio (LR) range of 6.1 to 17.0, which indicates that if opioids were prescribed he ...
Obituaries /
BY: Doug Botting, MD
December 2020
... was born and grew up in Selkirk, Manitoba. At the age of 17, Ted, the only licensed driver, drove his family to ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: J. Connell, BSc, MPH
April 2020
... per rheumatologist for all inflammatory diseases was 17.4 patients per week in 2009 and 30.4 patients per week in ... per rheumatologist for all inflammatory diseases was 17.4 patients per week in 2009 and 30.4 patients per week in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Lisa J. Zhang
November 2020
... that taking antioxidants may improve live birth rates.[ 17 ] Overall, there is no clear consensus regarding the ...