BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC
December 2022
... up to 3 months for syphilis to be diagnosed by serology.[ 7 ] Infants with possible or confirmed congenital syphilis ...
Premise /
BY: Julie Leising, MD, FRCPC
September 2022
... for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care Version 7 (SOC 7). Standards of Care Version 8 is being developed using an ... be released this year.[ 2 ] This is in contrast to the SOC 7, published in 2012, which was “based on the best ...
Letters /
BY: Rob Lehman, MD, CCFP, MClSc, FCFP(LM)
June 2022
... of medicine. By the way, you also have to: Be available 24/7/365. Manage every patient issue that comes through your ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Alessandro Cau, BSc (Hons)
November 2022
... in red blood cell formation and oxygen-carrying capacity.[ 7 , 20 ] Finally, SGLT2i have been shown to attenuate ...
Letters /
BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP
April 2022
... I needed an X-ray requisition and dutifully arrived at 7:15 a.m. and lined up with 20 other people to wait for the 8 ... physicians receive, and they need to do it now.[ 5-7 ] The inequities in the medical funding model need to be ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Elizabeth Purssell, MD, MSc
September 2022
... critical organs, including the heart and brain.[ 2 , 3 , 7-10 ] Although REBOA is less invasive than resuscitative ... approximately 4 to 12 minutes in the conventional models,[ 7 , 20 ] but newer models have recently entered the market ... REBOA candidates (3.3% of trauma team activations; 1.7% of total trauma consults) and 14 were classified as likely ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Veronic Clair, MD, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC
May 2022
... BC’s representative for children and youth.[ 7 ] Furthermore, both BC and Canada lack funding for ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
October 2022
... fertility care, but there are signs of an ongoing debate.[ 7 ] According to an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times ,[ ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: barbara findlay, MA, LLB, QC
March 2022
... rights are subject to s 17 of the Infants Act (1996).[ 7 ] Under s 17 of the Infants Act (1996),[ 8 ] if a minor ... Footnotes 1. The Age of Majority Act RSBC 1996 c 7 sets the age of majority in BC at 19. 2. Infants Act ... WPATH Standards of Care: www.wpath.org/publications/soc . 7. AB v CD and EF 2019 BCSC 254. There were also many ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: John van Bockxmeer, MBBS
July/August 2022
... success, and reinforcing common goals.[ 2 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 8 ] Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, my primary care ...