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Letters / BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM July/August 2021
... drug market during the COVID-19 pandemic” [ BCMJ 2021;63:9-13,19 ]. We wanted to note that a case report describes and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... make decisions about the abuse, neglect, or self-neglect.[ 9 ] AGA assessments and investigations are conducted by ... accommodation, social, legal, or financial services.”[ 9 ] Vulnerable adults are not compelled to accept the plan ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2021
... with scientific writers to cease and desist. In the 9 long years since my editorial’s publication, the use of ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2021
... in guidelines issued by many surgical organizations.[ 9 , 10 ] At the height of the pandemic in New York City, 99 ... pulmonary complications, the death rate is assumed to be 9%. These outcomes are compared with the assumption that 15% ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Luke Witherspoon, MD, MSc March 2021
... age should be offered an expedited fertility evaluation.[ 9 ] Prior documented fertility, especially if it was within ... to the tubules microscopically, typically with 10-0 and 9-0 sutures.[ 24 ] This is an intricate process and, in fact, ... 35 years, 28.7% among women aged 35 to 39 years, and 21.9% among women aged 40 years and older.[ 34 ] Cumulative ...
Clinical Articles / BY: L.S. Yefet, MD October 2021
... a 5.3% risk of persistent opioid use at 1 year and a 2.9% risk at 3 years.[ 6 ] Certain patterns of initial opioid ... contribute to an opioid source within the community.[ 8 , 9 ] These opioids are often kept for future potential ... a daily MME greater than 90 and 120 increased by 8% and 9% during the study period, respectively. For both males and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... with an average yearly increase of 12.6% and 6.9%, respectively.[ 2 ] Between 2008 and 2013 in Newfoundland ... self-harm in BC is higher for youth than for adults,[ 6 , 9 ] at $216 among 15- to 24-year-olds and $137 among 25- to 64-year-olds.[ 8 , 9 ] Child and youth self-poisoning is highly taxing ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tanya Fairweather, MD, CCFP, FCFP December 2021
... of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is reported to be 9.2% in Canada, the majority of persons exposed to trauma do ... related to cannabis and psychedelics for PTSD.[ 4 , 9 , 10 ] Ultimately, treatment decisions need to be made on a ...
President's Comment / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD July/August 2021
... who sits across the table from you, they all share 99.9% of your genes. We are more similar than we are different. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sanya Ranchal, BSc April 2021
... contraceptive devices (IUDs) with ectopic pregnancy.[ 9 ] And while it remains true that if pregnancy occurs with ... studies report trophoblast persistence rates between 9.0% and 12.0% for salpingotomy and 1.8% for salpingectomy.[ ...