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Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... people on dialysis or with significant renal failure.[ 8 , 9 ] Patient A’s renal function is near normal at an ...
Premise / BY: John Liu, MD January/February 2021
... the red reflex will appear dull, extinct, or shady.[ 9 ] If patients present with these findings and report glare ... exam, a diagnosis of cataracts should be considered.[ 9 ] If a family physician is comfortable with their ... patient supports the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy.[ 9 ] Although referral to an ophthalmologist may be required ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Oxley, MD, FRCSC October 2021
... period were anesthesia (44.3% [62/140]) and surgical (37.9% [53/140]) [ Table 2 ]. Institutional factors were responsible for 7.9% (11/140) of all transfers, while medical and patient ... an institutional bias in admitting: the rate was almost 9 times higher at the hospital than at the day-care surgical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matthew Boroditsky, BHSc March 2020
... resource for interdisciplinary health research, using ICD-9 code 758.32 (velocardiofacial syndrome), ICD-9 code 279.11 (DiGeorge syndrome), and ICD-10 code D82.1 ... PopDataBC search results were inconclusive due to ICD-9 coding deficiencies. These limitations were addressed by ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... eggs in 2018 compared with 1587 treatment cycles in 2013.[ 9 ] Indications for donor eggs The indications for donor eggs ... rate for the first donor egg embryo transfer was 48%.[ 9 ] Because reproductive aging affects mainly a woman’s ... than 35 years, and 47.4% in women 43 to 50 years of age.[ 9 ] The proven efficacy of frozen eggs led to a substantial ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Derin Karacabeyli, MD July/August 2020
... in childhood overweight and obesity across the globe.[ 5-9 ] These interventions engage with the complexity of ... from participating FPs before and after the intervention (9 months during 2014 in community A, and 12 months during ... increases in behavioral education/counseling (from 9% to 87%) within two rural health clinics.[ 27 ] Routinely ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Hetesh Ranchod, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... Punjabi, Mandarin, and Cantonese languages weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. When someone is referred to First Link by a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Armon Molavi, MD October 2020
... a common primary care issue affecting approximately 2% to 9% of family practice patients.[ 3 ] The 12-month prevalence ... awareness of problems associated with their use.[ 8 , 9 , 28 , 29 ] This has motivated researchers to find safer ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Drona Rasali, PhD, FACE May 2020
... chronic conditions had a multimorbidity prevalence of 12.9% in 2011/12.[ 3 ] BCCDC’s recent analysis of 16 chronic ...
News, COVID-19 December 2020