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Clinical Articles / BY: S. Fakhredine, MD May 2022
... and Candida colonization during the perioperative period.[ 5 ] For lung transplant recipients, ischemia at the bronchial ... Cytomegalovirus disease is treated with IV ganciclovir 5 mg/kg every 12 hours or oral valganciclovir 900 mg twice ... invasive fungal infections are summarized in Table 5 .[ 32 ] CT findings consistent with invasive aspergillosis ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah Dunn, MPH Practicum Student September 2022
... function, and increased risk of frailty and falls.[ 4 , 5 ] Malnourished older adults are, therefore, less likely to ... nutrition interventions, the health care system can save $5 to $99 through reductions in costs associated with ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC March 2022
... MRIs done in BC annually at 1 per 21 people, and 1 per 18.5 nationally. Within the central NHA catchment area, we have ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM June 2022
... of ticks in Canada, and particularly emphasized BC ticks.[ 5 ] Recently, Morshed and colleagues collated 17 years of ... We added 2019 data and found a similar trend [ Figure 5 ]. The Lyme disease case number in BC is much lower than ... the bite, spreads slowly over days to weeks, is more than 5 cm in diameter—most typically 10 to 16 cm—and often has ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD November 2022
... cover most physicians’ overhead, which is on average 35.5% of gross earnings. A regular patient visit with a family ... One of my colleagues gave me the book The Coffee Bean ,[ 5 ] which offers a simple lesson in creating positive change. ...
MDs To Be / BY: Nora Tong, BDSc April 2022
... a hotly debated topic over the last several decades.[ 1 , 5-9 ] Although the evidence for declining sperm counts is ... exam, assessment of testicular size (normal length is 4.5–5.1 cm, 15–19 g, or 20 mL), consistency, and presence of ...
Obituaries / BY: David M. Lawson, PhD, RPsych September 2022
... her health and fitness, she worked out at the gym or pool 5 days a week after retiring. She was a loyal friend and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sahil Kumar, MSc January/February 2022
... than an AA cup size) or asymmetrical growth of more than 1.5 cup sizes following 18 months of continuous hormone ... altered sensation; and anaplastic large cell lymphoma.[ 5-7 ] Surgeons in BC are encouraged to follow the WPATH ... when constructing the external genital structures.[ 2 , 5 ] This procedure may be preferred in medically complex ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD June 2022
... pithy plans are. How a tiny particle that didn’t exist 5 years ago can upend the world economy, our work, our ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP October 2022
... it. Seniors now make up 20% of BC’s total population.[ 5 ] As the number of seniors in the province continues to ...