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Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... display a greater sensitivity to CNS-active medications[ 7 ] and generally require a lower dose than younger adults to ... glomerular filtration rate is 32, and his A1c is stable at 7. His family reports that he is not his usual self and is ... She was switched to methadone and titrated to a dose of 7 mg every 12 hours with good pain control and manageable ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lise Leveille, MD, MHSc June 2021
... the physis and cause associated growth abnormalities.[ 7 ] However, more recent evidence has shown that ACL ... patients were identified and had a mean age of 14.7 years (range 9–17) [ Table 1 ]. Fifty-five patients were ... sports: the most common sports included soccer (23, 27.7%), basketball (12, 14.4%), skiing (5, 6.0%), volleyball (4, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ronald A. Remick, MD, FRCPC March 2021
... perceived to be easier with the green intervention.[ 6 , 7 ] Locally, the BC Parks Foundation introduced a Parks ...
Clinical Articles / BY: L.S. Yefet, MD October 2021
... of a repeat prescription on initiation of opioids.[ 6 , 7 ] However, increased risk is independent of the initial ... number of days the drugs were prescribed was consistently 7 throughout 2013–2017 [ Table ]. However, the number of ... with a median daily MME of 24, and median of 7 days supplied. Declines in the overall number of ...
MDs To Be / BY: Maya de Vos, BSc January/February 2021
... sevoflurane and isoflurane if used in large quantities.[ 7 ] In the Vancouver Island Health Authority, joint efforts ... measures is essential for continued quality improvement.[ 7 ] Therefore, we initiated a project to update our ... initiatives and identify areas for improvement.[ 7 ] Two studies have examined the environmental impact of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2021
... limit, or a single point above the upper control limit.[ 7 , 8 ] Results The study included 270 children who were ... in age from 6 months to 18 years old, with a mean age of 7.4 years. Most consults (90%) were for assessment of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Oxley, MD, FRCSC April 2021
... to direct surgical manipulation of the temporalis muscle,[ 7 ] but we were not able to find any cases of asystole ... was hypotensive and required vasopressor support of 7 mcg/kg/min norepinephrine bitartrate. He was bradycardic at ... of the temporalis muscle, though Bhattacharjee’s report[ 7 ] suggested that the muscle’s involvement in the reflex ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jefferson Terry, MD PhD, FRCPC November 2021
... 1 to 10), and mean number of prior pregnancy losses was 0.7 (range 0 to 9). The most common clinical presentation was ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2021
... the COVID-19 pandemic. On average he worked 6 hours a day, 7 days a week, sometimes making “$300 an hour, and other ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2021
... or presymptomatic at the time of elective surgery.[ 6 , 7 ] Although many infected patients are completely ... 0.20%, the number of excess deaths is estimated to be 11.7. It is important to note that the number of excess deaths ... of avoidable deaths that could occur is estimated to be 11.7 but could exceed 17.0. Given the risk of increased ...