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Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Jennifer E. Nuk, MSc, CGC, CCGC July/August 2023
... family history of colorectal cancer or adenoma.[ 2 ] The guidelines employed the most rigorous evaluation of ... risk-based screening strategies was deemed arbitrary.[ 2 ] The group recommended colonoscopy as the preferred ... a family history of colorectal cancer: 1.37 (95% CI, 0.76-2.46) in pooled cohort studies. The relative risk increased ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lynsey J. Hamilton, MSc November 2023
... prescribing accelerates antibiotic resistance.[ 2 , 3 ] It is essential to prescribe antibiotics only when ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... to prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer.[ 2 ] It represents the most thorough meta-analysis to date of ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Anton R. Miller, MBChB, FRCPC June 2023
... 9% of the general population of children in Canada.[ 1 , 2 ] The terms neurodisability and neurodevelopmental ... should play in the life and experience of these families; (2) to disseminate the most salient learnings from our work in ... from activities undertaken to address barriers 1 and 2: a scoping review of the relevant literature,[ 13 ] surveys ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... the child—the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.[ 2 ] DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder[ 3 ... Agency of Canada, which noted that in 2019, 1 in 50 (2%) of Canadian children and youth aged 1 to 17 years were ... proportion of referred cases now consist of children aged 2 to 3 years for whom autism-related clinical observation of ...
Premise / BY: Daniel Hong, PharmD, BCGP December 2023
... extremity surgeries; fatal VTE is very uncommon.[ 1 , 2 ] Therefore, thromboprophylaxis after major orthopaedic ... Injury Severity Score of less than 15 out of 75). Cancer (2.5%), diabetes (8.3%), and a previous history of VTE (0.7%) ... in the LMWH arm (1.71%) compared with the ASA arm (2.51%) in the PREVENT CLOT trial. Around 50% of these were ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Stephen Lam, MD, FRCPC April 2023
... than from breast, colon, and pancreatic cancers combined.[ 2 ] Approximately 72% of lung cancers are attributable to ... cessation declines only marginally from 26.7% (95% CI, 20.2-34.3) after 15 years to 19.7% (95% CI, 13.3-26.4) at 20 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Rachel Grimminck, MD, FRCPC, DABPN, CGP July/August 2023
... disorders impact outcomes in virtually all specialties.[ 2 ] Absence of a comprehensive vision or action plan for MHSU ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC November 2023
... is estimated to be 7%; in adults, it is estimated to be 2.4% to 4.0%.[ 4 ] The rate of ADHD identification, ... patients who present with a high likelihood of ADHD. Step 2: Gather information The diagnostic process is assisted by ... For example, your patient may work on projects for 2 to 3 hours when others take only 1 hour to complete the ...
News / BY: Tan Kennard, MD May 2023
... practitioners regarding adults and children greater than 2 months of age on appropriate testing for suspected ... episode. Only one specimen is required (i.e., O&P x 2 is no longer required). For most patients with infectious ...