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Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Cheryl Young, MD, CCFP January/February 2022
... evidence of the efficacy of ivermectin for this use,[ 5 ] with some studies raising serious concerns about flaws in ... related to COVID-19 were intentional ingestions: 5 ingestions were for COVID-19 prevention, 12 for treatment, ... 8 calls came from Interior (IHA), 3 from Northern (NHA), 5 from Fraser (FHA), 2 from Vancouver Island (VIHA), and 1 ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD July/August 2022
... across health care platforms and facilities.[ 5 ] At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of ... scale from poor (corresponding value of 1) to excellent (5) was used in the survey. Additionally, common themes ... The mean age of respondents was 61.4 years (± SD 16.5), and most were female (65.4%). Most patients (49.1%) ...
Letters / BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD December 2022
... budget for 2022–23 is $38.2 million, so the $32.5 million that Dr Wade refers to comprises 85% of that ... the past 10 years to build financial reserves at a rate of 5% per year. Our peers generally have between 6 and 18 ... investors—its long-term rate of return is > 5%. The College’s financial reserves help to keep ...
Clinical Articles / BY: barbara findlay, MA, LLB, QC March 2022
... Minors’ consent to health care AB v CD and EF (2019)[ 5 ] is a case in which AB, a transgender youth, sought ... Court of Appeal confirmed the trial court’s decision. 5.    The legal situation for transgender youth is ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Anthony W. Chow, MD, FACP, FRCPC May 2022
... shortened hospitalization, and cost savings.[ 4 , 5 ] The diversity and specialized nature of many infectious ...
Premise / BY: Julie Leising, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... referenced a systematic review by Dahlen and colleagues[ 5 ] evaluating the quality of evidence of clinical practice ... should be used positively to accelerate improvement.”[ 5 ] Since the development of the SOC 7, there have been 16 ... of gender identity.[ 35 ] After this, only 1.9% to 3.5% of youth receiving gender-affirming medications at ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maggie Wong, PharmD, ACPR June 2022
... community-acquired pneumonia guidelines recommended that 5 days of treatment may be adequate in patients who are ... standard therapy and can be recommended for use. At day 5, hospitalized patients were randomly assigned to an ... at day 10 and day 30. Median duration of therapy was 5 days in the intervention group versus 10 days in the ...
News / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC November 2022
... Lane. W.W. Norton and Company, 2022. ISBN: 978-0-393-65148-5. Hardcover, 400 pages. When you were a medical student, you ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2022
... come together we can create monumental things. If we take 5% or 10% of our leadership abilities—everyone is a leader ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD April 2022
... titled “Quest for Superdoc.”[ 1 ] During the past 5 years, I have been on the brink of burning out, so I ...