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Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD July/August 2022
... there is lack of transport, mobility, or funding.[ 3 , 4 ] While there has been increasing patient demand for ... the survey (54.8%). The mean age of respondents was 61.4 years (± SD 16.5), and most were female (65.4%). Most patients (49.1%) self-reported their overall health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ellison Richmond, MD, MPH December 2022
... in moderate withdrawal to avoid precipitating withdrawal.[ 4 ] The rapid rise in the potency of unregulated opioids, ... of hydromorphone initiation and had resolution within 2 to 4 days of its discontinuation. Other medications administered ... fentanyl, morphine, benzodiazepines, and amphetamines. A 4-day buprenorphine rapid induction was started, with a day 1 ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Anthony W. Chow, MD, FACP, FRCPC May 2022
... survival, shortened hospitalization, and cost savings.[ 4 , 5 ] The diversity and specialized nature of many ...
Letters / BY: Julie Leising, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... to TGNC youth when affirming care is delayed or denied.[ 4 ] While appealing for evidence-based care, these letters ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2022
... it was like coming home in a way. I also volunteered for 4 years with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, granting terminally ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patrick H.P. Wong, MD, FRCPC June 2022
... In Canada, up to 480 000 people may be infected.[ 3 , 4 ] The population groups with the highest infection rates ... Indigenous people, and people who inject drugs.[ 4 ] In BC, local epidemiology is driven primarily by a large ... type B (DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib) vaccine series given at ages 2, 4, and 6 months. The prophylaxis given at birth to high-risk ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Emily Ertel, MD November 2022
... and deal with the common bile duct stones afterward.[ 1-4 ] Patients with a low probability of common bile duct ... to have ERCP first, followed by cholecystectomy.[ 1-4 ] Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography or endoscopic ... (61.9%) had an intraoperative cholangiogram, and 11 (52.4%) had a subsequent ERCP; therefore, ERCP was avoided in 10 ...
Premise / BY: John Liu, MD January/February 2021
... retinopathy and other ocular pathology fairly well.[ 4 , 5 ] Moreover, training family physicians to be ... to diagnose and monitor diabetic retinopathy fairly well.[ 4 ] To help with this, a panoptic ophthalmoscope can be used, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Kevin Berman, MD November 2021
... 49th parallel. This year, join us virtually on Saturday, 4 December 2021, to participate in a program that includes ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Oxley, MD, FRCSC April 2021
... either through direct traction or increased pressure.[ 4 ] This leads to stimulation of the vagal motor response, ... entrapped muscles, such as orbital floor fractures.[ 4 ] There are reported cases of asystole with activation of ...