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Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2021
... mortality rate of around 2% with a current death toll of 2.5 million. In 1796, British physician Edward Jenner noted ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC January/February 2021
... deaths in BC compared to 263 deaths due to COVID-19.[ 5 , 6 ] Resources were developed to mitigate these unintended ...
Letters / BY: Mike Figurski, MD, CA-CPHIMS May 2021
... for 6 weeks, and I estimate the median compliance is 4 to 5 weeks. Late complications have been very low (none observed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC November 2021
... unacceptable as prescribing opioids when not indicated.[ 5 , 6 ] The conceptual model shown in the Figure , derived ... opioid treatment (i.e., opioid-naive) would be morphine 5.0 mg every 4 hours regularly plus 2.5 mg every hour as needed, with transition to appropriate ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... 90% following the second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.[ 5 ] Among those who were symptomatic, the risk of ... 1 and is sustained thereafter for the duration studied.[ 5 , 6 ] Encouragingly, asymptomatic disease and viral loads ... appear to be reduced after the first vaccination dose.[ 5 ] However, given that less than 4 months have passed since ...
News June 2021
... for this grant. What are the requirements? A minimum of 0.5 FTE of IPT position is required to apply for this grant. To ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD December 2021
... with 2019, there was an increase of 24% in children aged 5 to 11 and an increase of 31% in those aged 12 to 17.[ 3 ] ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel Esau, BAppSc, MHSc, MD January/February 2021
... acyclovir. On follow-up 1 week later, she had developed a 5-day history of horizontal diplopia and photophobia. Her ... the geniculate ganglion and causes facial nerve palsy.[ 5 ] VZV can also affect the trigeminal nerve, and V1 ... 6 ] It is rare for VZV to affect multiple cranial nerves,[ 5 , 7 ] but when it does occur, it is usually associated with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... with greater risks of suicide and accidental death.[ 5 ] With increasing trends in self-poisoning and the ... hospitalization rates increased 1.3-fold from 8.5 (3.5–13.5) to 10.9 (5.0–16.8) per 100 000 population for ...
Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Jiwei Li, MD September 2021
... of its patient visits virtually, and reports that about 5% to 10% of virtual visits are rescheduled for an in-person ...