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BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC
May 2021
... use of flumazenil, they can be very difficult to treat.[ 4 ] Xylazine is a partial alpha-2-adreneric agonist ... mg initially, followed by subsequent doses (q2–3 min): 0.4 mg, 0.4 mg, 2.0 mg, 4.0 mg, then 10 mg.[ 6 ] If ongoing sedation ...
Letters, COVID-19 /
BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC
April 2021
... either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.[ 4 ] This protection was sustained up to the maximum follow-up ... of Pfizer-BioNTech, compared to an unvaccinated group.[ 4 ] These data are encouraging when you consider that the UK ... first vaccination dose.[ 5 ] However, given that less than 4 months have passed since the vaccine was approved in any ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Catherine Zhou, MD, MSc
July/August 2021
... surgery,[ 1-5 ] with an incidence rate as high as 2.4%.[ 1 ] Adhesions are abnormal fibrous bands between organs ... treat ASBO are performed in the United States every year.[ 4 ] In the United Kingdom, small bowel obstruction is the ... length of hospital stay than the preimplementation group (4.15 days versus 7.22 days; P = 0.007). The result remained ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Daniel Esau, BAppSc, MHSc, MD
January/February 2021
... with aging or pathologically with immune suppression.[ 2 , 4 ], Although uncommon, the involvement of cranial motor ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Derek C. Chang, MD
October 2021
... schools do not teach disaster medicine to learners.[ 4 ] To address this gap in medical training, there exist many ...
Letters /
BY: Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC
June 2021
... alternatives, including the consequences of refusing.[ 3 , 4 ] —Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC —Leanne Lange, MPA ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Caleb A.N. Roda, MD
April 2021
... growing medical indications, and an aging population.[ 4 , 5 ] More than 1 million cardiac implants in 61 countries ... over the previous world pacing survey conducted in 2005.[ 4 ] CIEDs are known to be susceptible to electromagnetic ...
Obituaries /
BY: Patrick Fay, MD
September 2021
Heather peacefully passed away in her home in Vancouver on 4 November 2020 after having struggled with an aggressive ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 /
BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC
January/February 2021
... accrue over time, particularly for younger populations.[ 4 ] People who use drugs are a subpopulation acutely affected ...