Clinical Articles /
BY: Matthew Mo Kin Kwok, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP
December 2019
... the calls made to BC DPIC, and news stories of misuse[ 9 ] all suggest that current reporting does not reflect the ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Caleb A.N. Roda, MD
April 2019
... students,[ 3-5 ] residents,[ 4-6 ] and physicians[ 5 , 7-9 ] is poor. Practitioners at all levels of training find it ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD
November 2018
... 8 ] including the part played by amyloid formation.[ 9 ] VGH is also the site of multiple trials in type 2 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Amie Padilla-Thornton, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2018
... is the preferred initial invasive diagnostic procedure,[ 5-9 ] and image guidance by ultrasound, mammography, or MRI is ... performed only when core needle biopsy is not possible.[ 5-9,11 ] Obtaining preoperative core needle biopsy diagnoses of ... quality indicator in breast surgery internationally.[ 5,6,9 ] CNB pathology results are classified as benign, ...
News
May 2018
... registration opens at 8:15 a.m. and the AGM will begin at 9:30 a.m. in Jack Poole Hall. The evening events will be held ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
May 2018
... generally detectable in the urine for most of this time.[ 9 ] Patients are advised to test morning urine, which is the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Christine E. Simmons, MD, MSc, FRCPC
March 2018
... signs of response or progression on neoadjuvant therapy.[ 9 ] In terms of local experience, patients receiving NAT at ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Robert C. Mack, MD
July/August 2018
... 50% of returns, and more than 50 cents per pill for only 9% ( Figure 3 ). Approximately 40% of all returned ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
September 2018
... older.[ 5 , 6 ] Efficacy against PHN was 91% (95% CI, 75.9-97.7) for those 50 and older, and 89% for those 70 and ... with activities of daily living) were reported by 8.5% and 9.5% of recipients 70 and older, and 50 and older, respectively, compared to 0.2% and 1.9% by the corresponding placebo recipients. Systemic adverse ...
News /
BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH
June 2018
... focused on 300 mg of daily self-administered isoniazid for 9 months. Alternatively, isoniazid can be given twice weekly ... through direct observed preventive therapy (DOPT) for 9 months as an option for vulnerable clients requiring ...