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News November 2018
Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Havelock, MD, FRCSC May 2018
... androgen-treated female-to-male transgender individuals.[ 9 ] Evidence for the role of insulin resistance in the ... This was defined as 12 or more follicles measuring 2 to 9 mm in at least one ovary, or an ovarian volume greater than ... were up to twice that obtained using the NIH criteria (9%).[ 14 ] NIH-defined PCOS is the most common phenotype, and ...
MDs To Be / BY: Ryan Danroth, BSc March 2018
... cities without such programs, HIV incidence increased by 5.9% annually.”[ 2 ] However, one subject that is still ... implement prison needle exchanges in Canada,[ 8,9 ] but that call went unanswered by the Canadian government. ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD January/February 2018
... record keeping. •    I will use more precise ICD-9 codes when billing. •    Very informative session, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA July/August 2018
... The BC Mental Health Act[ 8 ] and Adult Guardianship Act[ 9 ] may apply to persons who are at risk to themselves or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD October 2018
... mental health support services/institutional support,[ 7 , 9-11 ] a lack of time (and space) in a busy practice,[ 5 , 7-9 , 11 ] fear of misuse and diversion of the medication,[ 7 , ... to allow Suboxone prescribing in a shared clinic.[ 5 , 7 , 9 ] A lack of addiction specialist support was a further ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel Shearer, BSc June 2018
... failed to account for important confounding factors.[ 8 , 9 ] However, despite study heterogeneity, one meta-analysis ... showed no increased risk of major congenital anomalies.[ 9 ] Finally, a prospective database study comparing fetal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matt Kurrek, MD, FRCPC December 2018
... for longer than 15 s. When Qadeer and colleagues[ 9 ] investigated the use of capnography in adults undergoing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Warburton, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... in survival, recurrence, or repeat surgery rates.[ 9 ] The use of staging investigations to identify distant ... mastectomy patients are at risk of nipple necrosis (5.9%) and local (including nipple/areola) cancer recurrence ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin Wing, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... harm as a result of these lengthy waits.[ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ] The BCOA also believes that wait time ... of life and mental and emotional well-being.[ 1 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 11 ] The literature suggests that the impact of waiting ...