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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 ...
Premise / BY: Christopher O.Y. Li, BSc May 2021
... that the life expectancy of Black men also fell by up to 1.4 years following the release of the study’s details, in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD November 2021
... excess deaths in British Columbia, and more in Alberta.[ 4 ] This makes it comparable with the 1936 heat wave in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... Health Act: Health Act Communicable Disease Regulation.[ 4 ] What is required for HCCCFAA documentation? No specific ... Certification under the MHA requires completion of a Form 4: Medical Certificate (Involuntary Admission). The first Form 4 detains an individual for 48 hours; a second Form 4 extends ...