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Editorials / BY: Yazdan Mirzanejad, MD, DTMH, FRCP, FACP, MRCP June 2022
... series on infectious diseases in British Columbia (part 1 appeared in the May 2022 issue of the BCMJ ). The first ... recommendations on duration of antibiotic therapy.[ 1-4 ] The second article provides a comprehensive review of ... B rates were highest in males aged 30 to 39 years (1.19 per 100 000) and in females aged 25 to 29 (0.67 per ...
Letters / BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC October 2022
... transgender youth, and some are even openly malicious.”[ 1 ] If parents who support their child’s gender dysphoria ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... to remove erroneous labels of childhood allergy.”[ 1 ] For me, de-labeling penicillin allergies has become a ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Yazdan Mirzanejad, MD, DTMH, FRCP, FACP, MRCP May 2022
... common diagnoses in inpatient and outpatient medicine.[ 1 , 2 ] We are facing many emerging infectious diseases ... the most up-to-date information. The first article in part 1 of this theme issue provides an overview of the development ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Sukhmeet Singh Sachal, MPH July/August 2022
... populations, compared with the White British population.[ 1 ] It is a necessity of living in an antiracist society to ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2022
... and clearly, I am late to the game.[ 1 ] Dr Csikszentmihalyi’s TED Talk has over 7 million ... by a myriad of high performers and world leaders.[ 1 , 2 ] Flow experiences are those during which one’s sense ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Abdullah Al Mamun, MBBS, MPH March 2022
... therapy (DOT) was not evidence driven. Practice settled on 1 or more weeks, predicated on the incorrect belief that ... reduce the risk of relapse or of antibiotic resistance.[ 1 , 2 ] There is increasing evidence that shorter durations ... 5 days of nitrofurantoin, 3 days of cotrimoxazole, or 1 day of fosfomycin.[ 4 ] DOT for nitrofurantoin and other ...
News, COVID-19 September 2022
... from symptoms post-COVID-19. Each monthly ECHO session is 1 hour long and starts with a 20-minute presentation from ...
News / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) April 2022
... Frontier Centre for Public Policy, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-7776577-4-1. Paperback, 264 pages. Susan Martinuk is a Vancouver-based ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD July/August 2022
... care services, with a common form being virtual care.[ 1 , 2 ] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine was used ... a multiphysician primary care office in Langley, BC, from 1 November 2020 to 15 February 2021. Approval for this study ... A Likert rating scale from poor (corresponding value of 1) to excellent (5) was used in the survey. Additionally, ...