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Shared Care Committee / BY: Jiwei Li, MD March 2022
... people living with frailty. It is projected that well over 2 million Canadians may be living with frailty within the next 10 years.[ 2 ] Scope of impact and prevention With increased ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: British Columbia COVID-19 Therapeutics Committee May 2022
... has been limited due to loss of activity against the BA.2 variant of Omicron. On 23 March 2022, due to increased drug ... being over 55 years of age or having a comorbidity.[ 1 , 2 ] Adults were offered treatment if they had mild to ... and 5.3% versus 0.7% for remdesivir ).[ 1 , 2 ] As Omicron causes less-severe disease than Delta and ...
Letters / BY: Ruth Habte, MD September 2022
... to young people (n = 43 713) at a cost of US$28 million.[ 2 ] The program demonstrated a reduction in teen pregnancy by ... in $70 million of estimated governmental savings.[ 2 ] In 2015, a Canadian cost model found roughly 180 000 ...
Billing Tips / BY: Janet Evans, MD December 2022
... and is not a benefit under the Plan” (Preamble A.2.vii.). It further defines the requirements of an adequate ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Mandy Ruthnum, MD, FCFP January/February 2021
... have an idea of the auditory assault I endured for 2 hours and 15 minutes. During that time, I spoke with three ...
Letters / BY: Liz Keay, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, PhD September 2021
... information has been in the public domain since 2016.[ 2 ] The point of Dr Day’s statement is to underline the ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD December 2021
... know at the time, but do now, is that SARS‑CoV‑2 will be with us for a long time. The worry of how the ... while 18.9% reported anxiety symptoms in the last year.[ 2 ] In the US, there has been a significant increase in ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Thomas S. Watson, MD, DPhil March 2021
... chest trauma presentations to emergency departments.[ 1 , 2 ] The mainstay of rib fracture diagnosis has been the chest ... 4 ] However, there has been growing evidence over the past 2 decades that ultrasound is superior to X-ray in the ... associated with narrowing of this specificity gap.[ 8 ] 2. Lack of appropriate gold standards Lalande and Wylie of ...
Letters / BY: Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC June 2021
... also satisfied, as outlined in Figure 1 of our article.[ 2 ] Thought must also be given to how using a support and ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Holly Cherniwchan, BHSc October 2021
... melt away. I set up the iPad and got things going. Over 2 short weeks, Sylvie and I connected over our shared ...