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Clinical Articles / BY: S. Fakhredine, MD May 2022
... and 51 double lung transplants were performed in BC.[ 1 ] These transplant recipients reside throughout the ... three risk periods: early (first month), intermediate (1 to 6 months), and late post-transplant (beyond 6 months)[ 3 , 4 ] [ Table 1 ]. All solid organ transplant recipients receive ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elizabeth Purssell, MD, MSc September 2022
... one of the leading causes of preventable death in trauma.[ 1 , 2 ] The cornerstone of the emergency management of ... until the deflated balloon is positioned in either zone 1 (between the left subclavian artery and the celiac trunk) ... entered the market and have a mean procedure time of 70.1 seconds.[ 21 ] The existing literature does not include the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Alessandro Cau, BSc (Hons) November 2022
... in Canada, almost half of them under the age of 65.[ 1 ] Furthermore, the percentage of patients who progress to end-stage renal disease has grown by 35% since 2009.[ 1 ] Until recently, in addition to management of ... are modest in patients with an eGFR of less than 45 mL/min/1.73 m 2 .[ 12 , 14 ] Nonetheless, the protective effects of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nicole J. Todd, MD, FRCSC March 2022
... should be screened for and offered contraception.[ 1 ] Despite this, the reproductive needs of transgender, ... absence of bleeding equates to an absence of ovulation.[ 1 ] The physiology of impaired ovulation due to testosterone ... which makes it an inadequate marker of fertility.[ 1 ] Additionally, the dosages of testosterone used are meant ...
College Library / BY: Chris Vriesema-Magnuson June 2022
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah Dunn, MPH Practicum Student September 2022
... of adults in BC who are 65 years of age or older exceeded 1 million for the first time in 2021, and those who are over ... of age make up the fastest-growing age group in Canada.[ 1 ] These demographic trends will create additional pressures ... can return substantial cost savings; for every $1 spent on dietitian-led nutrition interventions, the health ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2022
... has had the oldest average age of mothers in Canada.[ 1 ] In 2016, the average age of a person giving birth in BC ... years; as of 2020, this average reached a new high of 32.1 years.[ 1 ] What’s most remarkable to me is that in a single ...
Premise / BY: Karen Trollope-Kumar, MD, PhD, CCFP April 2022
... much more prevalent since the COVID-19 pandemic began.[ 1 ] They are characterized by significant disturbances in ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB July/August 2022
... that mental illness cost our economy $51 billion in just 1 year. We pay to prevent patients from being treated, and ...
News / BY: Hali Stus March 2022
... of $2 million. Individual premiums start as low as $1 per month for $100 000 up to $26 per month for $2 ...