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Clinical Articles / BY: Amie Padilla-Thornton, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... the number of operations that a patient requires.[ 7,8 ] CNB is safe and does not cause dissemination of cancer.[ 7 ] The guidance modality chosen depends on the conspicuity ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP June 2018
... innovation for consultations and advanced access and 24-7 imaging and digital health, all begging to be scaled. We ...
MDs To Be / BY: Justin Burton, MSc, UBC Medicine, Class of 2018 January/February 2018
... followed by town news. Hospital rounds started promptly at 7:00 a.m. and took the form of a group meeting where ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ekua Yorke, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... 0.5 and 1.0 kg per week without any vomiting.[ 5 , 6 , 7 ] Some patients cannot tolerate the optimal restriction ...
News December 2018
... waited 18 months between pregnancies the risk dropped to 3.7%. Among older women, the risk of spontaneous preterm labor ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA July/August 2018
... judgment, and require a large interdisciplinary team.[ 7 ] Determining whether a given risk is “too risky” is a ... aside personal biases, and striving for objectivity.[ 7 ] Health care providers are trained to place a premium on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Connie G. Chiu, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... of which did not identify a significant association.[ 7-9 ] Other studies evaluating the use of a pneumatic ... association between skin puncture and lymphedema.[ 7-9 ] Although using the untreated arm for medical procedures ... 29% had moderate pain (4 to 6), and 13% had severe pain (7 to 10). In a continuation of this cohort study at a mean ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Constantin Shuster, MD June 2018
... 2016 risk-adjusted 30-day readmission rate of 9.7% was significantly higher than the national average of 9.1% ... Figure 1 ).[ 5 ] The readmission rates in Saskatchewan (9.7%) and Ontario (9.2%) were also higher than the national average. Manitoba (8.7%), Quebec (8.6%), Nova Scotia (8.5%), and New Brunswick ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... owing to the progressive nature of diabetes,[ 6 , 7 ] a situation that increases the complexity of therapeutic ... with a reasonable level for most adults being less than 7.0% and a target for those who are younger being 6.5% so ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ben Jong, MD April 2018
... quality-of-life measures and patient questionnaires.[ 7 ] The operative group consisted of 5 type-III injures and 6 ...