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Clinical Articles / BY: Carla Pajak, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... had laparoscopic cholecystectomies and the remaining 48 (7%) had drainage procedures (either operative or radiologic). ... patients receiving laparoscopic cholecystectomies between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.[ 17 ] Another slightly larger and more recent ...
Letters / BY: David Kendler, MD March 2018
... in this elderly female population, occurring in 34.7% of patients on denosumab and 34.6% of patients on placebo. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC May 2018
... increasingly common in North America[ 1-3 ] and Europe[ 4-7 ] among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men ... confirmed) reported in BC ( Figure ). From 2004 to 2010, 2.7 LGV cases, on average, were reported each year. During this ... cases reported for MSM in other jurisdictions.[ 1 , 2 , 4-7 ] Characteristics and risk factors for LGV cases reported ...
Obituaries / BY: Benedict M. Garry, MD, CCFP November 2018
... Dad was born in Kildysart, County Clare, Ireland, on 7 June 1936. He was influenced by the many physicians in his ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2018
Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... who considered over 2 million women age 40 to 79 in 7 of 12 Canadian screening programs during the period 1990 to ... issued guidelines for breast cancer screening in 2011.[ 7 ] These included a weak recommendation for mammography ... for first screens was 5.2% and for subsequent screens was 7.0%, values that both met national targets.[ 13 ] Anxiety ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Warburton, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... to rule out multifocal disease or regional metastasis.[ 7,8 ] Bilateral breast MRI is not recommended in the routine ... a low yield, can delay treatment, and can cause anxiety.[ 7,8,10 ] Breast conserving surgery Breast conserving surgery ... For the average woman, the risk of CBC is less than 0.7% per year. CBC is more common in higher risk patients ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ken Seethram, MD, FRCSC, FACOG June 2018
... markers: Total human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)[ 7 ] and free beta-hCG.[ 8 ]  Alpha fetoprotein (AFP).[ 9 ] ... 15 000 embryos from 2701 patients demonstrated that 20.7% of embryos from women age 29 were abnormal, compared with ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC April 2018
... excrete oocysts in their feces. Oocysts require 7 to 15 days to sporulate in the environment before becoming ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michael R. Lyon, MD, ABOM December 2018
... as fasting may exacerbate disorderly eating patterns.[ 7 ] Perhaps the most common problem seen in obesity treatment ...