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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC April 2019
... By the end of 2015, total traffic deaths had fallen 54.5%, and serious injuries had decreased 59.8%. Rather than ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Gordon Hoag, MD September 2019
... budget based on the 2019 Physician Master Agreement is $10.5 million.  Examples of past PQI projects include reducing ...
Letters / BY: Omid Kiamanesh, MD January/February 2019
... Median ischemic time was lower in BC donors (168 IQR [107.5, 228.0] min) compared with Canada (243 IQR [204.5, 291.0] min) and the US (244 IQR [217.3, 278.8] min) ( P < ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Julian Marsden, MD May 2019
... and its management in the form of a two-page summary or a 5-minute video. In future, if more help is needed, the ... EM skills such as increased simulation program capacity (5%). Implementation of real-time support (5%). System innovation (5%). Clinical resources knowledge ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc November 2019
... among patients with a reported penicillin allergy, only 5% to 8% of adults and 2% of children have a positive ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Monica Dahiya, BSc March 2019
... virus and more specific immune-related end-organ effects.[ 5 ] Disease processes associated with hepatitis C infection ... arthralgia, myalgia, and mixed cryoglobulinemia.[ 5 ] The hepatic and extra-hepatic manifestations contribute ... in BC tested for hepatitis C, a prevalence rate of 5.8% was reported.[ 1 ] While high incidence rates are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farshad Hosseini, BSc July/August 2019
... specialists in accordance with published guidelines.[ 5 ] Study subjects were adult orthopaedic surgery patients ... or IX activity in plasma. Mild hemophilia was defined as 5% to 40% of normal activity, moderate hemophilia as 1% to 5% of normal activity, and severe hemophilia as less than 1% ...
News May 2019
... health care providers offer individuals an HIV test every 5 years. Individuals considered at high-risk of HIV are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC October 2019
... is equivalent to antidepressants in treating depression[ 5 ] and most anxiety disorders.[ 6 ] Consequently, ... (MBCT). Session 4. Cognitive therapy (CBT). Session 5. Introduction to emotions and opposite action (DBT/CBT). ... a Likert scale ranging from 1 for strongly disagree to 5 for strongly agree. All program completers were also ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kara Solmundson, MD, CCFP (SEM), Sport Med Dip, MSc April 2018
... physicians provide patients with exercise prescriptions.[ 5 ] Why this disconnect? Physicians cite lack of time and ...