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WorkSafeBC / BY: Tanya Fairweather, MD, CCFP, FCFP December 2021
... rather have a normal response to an abnormal situation.[ 1-3 ] Yet the significant impact of repetitive trauma ... such as first responders, than in the general population,[ 1 ] and compensable mental health injuries in BC are common. ...
MDs To Be / BY: Maya de Vos, BSc January/February 2021
... a considerable threat to human health on a global scale.[ 1 ] The medical community has an obligation to advocate for ... 234 L per year in 2019 from 583 L per year in 2013 [ Table 1 ]. This was associated with a 3% increase in sevoflurane ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Stephanie Gin, RN, MPH July/August 2021
... 28 607 people living with HCV in BC remain untreated.[ 1 ] Many have been previously diagnosed but lost to follow-up ... in HCV care to reduce liver disease complications.[ 1 ] Even with these changes, there are still challenges to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD November 2021
... impacted by the historic European heat wave in 2003.[ 1 ] However, we found that mortality during the 2021 heat ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... Health Act (MHA) and treated with oral risperidone for 1 month before she is switched to a depot intramuscular ... of osteomyelitis that requires readmission to hospital 1 month after discharge. Readmission is again prompted by ... because of self-neglect, and she is held in hospital for 1 week after her IV antibiotic treatment has been completed ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2021
... increased risk of postoperative complications and death.[ 1 , 2 ] As the pandemic begins to ebb in many countries, ... to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, between 1 February and 30 April 2019, approximately 475 000 ... rate among patients without pulmonary complications is 1%. The difference between the two models represents the ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2021
... their relative success in managing the COVID-19 pandemic.[ 1 ] As part of the pandemic response, resident physicians ...
News December 2021
... education program delivered by text message. Research[ 1 ] by the Public Health Agency of Canada has shown that new ...
News January/February 2021
... member of the Board. Dr Lawrence Welsh was elected to a 1-year term on the Board. The Board in 2021 will be made up ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul R. D’Alessandro, MD, MSc, FRCPC July/August 2021
... and hypertension with electrolyte abnormalities.[ 1-3 ] These tumors may present with early onset of isosexual ... about these rare but serious tumors. Case data Case 1 A previously healthy 12-year-old girl presented with a ... and total testosterone (2.8 nmol/L; normal for age = < 1 nmol/L) with normal electrolytes. Dehydroepiandrosterone ...