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Clinical Articles /
BY: Matt Kurrek, MD, FRCPC
December 2018
... endoscopy for gastrointestinal problems. Over that past 5 years the use of procedural sedation has increased, and so ... was respiratory insufficiency, which led to 27 deaths, 5 cases of hypoxic brain injury, and 12 cases of respiratory ... depression that responded to treatment. In the remaining 5 of 49 cases, one patient suffered a seizure, one suffered ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2018
... now stands at 16 per 100 000 in BC. The age-standardized 5-year relative survival ratio for 2006 to 2008 was 88% ... in younger women and those with dense breast tissue.[ 5 ] Evidence for screening mammography The evidence for ... positive predictive value in the SMP for first screens was 5.2% and for subsequent screens was 7.0%, values that both ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc
September 2018
... that everyone should live a long life in full health.[ 4 , 5 ] Disability-adjusted life years are calculated as the sum ... time in BC was quantified using an incidence costing,[ 5 ] human capital, societal perspective approach.[ 4 , 6 ] ... been if these injuries and deaths had been prevented.[ 5 , 7 ] Direct costs were defined as all health care costs, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Connie G. Chiu, MD, FRCSC
March 2018
... lymph node dissection (ALND) is 20%, compared with 5% for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).[ 1 ] However, a ... the presence of severe edema alone (defined as more than a 5-cm difference in arm circumference), which has an estimated incidence of 3.0% for ALND and 0.5% for SLNB.[ 2 ] The use of axillary radiation is an ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Daniel Shearer, BSc
June 2018
... of 7.0% or less before pregnancy, with a target of 6.5% or less being preferable if this level can be achieved ... 4 ] Above 7.0%, adverse outcomes increase by approximately 5.5% for every 1.0% in HbA1c.[ 3 ] Comprehensive preconception ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC
November 2018
... eating habits that contribute to high rates of obesity.[ 5-7 ] Further, urbanization means that food is no longer ... clinic program has provided consultative care in the past 5 years to over 4000 First Nations patients, many living in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM
April 2018
... for obesity and its comorbidities.[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] The Canadian criteria for selecting patients to ... of bariatric surgery candidates with BED range from 5% to 50%, likely a gross overestimate. When patients are ... and strict criteria, the prevalence rate ranges from 5% to 25%. Study results are mixed regarding the effects of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Amie Padilla-Thornton, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2018
... than or equal to 95% risk). Lesions assessed as BI-RADS 5 have an estimated risk of malignancy greater than 95%, ... 2% likelihood of being malignant (BI-RADS 4 or BI-RADS 5), and an image-guided biopsy is required for definitive pathologic diagnosis. 5. Depending on the presenting compliant, referral to a ...