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Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD May 2025
... cherished patients, and I learned more about her in that 1 hour than I had in the 12 years I had known her. I was ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2025
... dental, hepatic, osteal, and allergic conditions.[ 1 ] Each 250 mL/day increment of sugar-sweetened beverage ... disease and a 4% higher risk of all-cause mortality.[ 1 ] Sugar-sweetened beverages are the largest source of added sugars worldwide,[ 1 ] and childhood obesity has been independently associated ...
Review Articles / BY: Tae Won Yi, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2025
... and has potentially life-threatening consequences.[ 1-3 ] Hyperkalemia is more commonly seen in patients with ... and suggested approaches to outpatient management. Case 1 Mr Sharma is a 65-year-old man with type 2 diabetes ... estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was 80 ml/min/1.73 m 2 , urine albumin:creatinine ratio was 40 mg/mmol, and ...
Letters / BY: Eugene Leduc, MD June 2025
... body of colleagues, a guild, fellowship, association.”[ 1 ] When I gratefully received my licence to practise in ... . . . formed for purposes of study or instruction.”[ 1 ] Last year, the CPSBC closed its medical library and ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC October 2025
... used for seizures, pneumonia, and fevers of all kinds.[ 1 ] George Washington’s death in 1799, following the ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Marshall Cheng, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... medical optimization can lead to better patient outcomes.[ 1 ] The terms preoperative optimization and prehabilitation ... process, and availability of SPOC resources [ Figure 1 ] . We used plan-do-study-act cycles to test change ideas ... We measured patients’ satisfaction by telephoning them 1 month after their surgical procedure and asking them two ...
Original Research / BY: Jennifer Kask, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2025
... endocervical swabs and first-catch urine tests;[ 1-4 ] the latter may miss up to 10% of chlamydia infections ... swab home and then return the sample to the lab [ Figure 1 ] . During the pandemic, clinicians were unable to conduct ... at the Island Health outpatient labs was analyzed from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2023. Clinicians and lab staff ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC July/August 2025
... learning models that can be tailored for clinical use.[ 1 ] Over the coming months, it will be interesting to see how ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC November 2025
... and increase in self-harm indicators among youth in BC.[ 1 ] Research indicates that greater availability of and ... hospitalization, particularly among females [ Table 1 ] . External causes of self-harm hospitalization (e.g., ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC March 2025
... I wrote an editorial expressing my disappointment.[ 1 ] As you may recall, this closure was made without ... smaller than the $25 paid in 1963, considering inflation.[ 1 ] Recently, I reached out to the CPSBC again to ask if it ... seems relevant, as many have asked how the Library’s $1.86 million budget will be redirected. The CPSBC ...