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Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: A. Cherukupalli, MD, MHSc September 2023
... The current treatment of NERD involves a combination of medical and surgical management.[ 1 ] Medical management can involve a stepwise or often arbitrary ... showed that over 10 years, per patient, appropriate medical management after functional endoscopic sinus surgery ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... of evolving knowledge, it is beyond the scope of this article to provide a comprehensive review of more ... at Sunny Hill Health Centre, responded to Lundström’s article with a letter to the British Medical Journal , noting that in BC, a substantial proportion ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC November 2023
... assessment and treatment of ADHD. For the purposes of this article, minor modifications to those guidelines have been ... for substance use disorder is beyond the scope of this article; however, physicians are encouraged to identify and ... to cardiac events, especially arrhythmias. Other medical conditions and potential drug interactions should be ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2023
... and fan of the journal for even longer; my first BCMJ article was published in 1981.[ 1 ] It will surprise no one ... offers universal health care. As president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) in 2007–2008, I lobbied hard for ...
Letters / BY: Bernhard E. Driedger, MD, FRCSC November 2023
... East Kootenays for 35 years, I was most interested in this article [ BCMJ 2023;65:160-164]; however, I was disappointed ... I am surprised these obstacles were not discussed in this article. Let us start with the focus of the article. Let us ... in response to “Health care providers’ perspectives on medical travel in northwestern BC.” Letters Re: Health care ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Aaron Ooi, MBChB, DipPaed, PGDipClinEd, FRACP October 2023
... the scope of these definitions for the purposes of this article. The causes for irritability and aggression are often ... Irritability and aggression can also be related to medical symptoms such as pain and discomfort or a symptom of ... have been published in BC but are beyond the scope of this article.[ 65 ] Risperidone and aripiprazole. The efficacy of ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD January/February 2023
... I can attest to personally. A friend of a friend posted an article on social media about questions you shouldn’t ask ... questions, and I went online to comment that I found the article useful and to apologize for not knowing better. But ... used to address the shame and fear around acknowledging a medical error. This includes normalizing (i.e., we all make ...
Letters / BY: Michelle Hawkins, BSc (Hons) September 2023
We read with interest the article “Health care in supportive housing facilities”[ ... and colleagues, published in the May issue of the BC Medical Journal . While we share the authors’ concerns ... in meeting their health needs, we believe the article’s conclusions could have gone further toward ...
Editorials March 2023
... orthopaedic surgeon, his passion for the state of medical care in Canada has been reflected over the years in ... colleagues and patients and his talents as a writer. His article reviews at the Editorial Board table were swift and ... the Editorial Board as its newest member. Dr Schwandt is a medical health officer with Vancouver Coastal Health and a ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Brendan Tao, BHSc March 2023
... department with substance-induced psychosis, several medical management steps can be taken to reduce symptoms. ... with psychosis, particularly those who need urgent medical assessment, have severe psychiatric symptoms, or pose ... portion of these cases is attributable to substance use or medical etiologies rather than a primary psychotic disorder ...