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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jay Slater, MD January/February 2017
... it offers little benefit in osteoarthritic and back pain.[ 5 ] NSAIDs and COX-2 inhibitors must be used with extreme ...
News April 2017
... of a telephone survey” ( http://cmajopen.ca/content/5/1/E40.full ). News Older Canadians skip meds, risk ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM July/August 2017
... asthma, eczema or other skin conditions, and atopy.[ 1,3-5 ] While medical history, onset, location, pattern, and ... who are sensitized to rubber accelerators.[ 2,4,5 ] Using cotton glove liners may mitigate the effects ... occlusive glove use associated with some cases of ICD.[ 2,5 ] Recommended first-line treatments for contact dermatitis ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amanda Hill, MBChB, FRCPC March 2017
... to the predictive accuracy of standardized instruments.[ 5 ] Understanding frailty Frailty refers to a state of ... and major morbidity.[ 8 ] A gait speed of less than 5 m/6 s (0.83 m/s) with a high STS score was associated with ... that included gait speed scores. They found that only the 5-m gait speed score was statistically significant. Gait ...
News / BY: Channelle Sawyer October 2017
... review your insurance with a professional once every 2 to 5 years or whenever you have a major life event (e.g., ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katalin Balogh, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2017
... (classified as major neurocognitive disorder in  DSM-5 ) has changed over the last 2 decades. The incidence of ... detecting dementia among community dwelling older people.[ 5 ] It has, however, low sensitivity for detecting mild ... function, and delayed placement in long-term care.[ 8 ] 5. Medical treatment of modifiable vascular risk factors for ...
Letters / BY: Brandon M. Theriault July/August 2017
... cognitive impairment in concordance with delirium.[ 5 ] In conjunction with comprehensive screening for delirium, ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2017
... who was set to perform the euthanasia withdrew support 5 days prior to the proposed date. Belgium has been ... who are a financial burden to the state. A recent study[ 5 ] of advanced cancer patients in the Netherlands found the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Reid, BSc, BN June 2017
... less prevalent, but have among the lowest of the relative 5-year survival rates at 14% and 25% respectively.[ 1 ] ... that already provide rapid access to endoscopy services.[ 5-7 ] The instructions on the form require the referring ... between the two groups in terms of these outcomes ( Table 5 ). Total overtime hours for endoscopy nurses amounted to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Oleksandr Butskiy, MD October 2017
... of the frontal bone, continuing anteriorly as a 1.8 cm by 5.0 cm by 8.0 cm collection of fluid ( Figure1B ). A ... between acute bacterial rhinosinusitis and adenoiditis.[ 5 ] Complications of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis can be ...