Clinical Articles /
BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2018
... who develops a mental illness in their lifetime.[ 2 ] Mental illness produces a tremendous burden in patient ... illness in Canada is estimated at $48 billion per year.[ 2 ] Between 25% and 50% of primary care patients have mental ... many Canadians do not receive any treatment at all.[ 2 ] According to the National Physician Survey, access to ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC
November 2018
The estimated global prevalence rate of type 2 diabetes is 8.8%,[ 1 ] with Indigenous people being disproportionally affected.[ 2 ] In Canada, the prevalence rate in Indigenous adults ... patients a second time within the subsequent 6 months to 2 years, depending on resources, and episodically thereafter. ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Rebecca Warburton, MD, FRCSC
March 2018
... in terms of survival in patients with early stage disease[ 2,11,12 ] and new studies suggest a potential survival ... when BCS and radiotherapy are compared to mastectomy.[ 2,11 ] Patients with positive margins should be evaluated for ... surgery as reoperation for close margins (less than 2 mm) does not significantly improve their outcome.[ 16 ] ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC
September 2018
... consider a weight-bearing AP pelvis film to be standard.[ 2 , 3 ] Although osteophytes can be seen on both, the ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Justin Burton, MSc, UBC Medicine, Class of 2018
January/February 2018
... Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.[ 2 ] During my time in Peru many of the tenets of the Canada ...
News
June 2018
... A practical approach to basal insulin management in type 2 diabetes,” published in Diabetes Therapy . Canadians with type 2 diabetes may need to take insulin to achieve their target ... enough on its own, due to the progressive nature of type 2 diabetes. A new generation of long-acting basal insulins ...
College Library /
BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS
April 2018
... well described by D. Etches in This Changed My Practice.[ 2 ] Given that many guidelines are created outside of the ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
November 2018
... Way better to fight it off bedridden for a week or 2.” “Really?” “Oh yeah, always better to get the ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
May 2018
... rate survey studies? —DRR, FD, ED Editorials Acronyms 2: The return ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
May 2018
... of immunization: for RotaTeq, is three doses, at 2, 4, and 6 months of age, whereas for ROTARIX, it was two doses at 2 and 4 months of age. The series can be started as early as ... authorities (all but Vancouver Coastal), rotavirus vaccine 2-dose series completion rates have increased by 12% since ...