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Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... the cardiovascular risk of pregnancy in women with CVD.[ 5 , 6 ] Certainly the World Health Organization (WHO) ... ambrisentan, and macitentan), the phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (sildenafil and tadalafil), and the soluble ... endothelin receptor antagonists, phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors, or a combination of these agents. A strong ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ahmad Abdullah, MD, April 2016
... the lesion on the patient’s foot expanded to become a 5-cm black lesion with necrotic appearance and was ... that, heparin was administered but discontinued after 5 days when no benefit was perceived and a psoas hematoma ... to 63% in India and 16% to 66% in Korea and Japan, to 0.5% to 5.6% in Western Europe and 0.75% in North America.[ 3,4 ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD May 2016
... where members of any Doctors of BC committee serve a 5-year term, after which they are invited to reapply for the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Jeffrey Quon, DC, MHSc, PhD, FCCSC October 2016
... different health care disciplines varies widely.[ 2 , 5 , 6 , 7 ] Known gaps between guidelines and routine health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS January/February 2016
... impact on surgeons and are strongly related to burnout.[ 4,5 ] Burnout occurs in 24% to 40% of American surgeons and is ... change his or her allocation fraction (e.g., 1.0, 0.75, 0.5), but with the understanding that all activities would then ... was on call (2 events), OR time scheduled post-call (5 events), and full days scheduled post-call (12 events). ...
Obituaries / BY: Rob Arnold, MD, April 2016
... registrar and became registrar in 1984, a post he held for 5 years until his retirement in 1989.  Early in his medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alan T. Bates, MD, PhD June 2016
... and reaching the best possible position in life.[ 5 ] If this is our primary driving force, it is ...
News March 2016
... For elective procedures, warfarin should be stopped for 5 to 6 days prior to the procedure to allow gradual ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC May 2016
... for determining the need for total knee arthroplasty.[ 5 ] In similar fashion a further outcome study on the Oxford ...
Obituaries / BY: Nadia Caira November 2016
Dr Caira passed away with his family by his side on 5 September 2016 at Shuswap Lake General Hospital in Salmon ...