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Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, March 2016
... climbed up onto and down from a small platform,[ 3,4 ] a test that can be too strenuous for some patients.  In ... the standards we use when assessing today’s patients.[ 1,4 ]  Publishing well over 300 articles, Dr Bruce was an ... an exercise test are listed in  Table 3  and  Table 4 . Once the ETT has been completed, there is an obligatory ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Kelly Mayson, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... within the rest of the Enhanced Recovery protocol.[ 4 ] The Anesthesia COP recommends appropriate fluid be ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2016
... chronically ill or disabled senior in BC are distressed.[ 4 ] Distress can be physical (helping with activities of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM April 2016
... planning.[ 1 ] Recent disasters and events such as the 4.7 magnitude earthquake that rattled BC’s south coast in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marla Kiess, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... child. A report on the procedure was published in 1945.[ 4 ] Also in 1945, Drs Crafoord and Nylin of Stockholm ... a list of 400 patients who had been waiting for as long as 4 years. Further developments In the early days of cardiac ... child patient reached an adequate size, usually around age 4, intracardiac repair was performed, the shunts were ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Smith, BFA January/February 2016
... per mile driven when compared with other drivers.[ 4 ] In BC, motor vehicle collisions are the primary cause of ... driver collision rates than roads in urban settings.[ 4 ] The higher crash incidence is associated with road design ... seatbelt use, and limited access to medical facilities.[ 4 ] Statistics Canada reports that approximately 85.0% of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Darren E.R. Warburton, PhD May 2016
... conditions, including cardiovascular disease (CVD).[ 2-4 ] Moreover, various studies of former athletes have ... mortality and various other chronic medical conditions.[ 2-4 ] Even greater risk reductions for all-cause mortality and ... are thought to be related to physical inactivity.[ 2-4 ] The World Health Organization has estimated that physical ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Chris Rumball, MD October 2016
... drugs in their system tripled between 2005 and 2014 from 3.4% to 12.1%.[ 2 ] Driver impairment from marijuana use may be ... higher than 5 ng/mL 24 hours following ingestion.[ 4 ] This diminishes the chance that unfair convictions would ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrea K.Y. Lee, MD May 2016
... vigorous-intensity physical activity for 40 minutes, 3 to 4 times per week.[ 3 ] Abiding by these guidelines over 12 ... by 2 to 5 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 1 to 4 mm Hg. Although there are certainly benefits to exercise, ... this now appears to be true in fit individuals as well.[ 4 ] While obesity has been on the rise in developed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ahmad Abdullah, MD, April 2016
... little to no relief. Over the course of the patient’s 4-week hospital stay, the cutaneous lesions increased in size ... is strongly associated with smoking and tobacco use.[ 1-4 ] The true prevalence is not known and estimates are highly ... to 5.6% in Western Europe and 0.75% in North America.[ 3,4 ] The reported North American incidence is 8 to 12.6 cases ...