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Articles / BY: Derek Plausinis, MASC, MD, FRCSC December 2016
... be unpredictable when the humeral head alone is replaced.[ 5 ] By replacing the humeral head with a ball component and ... replacement, whether there is a glenoid deformity or not.[ 5,12 ] Patients formerly limited by the effects of ... or a reverse total shoulder replacement ( Figure 5 ) should be considered. Reverse total shoulder replacement ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD July/August 2016
... elected Japanese Canadian alderman in Canada, serving for 5 years. He was a leader in the BPO Elks of Canada and was ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, March 2016
... myocardial infarction (MI), or a ventricular aneurysm.[ 5 ] The ETT remains a well-proven tool for diagnosing ... metabolic equivalent task (MET), where 1 MET is equal to 3.5 mL O 2  per kg per min. The VO2 max value is affected by ... Duke treadmill score. The DTS is calculated by subtracting 5 times the ST depression (measured in mm) and 4 times the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Darren E.R. Warburton, PhD May 2016
... disease, including diabetes, cancer, and hypertension.[ 5-8 ] However, there is also evidence of sudden cardiac death ... previously inactive individuals who improved enough over a 5-year period to move from the unfit to the fit category had ... cardiac death per 1.51 million sudden cardiac death per 36.5 million hours of exertion in women. Collectively, this ...
News / BY: Ada Lo November 2016
... depend on the child’s age. For example, if the child is 5 years old, you may need to account for 13 to 15 years of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2016
... with fetal development and risk of congenital anomalies.[ 5 ] At its June 2013 meeting, the World Health Organization ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Andrew Hurlburt, MD April 2016
... in tropical, subtropical, and some temperate regions.[ 4,5 ] There have also been rare accounts of transmission by ... expected due to the absence of an appropriate vector.[ 4,5]  An updated list of countries with known Zika virus ... She and her husband have not had sex since their return 5 days ago. Her family doctor counsels her on the available ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bakul Dalal, MD, July/August 2016
... in all races and ages, and at a rate of approximately 5 to 10 cases per million people.[ 1 ] Patients with PNH lack ... 25% to 40% of patients and is the leading cause of death.[ 5 ] Thrombosis can occur at common sites (e.g., deep veins of ... been developed to define the indications for testing PNH.[ 5 ] PNH testing at Vancouver General Hospital Testing for ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD January/February 2016
... that,” says pharmacy. Granted, it has taken about 5 years in slow increments and gradual improvements, but we ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB April 2016
... students, two residents, two physicians in the first 5 years of practice, and two physicians with expertise in the ...