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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM April 2016
... helped to reduce disaster morbidity and mortality.[ 3-5 ] For many, worry about a rare but catastrophic event does ... when other services are disrupted or overwhelmed.[ 3,5 ] Recently the Victoria Division of Family Practice began ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Siavash Jafari, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2016
... last less than 2 hours. Diagnosing dependence The DSM-5 [ 2 ] defines cannabis dependence as a disorder ... up to 4 weeks. Cannabis withdrawal is defined in the DSM-5 as clinically significant distress or impairment of social ... pharmacological treatment for cannabinoid dependence,[ 5 ] adjunctive treatment for nausea, anxiety, and insomnia ...
News January/February 2016
... from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. (a light dinner is served from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.). A roster of experts will help residents ... 2016 MDFM Greg Lee Son Investing 101: Show me the money! 5 April 2016 MDFM Greg Lee Son Introduction to incorporation ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Barbara N. Morrison, BHK May 2016
... and cardiovascular risk assessment have been proposed.[ 5 ] When attempting to reduce the risks associated with ... abnormalities are predominately responsible.[ 5,6 ] The common feature of SCD in younger and older athletes ... they found that the relative risk (RR) during exercise was 5-fold higher in highly active individuals and 56-fold higher ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul Dooley, MD, MSc, FRCSC November 2016
... good range of motion (more than 120 degrees and less than 5 degrees flexion contracture), have arthrosis isolated to ... with a cumulative revision rate of 27.0% compared with 5.5% for TKA. Indications The primary indication for total knee ...
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). ...