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Clinical Articles / BY: Benjamin Matthew, MHSc, MD, July/August 2015
... hypercoaguability, cancer, and obstructive sleep apnea.[ 4-7 ] The total direct cost of obesity and related ... comorbidities in Canada in 2005 was estimated to be over $4.3 billion, or 2.4% of total health care expenditures.[ 8 ] The main ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elspeth M. McDougall, MD, FRCSC, MHPE, December 2015
... strategies and implement such methods accordingly.[ 4 ] Simulation is best implemented to reinforce a principle ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2015
... new Physician Master Agreement (PMA). An overwhelming 91.4% of the 3546 members who cast a ballot voted in favor of ...
Obituaries / BY: Robert N. Baker, MD, September 2015
... and shared their many memories of Dr Vagyi’s more than 4 decades of service as their devoted physician, and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Linda Dix-Cooper, MSc, May 2015
... children may be at higher risk for exposure to mercury,[ 4,5 ] and given that 70% of recent immigrants to Vancouver ...
Letters / BY: Alexander Frame, MD, MHSc, November 2015
... showing a 6% reduction in antipsychotic use over 4 months. More can certainly be achieved with the elderly ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Chapple, MD, FRCPC, September 2015
... 1 year will have bruising from minor accidental injury.[ 1-4 ] However, bruising is also the most common injury in ... related to a child’s level of independent mobility.[ 1-4 ] Sugar and colleagues examined close to 1000 healthy ... usually on the front of the child’s body.[ 1-4 , 10 ] Accidental bruising in a mobile child most commonly ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amanzo A. Ho, BSc, April 2015
... the CT Colonography Reporting and Data System (C-RADS).[ 4 ] Reports of patients with potentially significant colonic ... or past history of colorectal cancer or polyps, 14 (6.4%) with anatomical contraindications to colonoscopy (e.g., ... Colonic findings   There were 146 studies (66.4%) with unremarkable colonic findings requiring no further ...
News October 2015
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH July/August 2015
... or “street oxy,” are now available across Canada.[ 4 ] While some people intentionally seek out fentanyl for ...