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Letters / BY: Alexandra Choi, MD, MHSc, CCFP January/February 2018
... of 1013 British Columbians due to the opioid crisis.[ 1 ] Though considerable progress has been made through ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD November 2018
... winters; drier summers; and more extreme weather events.[ 1 ] As a result, interactions between people, the ...
Obituaries / BY: Michael Moscovich, MD April 2018
... complications on 16 November 2017. Charlie was born on 1 September 1928 in North Vancouver. Some years before, his ...
Obituaries / BY: Murray Peglar September 2018
... local Langley Rugby boys play, and meeting with “table 1” at the Murrayville Pub for Monday Night Football. He was ...
News January/February 2018
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WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM July/August 2018
... from HA-MRSA—have increased dramatically in BC.[ 1 , 2 , 3 ] Recent annual surveillance data indicate that ... 0% to 8%, varying by population, geography, and region.[ 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 ] MRSA is not reportable in BC.[ 6 ] HA-MRSA ... MRSA account for 90% of all genotypes throughout Canada.[ 1 , 2 ] MRSA-2 is usually associated with HA-MRSA; MRSA-7 and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Connie G. Chiu, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... compared with 5% for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).[ 1 ] However, a more clinically meaningful and relevant ... typically seen within 3 years of axillary intervention,[ 1,4 ] while the ongoing risk beyond 3 years is estimated at 1% per year to at least 20 years.[ 4 ] Prevention strategies ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD November 2018
... Development Incentive The Panel Development Incentive[ 1 ] (made available in September 2018) compensates eligible ... Development Incentive consists of three payments: Payment 1 ($2000) may be claimed after eligible family doctors commit ... through the phases of panel management step-by-step.[ 1 ] EMR-based Panel Management Tools help update patient ...
Editorials / BY: Sharadh Sampath, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... diarrhea, malabsorption, or other surgical complications.[ 1 , 2 , 3 ] Why should you care?  Whether you practise in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carla Pajak, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... cause of gastrointestinal-related hospital admissions.[ 1 ] Cholecystectomy is the accepted standard of care to ... cholecystitis as outlined in the Tokyo guidelines ( Table 1 ).[ 2 ] However, research has shown convincingly that early ... have a delayed procedure during the study period ( Figure 1 ). Overall, management of acute cholecystitis at Langley ...