News
September 2014
... their pain or ability to bear weight has not improved in 5 to 7 days. For the complete list of GPAC guidelines, ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Tom Warshawski, MD,
May 2014
... and obesity in children with a screening history using the 5-2-1-0 rule.[ 1 ] Protective factors include eating five or ... consuming zero servings of sugary drinks. Adhering to the 5-2-1-0 rule is a first step in the prevention and treatment ... include helping the family identify which aspects of the 5-2-1-0 rule they wish to improve upon. An assessment and ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Keith J. White, MD
December 2014
... during the audit are extrapolated over the entire 5-year audit period? During an audit, a statistically ... rate is extrapolated to all the services billed during the 5-year audit period. What this means from a practical ... Dr A, a busy urban physician, has MSP billings over the 5-year audit period of $1 800 970.54. Dr A has been ...
Letters /
BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM
January/February 2014
... during initiation, titration, and tapering of doses,[ 5 ] and now titration will be more difficult with the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH
September 2014
... supports an excellent safety profile of both vaccines.[ 5,6 ] This information comes from clinical trials and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Joanne Stares, MHSc,
April 2014
... of IBD-related mortality than do blue-collar workers.[ 5 ] In 2012 an American study reported a cluster of IBD among ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Raymond Li, BSc(Pharm), MSc
November 2014
... care. There were three unintentional exposures in children 5 years and younger; all were referred to hospital for ... in 2002 and involved ingestion of 600 mg bupropion.[ 5 ] This was followed soon after by reports of nasal ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Sophie Y. Wang, BSc,
July/August 2014
... cause of community-acquired pneumonia in children under 5 years of age, with an estimated 826 000 deaths.[ 1 ] A ...
Premise /
BY: B. Nosyk, PhD,
December 2014
... starting doses, titration, and methadone dose tapering.[ 5 ] These initial observations were made possible by BC’s ...
Letters /
BY: Andrew J. Coldman, PhD
March 2014
... used by guideline groups in North America and the UK.[ 3-5 ] In her fourth point Dr Gordon indicates that ...