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Editorials / BY: Bassam A. Masri, MD, FRCSC December 2016
... Guest editorial: Fake joints, real results, Part 2: Ankle and shoulder replacement ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Stanger, MD, March 2016
... measures (PROMs) and related them to clinical tests,[ 2-5 ] few of these studies have originated in a nonacademic ... and objective test results were analyzed using a 2-tailed Pearson correlation test. The relationships ... results for the hip patients ( Figure 1  and  Figure 2 ) and for the knee patients ( Figure 3 ) each show a ...
Letters / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS December 2016
... using the Medeo platform on my iPhone took approximately 2 minutes per instance, including billing the MSP fee code ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Siavash Jafari, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2016
... use among the general population in Canada was 10.2%, and the rate of past-year marijuana use among youth age ... smoked, the effects of cannabinoids usually last less than 2 hours. Diagnosing dependence The DSM-5 [ 2 ] defines cannabis dependence as a disorder characterized ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel J. Lithwick, MHA, April 2016
... and college athletes before athletic participation and at 2-year to 4-year intervals thereafter.[ 2 ] This initial screening consists of a ... athletes only and without the use of a 12-lead ECG.[ 2,7 ] The different approaches stem mainly from a debate ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Kelly Mayson, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... of practice, both between individuals and institutions.[ 2 ] Intravenous fluids should be administered with the same ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC November 2016
... ruptured tendon and the incidence is increasing.[ 1 , 2 , 3 ] Unfortunately, 20% to 25% of acute Achilles tendon ... Immobilization could be splinting followed by casting at 2 weeks, or, more recently, a cast boot with heel wedges. If ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alan T. Bates, MD, PhD June 2016
... and how everyone lives as a “single individual.”[ 2 ] Kierkegaard also explored the emotions of people making ...
Letters / BY: Ashley Roberts, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2016
... is a great deal of controversy around these decisions.[ 2-4 ] Although several studies have reported that oseltamivir ...
News / BY: Kim Pelletier, CEBS, April 2016
... is aging. The average age of Canadians will increase to 42.2 in 2021 (up from 39.9 in 2011). An older population will ...