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Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Valerie C. Doyon, MD January/February 2024
... in sensitive or cosmetically important areas.[ 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 ] However, the margins of the subsequent wide local ... margin on average (SD 2.45 mm, n = 118). Of all biopsies, 5.3% (14/265) were too shallow and had positive deep margins. ... guidelines as punch biopsies (odds ratio 10.0; 95% CI, 5.36-18.7; P < .001). Reasons for not meeting guidelines were ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... finances, continuity of care, and psychosocial factors.[ 3-5 ] Family physicians, including Canadian- and ... volume and distribution of surgical care in rural BC.[ 2-5 , 7 ] To address this knowledge gap, we conducted an ... Vanderhoof (open: n = 7) and Revelstoke (laparoscopic: n = 5; open: n = 1). Across the 17 communities, enhanced surgical ...
Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2024
... taking on the presidency? I had no plans to do this until 5 days before the nominating deadline. My feeling toward ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2024
... outcomes if appropriately recognized and supported.[ 5 , 6 ] I am learning about the various ways investigators ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC January/February 2024
... plan, developed to guide the association over the next 5 years. The focus, largely informed by members, is to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP January/February 2024
... water, sand, and chemicals to release trapped gas.[ 5 ] This process poses multiple health risks, including water contamination, air pollution, and earthquakes.[ 5 , 6 ] Despite these growing concerns, BC continues to ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD January/February 2024
... Medical advisors are available Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will call you back within 2 hours. —Peter ...
Obituaries / BY: Janet Green, MD January/February 2024
... Dr Dave Musgrave. He returned to rural Ontario for 5 years but came west permanently in 1979 to join Dave’s ... Medical Associates we often gathered in his office after 5:30 p.m. to discuss our workdays once patients had left. ...
Letters / BY: Min Jung Kim, BHSc January/February 2024
... 42% of evacuation events, despite representing only 5% of the country’s population.[ 1 , 5 ] Limited resources, resulting from chronic underfunding ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD January/February 2024
... is a major source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.[ 5 ] Human-caused climate change is contributing to the ...