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Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Simmons, MD, MSc, FRCPC March 2018
... Outcomes As Wolmark and colleagues[ 5 ] demonstrated in 2001, patients who experience a pathologic complete response ... ] As further work is done to validate these outcomes we may move toward differential assessments of response based on ... additional chemotherapy is not the standard of care. The issue of what to do when pCR is not achieved has been the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... involved day surgery compared with approximately 65% in 2001.[ 1 , 2 ] Previously, when patients had longer hospital ... department with postoperative concerns, meaning surgeons may not be aware of or involved in the identification and ... result in fragmentation of postoperative care and is an issue for several reasons. First, patients who require ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Courtney Young, MBA, MD, FRCPC December 2017
... attention was focused on how QI could favorably affect the issue of medical errors. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was ... in the US. The IOM then published a follow-up report in 2001, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the ... often navigate multiple care interfaces and consequently may experience fragmented care and poor outcomes.[ 5 ] This ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James McKinney, MD, MSc, April 2016
... by Warburton and colleagues in Part 2 of this theme issue. To examine whether low levels of physical activity ... in both men and women, and it appears that this benefit may be present for both ischemic and hemor-rhagic stroke.[ 19 ... of Canadians has a significant economic impact, and in 2001 was estimated to be $5.3 billion or 2.6% of total health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... developed. Often dubbed “walk-in care,” such a system may address the issue of timely access but often fails to offer continuity of ... by all major primary care physician associations.[ 7 ] In 2001, the Fort Family Practice, a full-service suburban group ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S.E. Lord, MD, April 2010
... are devastating. Canadian injury statistics from 1992 to 2001 reveal a yearly average of 416 fatalities and 14 252 ... every day. Further reductions in the incidence of PT may depend on more sophisticated insights into the ... of an in-depth evaluation of a complex public health issue. In future, data on socioeconomic risks can be used to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nabil Al Lawati, MD, MRCP, April 2008
... eighth for women (2.0%), excluding childbirth, in 2000–2001.  The econo­mic impact of the disease in Canada ... in 1 second) is protective.[ 15 ] COPD exacerbations may also be more common among patients with gastroesophageal ... all have important roles to play (see Part 1 of this theme issue). Conclusions Acute exacerbations of COPD are a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat G. Camp, MSc, PT, March 2008
... for BC and Canada is challenging, as the symptoms of COPD may not be present until airflow obstruction, a key feature ... match findings from other studies that have explored the issue of underdiagnosis. In the United States, data from the ... smaller decrease in mortality due to COPD from 1984 to 2001.  In contrast, women 50 years and older have ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hiram Mok, MA, MB BCh, BAO, FRCPC March 2007
... steadily over the past decade.  According to the 2001 census, only 50% of Lower Mainland residents speak ... through family supports and alternative modalities and may only seek help from a family physician once these efforts ... for patients with physical and psychiatric illnesses, the issue of safety has become especially important. Herbs can ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP July/August 2006
... health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Improved HRQOL may also lead to fewer office visits and hospitalizations and ... central coast region of British Columbia. According to the 2001 census, 2285 people live in the Bella Coola Valley, and ... with more severe complications would better clarify this issue. [8] Conclusions Strengths of our study include the ...