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Clinical Articles / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... as informed by recent developments in the field. While we may touch on areas of evolving knowledge, it is beyond the ... necessary in some cases. A companion article in this issue reviews the psychopharmacological treatment of ... of open, nonplacebo, controlled studies published between 2010 and 2019 suggested there was significant improvement in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... [ Figure 3 ]. Conclusions Self-poisoning is a considerable issue in BC, where high rates and increasing trends among ... 19,[ 17 ] mental health and antidepressant accessibility may have contributed to increased self-poisoning rates among ... 10 to 19 throughout the province. In focus groups held in 2010 and 2015 for 12- to 22-year-olds in rural and urban BC, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Antonia Hyman, MSc April 2020
In 2010 the interCultural Online Health Network (iCON) at the ... care and the different perspectives Indigenous patients may have on health and wellness. Shift the definition and ... like to acknowledge that the activities discussed in this issue of the BCMJ took place on the traditional unceded ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... care system, and society at large. This public health issue directly affects the practice of physicians who must ... the extent of the injury issue.[ 2 ] Injury costs in BC in 2010 amounted to $3.7 billion in both direct and indirect ... social marketing campaign.[ 16 ] One program that may have contributed to the decrease in self-harm costs from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... second leading cause of cancer death as of 2015.[ 4 ] In 2010 the lifetime risk for developing breast cancer was 1 in ... with screening of RR 0.80 to 0.82.[ 6-8 ] These studies may, however, underestimate the current effectiveness of ... clinically apparent before the patient’s death. The issue then is one of results that precipitate overtreatment. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... 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 ... was by far the most common complaint (29.5%).[ 3 ]  A 2010 study by Aiello and colleagues looking at appendectomy ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andy Jiang, BSc December 2018
... and 54 000 emergency department visits in 2010 alone, costing the nation an estimated $1.26 billion.[ 2 ... unstudied even though these are undoubtedly also an issue. Since a greater understanding of all-cause poisoning ... results that indicate the risk of unintentional poisonings may be intrinsically linked to a particular developmental ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... other antihyperglycemic agents can confuse physicians and may result in widely variable quality of care as well as ... for discussion of specific therapeutic areas. Since 2010, 18 drugs or classes of drugs have been reviewed in ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joshua Budlovsky, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... patients for their risk of a fracture. Assessment The 2010 Osteoporosis Canada guidelines recommend not using BMD ... The presence of these risk factors suggests the patient may benefit from therapy to prevent fracture, but clinical ... and back and joint discomfort.[ 35 ] Dyspepsia is not an issue. Rates of severe adverse reactions such as atypical ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2017
... Doctors of BC will ensure adequate communication on this issue. There being no further questions, the motion to accept ... guys. They did give us a very nice lunch, though. You may wonder, “How did things evolve to me being so ... Don Rix Award for Physician Leadership was established in 2010 to recognize exemplary physician leadership and lifetime ...