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Clinical Articles / BY: Adrian Marcuzzi, BHSc Early online
... 2022 had a wait time of 51.4 weeks.[ 1 ] These reports may underrepresent the crisis because they do not account for ... in surgical specialties increased by 12% between 2013 and 2018.[ 6 ] Globally, there has been an overall rapid increase ... step on its analgesic ladder.[ 28 ] Pain as a psychosocial issue Pain is a complex psychosocial issue, and an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... surgical skills in Canada as of July 2022, although this may underestimate the total family physician surgical ... affected by this inequitable access. Addressing this issue must be prioritized in the effort to decolonize health ... compared with self-reported national averages in 2018,[ 16 ] they offered a wide scope of interventions ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ka Wai Cheung, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2023
... 6 , 7 ] A Canadian Medical Association survey conducted in 2018 reported a physician burnout rate of 30%.[ 8 ] In this ... in the Vancouver Physician Staff Association raised the issue of burnout. The Vancouver Coastal Health senior ... unprecedented challenges to the health care profession and may affect different specialties in different ways and to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: barbara findlay, MA, LLB, QC March 2022
... Note that there is no specific age cutoff in BC: a minor may be competent to decide about a particular medical ... health care provider.[ 20 ] Though no case has decided the issue directly, it is likely that a minor would have to ... University of British Columbia. 2015. www.saravyc.ubc.ca/2018/05/06/trans-youth-health-survey/ . 21.    Health care ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Thomas S. Watson, MD, DPhil March 2021
... were searched between 5 December 2017 and 16 January 2018, and the search was updated with all new studies to 25 ... and identified what they viewed as the most significant issue with existing studies supporting ultrasound: the ... physicians at initial presentation of minor blunt trauma may in fact speed up rib fracture diagnosis by helping triage ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... Prevention Centre found that between the 2008–09 and 2018–19 fiscal periods, 10- to 14-year-old and 15- to ... [ 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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... and successful management of chronic pain is essential and may prevent loss of independence. Opioids are also indicated ... ] but nonpharmacological therapies are also helpful. One issue to be mindful of is obstructive sleep apnea because ... common care tasks ( https://bcpsqc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NOPPAIN.pdf ). Over the weekend, an on-call physician ...
MDs To Be / BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc May 2021
... projected to continue expanding over coming decades. As of 2018, individuals age 65 and older made up 17.4% of the ... a social network.[ 2 , 3 ] Social isolation is a prevalent issue among older adults, who are at higher risk due to the ... for loneliness; therefore, intergenerational programs may help address this underlying issue.[ 24 ] Another study ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Armon Molavi, MD October 2020
... impairment or distress. It is a common primary care issue affecting approximately 2% to 9% of family practice ... assessing the risk of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.[ 36 ] A 2018 study by St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver examined the ... encouraged to seek support for challenging cases. There may be other treatment options that were excluded from the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Rochelle Tonkin, MD October 2020
... by discrete red spots or generalized reddening, that may be accompanied by itching,” as well as “a local skin ... eruption) at UHNBC between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2018. Information collected included patient age, gender, ... rash is commonly recognized as a possible systemic issue. Also, prescribing trends identified in this study ...