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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 / BY: Adrian Marcuzzi, BHSc May 2024
... 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, 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 ...
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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2021
... Sales approached US$1 billion in the United States in 2018, and the market is projected to reach US$6.2 billion by ... (including children and pregnant women), as consumers may often be unaware that there is alcohol in kombucha.[ 5 ] ... BC Centre for Disease Control’s recent study into this issue[ 5 ] recommends that: Labeling must clearly indicate ...
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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Helen Thi, BA March 2018
... while considering the effects that medical conditions may have on the functions necessary for driving. Family ... of a Condition Affecting Fitness and Ability to Drive. The issue of assessing a patient’s ability to drive may be ... Introduction of the Enhanced Road Assessment As of 1 March 2018, RoadSafetyBC will be using a new Enhanced Road ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD November 2018
... prohormones as biomarkers of islet graft function that may have value in predicting islet transplant failure.[ 5 ] ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ... Clinical Articles From beta cells to bedsides: A 2018 update on diabetes research in British Columbia ...