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Clinical Articles / BY: Patrick Ho Pun Wong, MD, FRCPC June 2022
... B has a worldwide prevalence of more than 250 million people.[ 2 ] Areas with high endemicity include Asia, Africa, ... and parts of South America. In Canada, up to 480 000 people may be infected.[ 3 , 4 ] The population groups with ... include immigrants from endemic countries, Indigenous people, and people who inject drugs.[ 4 ] In BC, local ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM June 2022
... population ranged from 49.7 to 121.3 in 2019,[ 18 ] most people with such a rash will have Lyme disease. However, in ... is warranted. Basic laboratory testing, as recommended for people with chronic fatigue, includes a complete blood count ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Haile Zapata-Dixon June 2022
... immigration to Canada reached a record high of 436 689 people, which represented 80% of Canada’s total population ... pediatric patient was hospitalized with melioidosis. Young people aged 16 to 18 years were more commonly diagnosed with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Omair Arshad, MD July/August 2022
... use is increasing at an alarming rate among young people. Hammond and colleagues found that in their ... that e-cigarettes may be a risk factor leading people toward combustible cigarette use. A meta-analysis ... meaning that there are common factors that drive people to use both combustible and e-cigarettes, but the two ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elizabeth Purssell, MD, MSc September 2022
... in a health authority with a catchment area of 1.9 million people or more. Royal Columbian Hospital sees approximately ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... has become a popular umbrella term for whatever distresses people in their work.[ 26 ] Recently published studies ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Emily Ertel, MD November 2022
... has 196 beds and serves a catchment of more than 125 000 people. Patients require transfer to Kelowna General Hospital ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: O. Maheshwari, MD November 2022
... the age of 40 years.[ 2 ] In British Columbia one in four people experience a mental health condition each year.[ 3 ] ... of the pandemic,[ 6 ] which disproportionately affected people who were already experiencing health inequities prior to the pandemic: women, LGBTQIA2S+ people, individuals with likelihood of job loss or inadequate ...
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