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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lynsey J. Hamilton, MSc November 2023
... guideline for antimicrobial therapy in frontline practice. The guide is available as a website ( ... ) and an app (on iOS and Android) and is free for all BC prescribers. Bugs & Drugs contains the latest ... common infections. For community-based infections, simply type the name of the infection in the Pathways search bar. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: L.S. Yefet, MD October 2021
... overdose-related death rates remained the highest in BC at a rate of 20.0 per 100 000, twice the national ... guide.[ 26 ] Formulations were then aggregated by opioid type into 12 groups [ Table ]. Tramadol and tapentadol were ... Prescriber details Data on each physician’s type of practice were obtained by linking their unique de-identified ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC October 2019
... nearly twice the number affected by heart disease and type 2 diabetes.[ 1 ] The costs of untreated mental health ... 9 ] Since treatment by a physician is covered by the BC Medical Services Plan (MSP), family physicians remain the ... to 3.2 hours total), as outlined in the General Practice section of the Medical Services Commission payment ...
Clinical Articles / BY: F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... to recommend adjuvant radiation is influenced by the type of surgery performed, whether breast conserving surgery ... to radiation therapy made easier with the opening of the BC Cancer Centre for the North in Prince George in 2012, ... ultrasound in clinically node-negative patients. This practice may evolve as we continue to gain long-term ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeanine C. Marshall, MD, FRCPC September 2017
... antibiotics. She is found to have poorly controlled type 2 diabetes and borderline nutritional status. The unit ... legislation in British Columbia has led to variations in practice from one physician to another and across regions. ... but is not yet in force, despite being passed by the BC legislature in 1993 and amended in 2007. This leaves six ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Christine Halpert, RN, BSN, MA, December 2014
... was replaced with acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine in BC in 1997, systemic adverse events in infants such as ... to these boosters and provide recommendations for practice. Prominent local reactions are more common in the ... unclear; however, they are thought to be related to Arthus-type reactions[ 1,3 ] or to greater cell-mediated immunity ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... limit antibiotic requests and hence use.[ 2 ] The medical practice audit is a powerful tool for altering clinical ... 1% were adenovirus.[ 7 ]  During similar time periods, BC Children’s Hospital virology section reported ... who received an antibiotic prescription) questioned the type of antibiotic prescribed. One patient with mental health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stacy L. Elliott, MD, November 2011
... and can mean other sexual activities such as solo practice (masturbation), partner activity with either gender, ... will also require higher doses of the phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors such as sildenafil (Viagra), ... The author acknowledges her colleagues at the BC Centre for Sexual Medicine at Vancouver Coastal Health as ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, May 2010
... inbox, ready for review, and can be sorted by date, type, patient, or normal/abnormal condition.  Whether at the ... providing them with peace of mind over the weekend.” BC already advanced in electronic report delivery BC is ... interface directly to their EMR. Through PITO Community of Practice initiatives, physicians in several BC communities ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Megan Isaac-Renton, BSc, July/August 2010
... An unexpected case of tularemia diagnosed in rural BC in October 2006 led to a review of reported cases in the ... F. tularensis is isolated from an appropriate specimen type, where a fourfold increase in titre is demonstrated.  ... to be at high risk of pulmonary tularemia.[ 9 ] Clinical practice implications   There are different clinical ...