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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... 84 patients with soft tissue sarcomas were referred to the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA). Considering there are 111 family practice physicians per 100000 people in British Columbia,[ 5 ... are almost always seen in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1, an autosomal dominant syndrome that is related to an ...
Clinical Articles October 2004
...  In 2002 and 2003, the STD/AIDS Control Division of the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the Sexual Health ... STD Guidelines and, if so, how they interpreted them in practice. The study sought to evaluate which components of ... notification 59.3% Benefits and risks of testing 58.6% Type of test performed 32.5% Testing options ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marcos Gobrial, MD, CCFP December 2002
... with poor health in these health regions. [6-8] * The BC government reorganized the health regions into health ... times the Canadian average. [5,9,12-15] Diabetes mellitus type II is now a leading cause of death, illness, and ... [30,32,33]  According to Canadian and American practice guidelines, glycosylated hemoglobin (HgA Ic )—a ...