We are very pleased to present this series of videos by Dr. Mark Donaldson, Director of Pharmacy Services at the Kalispell Regional Medical Center and faculty member at the University of Montana and the Oregon Health & Sciences University There is no such thing as medical clearance. In fact, the dentist retains the primary responsibility for […]
This Prescription Drug Consult is presented by the JCDA Oasis Team. It is also available in JCDA Oasis Mobile Ibuprofen Addaprin [OTC]; Advil® [OTC]; Caldolor®; I-Prin [OTC]; Ibu®; Midol® Cramps & Body Aches [OTC]; Motrin® Infants’ [OTC]; NeoProfen Presentation Ibuprofen is a Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAID) which could be administered orally and through I.V. Ibuprofen […]
This medical Condition Consult is presented by the JCDA Oasis Team. The consult is also available through the JCDA Oasis Mobile Myocardial infarction (MI) is a consequence of obstruction in the coronary artery blood supply to the heart, resulting in death of the myocardium. Predisposing risk factors include atherosclerosis (thickening of arterial wall caused by […]
This question was submitted by a practising dentist: AEDs have become somewhat of a comfort object in a number of our offices emergency kit. Recently, a physician colleague commented on the generally unfavourable morbidity/mortality outcomes despite the use of AEDs to re-establish cardiac activity. Is this true?? Dr. Alan Lane, anaesthesiologist at the Ottawa General […]
The following question was posted by a practising dentist: There is quite a bit of variation in the office with respect to drugs dentists like to prescribe for post-operative pain. Which pain medications are the most effective for moderate to severe pain and have the least number of side effects? Dr. Mark Donaldson from the University […]
The following question was submitted by a practicing dentist: What may happen with patients who have a prolonged QT due to their SSRI or Prozac medication when they are administered a local anesthetics-containing epinephrine? The following response is provided by Dr. Joonyoung Ji, resident in the Department of Dental Anesthesia at the University of Toronto Main take-away […]
With the explosion of cone beam CT the amount of data being generated is staggering. Anders Ynnerman gives a TED talk about how data is being stored and re-processed to help us better understand the human body. He covers the size of the data explosion, virtual autopsy, functional MRI and more. A very interesting lecture.
From Dr. Hans Skariah Did you know how much sugar the average Canadian consumes? The average Canadian consumed 26 teaspoons of sugar a day in 2004. (Wow!) Source: Statistics Canada, http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2011003/article/11540-eng.htm (read on Nov 25/2012)