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Editorials / BY: Adeera Levin, MD, FRCPC July/August 2005
... and diabetes. Currently, it is estimated that 145 000 people in British Columbia have some kidney impairment ... year nationwide. While not all of the identified 145 000 people will necessarily require dialysis, reduced kidney ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael D.D. McNeely, MD, FRCPC, FCACB July/August 2005
... creatinine tend to be overly liberal. As well, 40% of people with reduced GFR have been found to have normal serum ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nancy Craven, MD, CCFP July/August 2005
... point of view, even practical. There are too many people at risk for kidney failure and too few nephrologists ... As stated in Recommendation 6 of the BC guidelines, “people with kidney disease have better outcomes if they take ... may have kidney disease. A large percentage of these people have diabetes, high blood pressure (the major causes ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lesley A. Stevens, MD, FRCPC July/August 2005
... recommendations include regular testing for CKD in people at increased risk for CKD or with cardiovascular ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2005
... health care system, and a vibrant medical profession. The people of British Columbia deserve no less.” Afternoon ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2005
... was wrong with today. In his day, a dollar went further, people had more time to think and talk about things that ... doesn’t stop me lamenting the fact that fewer and fewer people are choosing the profession that I so enjoyed. ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD September 2005
... about the SLOW movement—an international movement of people dedicated to “calming down the hectic pace of life, ... has revolutionized communication in many ways but how many people complain about being e-mail strangled, taking 2 to 3 ... time at the bedside. Honore says in his book that many people, frustrated with conventional health care, are turning ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP September 2005
... physicians were counseled not to intervene with dying people. The Hippocratic tradition defined medicine as “to ... the patient. Consider yourself a lifelong learner—about people and about yourself. If self-reflection leads you to ... is dying? You will see that there are myriad ways that people can achieve growth through suffering. Many of the most ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Adrian, MD, FRCPC September 2005
... shoulder and lumbar spine MRI findings in asymptomatic people are common, with the prevalence of abnormal MRI findings in asymptomatic people ranging up to 30% to 60%. [1,2]  Asymptomatic MRI ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Todd Cherniak, LLB September 2005
... the waiting periods are universally too long, with most people not able to obtain timely access to MRI except in the ...