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Clinical Articles / BY: Nancy Craven, MD, CCFP July/August 2005
Recommendation 1 in the BC guidelines for chronic kidney disease [1]  published in 2004 lists the following high-risk groups: ... Care Initiative) can use bright-colored stickers ( Figure 1 ) to mark charts of at-risk patients. Each time the office ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lesley A. Stevens, MD, FRCPC July/August 2005
... incidence and prevalence, poor outcomes, and high costs. [1-3]  Long-term adverse outcomes associated with CKD include ... Disease (MDRD) equation: GFR = 186 × (serum creatinine) -1.154  × (age -0.203 ) × (1.212 if black) × (0.742 if female). [11,12]  Creatinine ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2005
... well. Talks are scheduled to begin no later than October 1. “Arching over the Working and Subsidiary Agreements like ... medical records could provide national savings of up to $1.3 billion a year. “I’m very anxious about where my ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS September 2005
... office for more information. BCMA:  Toll free in BC 1 800 665-2262 ext. 2882 or 2836/604 638-2882 or 604 638-2836 MD Management:  Call 1 800 267-2332 and you will be put in touch with an MD ... • Lorie Arlitt at 604 638-2882 or toll free 1 800 665-2262, extension 2882 • Karen Paul at 604 638-2836 ...
Editorials / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC September 2005
... Mentors, “close, trusted, and experienced guides,” [1]  do not grow on trees, and those aspiring to the role ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Linda M.N. Hoang, MSc, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC September 2005
... Many of these men developed hemorrhagic proctitis. [1]  Subsequently, cases were discovered in other parts of ... C. trachomatis isolates were LGV strains. Twelve of 767 (1.6%) rectal isolates obtained from at-risk MSM in Seattle ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2005
... who aspire to work in rural and northern communities. [1,2] Not surprisingly, subspecialists inadvertently teach ... of our family physicians and 3% of our specialists. [1,4,5] The number and proportion of rural physicians practising appear to be declining. [1,4]  According to CMA data, the number of rural physicians ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG September 2005
... the agenda. The ideal format for medical education 1. At first the student must acquire certain basic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP September 2005
... realizing that in such cases medicine is powerless.” [1] While physicians might stay away because a dead patient ... is more allied to madness than to lack of knowledge.” [1] Dying in centuries past was a quick affair, lasting a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Adrian, MD, FRCPC September 2005
... findings in asymptomatic people ranging up to 30% to 60%. [1,2]  Asymptomatic MRI abnormalities can include complete ...