Search

Editorials / BY: Adeera Levin, MD, FRCPC July/August 2005
... screen and care for patients with reduced kidney function. BC lab physicians, nephrologists, general practitioners, ... initiative described in this issue involves the efforts of BC labs to ensure that creatinine measurements are consistent ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Basil Boulton, MD July/August 2005
... was ratified by Canada in 1991 and shortly thereafter by BC. It is past time for BC to make a full commitment to the health of children and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC July/August 2005
... of human illness. There was no WNV activity detected in BC in 2004 despite the extensive surveillance system ... western coast of the US it is likely that WNV will enter BC through birds traveling along the Pacific flyway, possibly ... Culex pipiens  and  Culex tarsalis , are both present in BC. In 2004, over 15 657 mosquitoes were tested for WNV and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael D.D. McNeely, MD, FRCPC, FCACB July/August 2005
... eGFR has been selected as the essential marker for the new BC chronic kidney disease (CKD) clinical practice guidelines. ... uses serum creatinine, age, and weight. [2]  The new BC CKD guidelines [3]  recommend the Modification of Diet in ... worldwide. For this reason, it was selected as the BC standard. For practical reasons, it was decided not to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: R. Kirk Poulos, MD July/August 2005
... Disease Management web site ( www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/cdm/patients ). How can patients become more active in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nancy Craven, MD, CCFP July/August 2005
Recommendation 1 in the BC guidelines for chronic kidney disease [1]  published in ... Several chronic disease management projects under way in BC are now assisting primary care providers with methods of ... and long-term monitoring Now that all laboratories in BC are reporting an eGFR whenever a serum creatinine test is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gregory M.F. Ganz, MD, CM, FRCPC July/August 2005
... The recent initiative by the laboratory physicians of BC to report an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ... Development also coincided with an initiative by the BC Association of Laboratory Physicians to report eGFR, an ... representatives from the Kidney Foundation of Canada and BC Ministry of Health. Current literature was reviewed, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lesley A. Stevens, MD, FRCPC July/August 2005
... audit of non-nephrology specialty practices in Vancouver, BC. Results Six of the eleven physicians we approached agreed ... Dr H. Platt, Resource Utilization Branch, MOH BC), and in the 30% of patients older than 60 with diabetes ... non-nephrology specialty practices in Vancouver, BC, was performed. The primary outcome of interest was ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2005
The BC Medical Association’s 2005 Annual Convention came just 2 ... things are broken, or at least ailing, in medical care in BC and the rest of Canada. Financial issues Finance Committee ... year as president, as well as the state of medicine in BC and Canada. Here are some excerpts. “British Columbians ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD September 2005
... yet disappearing teaching tool of mentoring. To ensure BC has a sustainable and vibrant health care system, our ...