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Knowing a little about retirement homes or nursing homes is a necessity, especially if you have a family member who needs either short term assisted living or long term care. Many of the elderly citizens are no longer able to perform some of the essential functions and activities on their own, in which case it...
The use of information and telecommunication technology (ICT) is transforming the healthcare industry: IT allows telemedicine, digital-related services to support clinical health care and even telehealth, care at-a-distance. Computing technology is enabling doctors to connect and communicate through the Web or mobile tools with colleagues and other clinics and reach out to relevant medical specialists,...
As Canadian medical colleges continue turning away applicants in the thousands, and a growing number of Caribbean Medical Schools open their doors to international students, inefficiencies of supply-and-demand in the medical provider marketplace continue to spark public debate. Both Canada and the United States project severe physician shortages in just a few years....
A group of clinicians consisting of cardiologists and nephrologists is working together to develop a case based discussion of the key concepts and approaches to the management of Hyponatremia. We have all heard that optimal treatment pathways for hyponatremia are not well defined, and therefore management varies widely. In order to understand this variability, three...
We are pleased to announce that the following guidelines are now available in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology both online at www.onlinecjc.ca and in the February print issue: The 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update: Focus on Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2012 Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the...
The CardioRisk Calculator is based on the 2012 Dyslipidemia Guidelines and the 2011 Canadian Consensus Paper on statin intolerance. The algorithm allows for rapid assessment of Framingham Risk, Vascular Age, Metabolic Syndrome and other factors supporting treatment and management of adults with dyslipidemia and heart risk. Comparative drug tables and a calculator for determining percentage...
