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. …
Please note, CCS pocket guides are no longer available for order online. All orders received prior to March 25th will be fulfilled. Please see our online versions or check out our smartphone apps.
On February 14th. Drs. Derek Exner and Ratika Parkash, Co-Chairs of the Primary Panel for the CCS Guidelines on Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Evidence and Patient Selection, along with Drs François Philippon and David Birnie, presented the new CRT Guidelines during a one-hour webinar. We are pleased with the outcome of this on-line session which included …
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 …
Our experts have developed three interesting cases on hyponatremia in congestive heart failure. These cases cover key concepts and approaches to the management of hyponatremia with multiple-choice questions at various clinical decision points. Please participate; test your knowledge of hyponatremia and learn from our multi-disciplinary expert panel Dr. Jonathan Howlett, Dr. Anique Ducharme, Dr. Peter …
Did you miss our Dyslipidemia or CRT Guideline Webinar? We know space was limited so we recorded the webinars and posted them on our website for on demand viewing. You can view the slides and hear the audio along with participant questions and our expert panel’s responses. Webinars are a convenient way to learn about …
