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Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC January/February 2010
... The Canadian Diabetes Association’s 2008 Clinical Practice Guidelines[ 4 ] state that a random blood glucose ... and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) published its Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines for DKA (updated again in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC March 2010
... procedure was built into our program as standard practice from the outset. Very rarely, patients may be asked ... rates of 20% to 50%. PSA outcomes It is a common practice to inform patients of treatment outcomes using data ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Green, MD, FCFP March 2010
... not obtain the operative experience necessary for future practice if work hours are limited.[ 8 ]  Meanwhile, in ... would affect procedural competency and preparedness for practice. These correlations were performed while controlling ... believed that they would still be adequately prepared for practice even with tighter restrictions show­ed a moderate ...
MDs To Be / BY: Jenny Ko, March 2010
... On the one hand, competence is decision-specific in practice; a person may possess the mental capacity to make ... of euthanasia not only increases the likelihood that the practice of euthanasia will be abused for economic gain, but ... be the reason for requesting euthanasia.[ 10 ]  Moreover, practice of euthanasia assigns social worth and accordingly ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Diana June King, March 2010
... a mutual friend, Don met Dr Adam Waldie, who had a family practice on 10th Avenue at Discovery and who was looking for ... five of the happiest years of his life—in general practice. Don always spoke fondly of those ... thing to do.”  It was during those years in family practice that Don met Michael Smith, who played a pivotal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM April 2010
... 2 ]  Clinical research has prompted a revolution in practice philosophy to include CV risk prevention. The ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
... of islets is also problematic, and although current practice relies on portal venous embolization, this site is ...
News&Notes / BY: Jeremy Smith, May 2010
... their experience. Caledonian Clinic is a busy medical practice in Nanaimo with a radiology facility, a surgical ... staff. It is one of two or three of the largest private practice clinics in BC.  In January 2010, Caledonian Clinic ... to a personnel supervisor position and then became the practice manager in 2004. All that time she worked with the ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, May 2010
... Importantly, this allows us to totally integrate our practice on a continuum from the community to the acute care ... principles of providing community service around a medical practice model. I hope it will continue to provide a strong ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... He return­ed to Israel in 1963 to set up a private practice in a small community hospital.  His new boss, ...