Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volume 4 Issue 1

Table of Contents

Message from the President

A Case for Generalism

Bert Govig, MD

Message du Président

Plaidoyer en faveur du généralisme

Bert Govig, MD

International GIM

Perioperative Medicine · Médecine périopératoire

Perioperative Medical Considerations in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Brian R. Forzley, MD, William A. Ghali, MD

Généralisation des études de bêtaboquants péri-opératoires de Mangano et POISE dans une clinique d'évaluation pré-opératoire

Odile Paquette, MD, Catherine St-Georges, MD, Matthieu Touchette, MD, Luc Lanthier, MD

Generalization of Perioperative Beta-Blocker Studies by Mangano and POISE in a Preoperative Assessment Clinic

Genetics & GIM

Lynch Syndrome

Dawna Gilchrist, MD

EKG & U

The Usual Suspects

George Veenhuyzen, MD

Case Reviews

Takayasu's Arteritis

Chris Venner, MD, Nathan Janzen, Peter Wei, MD

Atypical Presentation of Subcutaneous Panniculitis-Like T-Cell Lymphoma

Xiaolan Feng, MD, Iwona Auer-Grzesiak, MD, Ian Scott, MD

Perspectives in GIM

Reperfusion Therapy for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarctio: What is Relevant to the General Internest?

Iqbal Bata, MD

Thrombolysis in Pulmonary Embolism

Jason Andrade, MD, Ellamae Stadnick, MD, Anthony Fung MBBS

Practice of GIM

Whom Are We Missing? Recognition and Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Robert S. McKelvie, MD

Heart Rates and Hydration Status Measured in the Cape Breton Fiddlers Marathon

Paul MacDonald, MD

Images in GIM

Smoking and CREST Syndrome

Christopher Labos, MD, Joseph Schuster, MD

Future Developments in GIM

Medical Simulation: Part 2 - Present and Future

Peter Brindley, MD

Recherche

Pronostic cérébrovasculaire d'une scintigraphie myocardique normale

Annie Lemieux, MD, Serge Lepage, MD