Recently added articles from CANNT Journal:
Cardiac devices and more!
Jul 01, 2009; ... For those of us who work with patients on dialysis, technology is a part of our everyday working experience. While we received formal inservices on new hemodialysis machines, we don't always have a full understanding of other new technologies in areas not directly related to kidney disease. Many ...
Come join us in Saint John!
Jul 01, 2009; ... October 15-18! Remember those dates! CANNT is in Saint John, New Brunswick, and we would love you to join us. The conference committee has been hard at work to make this a won- derful experience. I think of the conference experiences I have had over the past years and CANNT always comes first to ...
NOTICE BOARD
Jul 01, 2009; ... * Ottawa Supper Clubs-Contact Janet Graham, Nephrology Unit, Ottawa Hospital, jgraham@ottawahospital.on.ca * August 28-30, 2009. The 3rd North American Chapter Meeting of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD), The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, B.C. Website: ...
Update on certification in nephrology
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) is committed to nursing excellence and continuing competence. Annually, CNA offers a certification program for registered nurses to obtain a specialty certification. This certification program is important to nurses, the nursing profession, employers and the ...
Prevention of death in chronic kidney disease: The role of implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Jul 01, 2009; ... Abstract Cardiac arrhythmia is associated with increased mortality and morbidity in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) (McCullough & Sandberg, 2004). The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has been shown to decrease mortality of patients with cardiac arrhythmias, ...