Dr. Bevilacqua discusses the prevalence of pain in PKD patients over the course of the disease. He explains the different types of pain in PKD, giving suggestions about how to describe and monitor PKD pain, and suggests chronic pain management strategies and resources.
Dr. Micheli (Mike) Bevilacqua is a nephrologist with additional training in health administration. His clinical nephrology practice is based in Surrey, British Columbia, and he is involved in several administrative roles with BC Renal. He is the Chair of the Provincial Kidney Care Committee which coordinates care delivery for over 15,000 British Columbians living with chronic kidney disease, and the Medical Lead for the BC Polycystic Kidney Disease Network which aims to optimize management of PKD in BC and the Co-Chair of the Transplant First Committee aiming to improve access to living donor kidney transplantation.
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