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Fall 2014
Epidemiological studies correlate vitamin D deficiency with asthma severity. Calcitriol modulates receptor and cytokine expression from various leukocytes in an anti-inflammatory manner. Despite eosinophil activity during mucosal inflammation, knowledge on the direct effect of calcitriol on this...
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Virus Induced Asthma Exacerbations: Immunologic Mechanisms and Metabolomic Biomarkers
2014-03-30
Asthma is a complex multifaceted chronic inflammatory disease that is characterized clinically by reversible airflow obstruction, shortness of breath, coughing, and wheezing. Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children, and is differentiated into many phenotypes with multiple triggers....
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Understanding implementation processes of clinical pathways and clinical practice guidelines in pediatric contexts: A study protocol
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Nettel-Aguirre, A., Klassen, T.P., Grimshaw, J., Johnson, D., Scott, S.
Background: Canada is among the most prosperous nations in the world, yet the health and wellness outcomes of Canadian children are surprisingly poor. There is some evidence to suggest that these poor health outcomes are partly due to clinical practice variation, which can stem from failure to...
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The provision of end-of-life care by medical-surgical nurses working in acute care: A literature review.
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Objective: Caring for terminally ill patients is complex, stressful, and at times distressing for nurses. Acute care hospitals continue to be the predominant place of death for terminally ill patients in most Western countries. The objective of the present literature review was to explore and...
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The influence of organizational context on the use of research by nurses in Canadian pediatric hospitals.
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Kang, S., Squires, J., Estabrooks, C. A., Cummings, G. G., Scott, S., Stevens, B., Hayduk, L.
Background Organizational context is recognized as an important influence on the successful implementation of research by healthcare professionals. However, there is relatively little empirical evidence to support this widely held view. Methods The objective of this study was to identify...