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Data for improvement and clinical excellence: report of an interrupted time series trial of feedback in long-term care
Download2014
Baylon, Melba A., Fraser, Kimberly D., Schalm, Corinne, Sales, Anne E.
Background There is considerable evidence about the effectiveness of audit coupled with feedback for provider behavior change, although few feedback interventions have been conducted in long-term care settings. The primary purpose of the Data for Improvement and Clinical Excellence-Long-Term Care...
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Developing a Patient-Driven Arts-Based Knowledge Translation Tool for Parents of Children with Asthma
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Background: Family-centered education is critical to managing childhood asthma, the most common chronic disease of childhood in North America. Parents are largely responsible for the day-to-day management of their child’s asthma; as such, finding effective ways to educate parents about asthma is...
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Diabetes and Influenza-Attributable Illness: The Rationale for Targeted Influenza Vaccinations in Adults with Diabetes
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While guidelines for seasonal influenza vaccinations single out working age (< 65) adults with diabetes, vaccination rates in this group remain below national targets. Historically, there has been limited evidence to support these guidelines. This dissertation comprises four studies investigating...
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Diagnosing Clinically Significant Dehydration in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis Using Noninvasive Methods: A Meta-Analysis
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Milne, Andrea, Hartling, Lisa, Vandermeer, Ben, Freedman, Stephen B.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the most accurate, noninvasive method of assessing dehydration. STUDY DESIGN: The following data sources were searched: electronic databases, gray literature, scientific meetings, reference lists, and authors of unpublished studies. Eligible studies were comparative...
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Do health care institutions value research? A mixed methods study of barriers and facilitators to methodological rigor in pediatric randomized trials.
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Scott, S. D., Hamm, M. P., Hartling, L., Klassen, T. P., Moher, D.
Background Pediatric randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are susceptible to a high risk of bias. We examined the barriers and facilitators that pediatric trialists face in the design and conduct of unbiased trials. Methods We used a mixed methods design, with semi-structured interviews building...
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Fall 2014
Infant face and throat replicas are used in research laboratories to compare the effectiveness of different valved holding chamber and face mask designs. The use of soft face models is thought to provide a better representation of mask dead volume and face mask seal than hard face models....
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Fall 2020
Introduction By 2030, 1/100 Canadians are predicted to be diagnosed with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD); approximately 25% of cases are diagnosed in children. IBD include Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), and manifest with chronic gastrointestinal inflammation. Pathogenesis...
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Enrollment in Multidisciplinary Clinical Care for Pediatric Weight Management: Predictors, Reasons, Facilitators, and Recommendations
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Background: One-third of Canadian children meet the criteria for overweight or obesity. While multidisciplinary clinical care (MCC) can be effective to manage pediatric obesity, many eligible children are not referred to this level of care and many of those who are referred do not enroll in...
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2013-02-15
Klassen, Terry P., Plint, Amy C., Vandermeer, Ben, Tjosvold, Lisa, Hartling, Lisa, Fernandes, Ricardo M., Patel, Hema, Bialy, Liza M., Johnson, David W.
Background: Bronchodilators are commonly used for acute bronchiolitis, despite uncertain effectiveness. Objectives: To examine the efficacy and safety of epinephrine in children less than two with acute viral bronchiolitis. Search methods: We searched CENTRAL (2010, Issue 3) which contains the...
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Exploring anthropometric and laboratory differences in children of varying ethnicities with Celiac disease
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Rajani, Seema, Alzaben, Abeer, Shirton, Leanne, Persad, Rabindranath, Hyuhn, Hien Q., Mager, Diana R., Turner, Justine M.
BACKGROUND: Celiac disease (CD) is a common autoimmune disorder with an increasing prevalence, including in ethnic minorities. OBJECTIVE: To report the frequency of CD diagnosis in ethnic minorities presenting to a Canadian pediatric celiac clinic and to determine whether ethnic differences exist...