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The relationship between body mass index, treatment, and mortality in patients with established coronary artery disease:a report from APPROACH.
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Padwal, R. A., Sharma, A., Kalanta-Zadeh, K., Oreopoulos, A., Norris, C.M., McAlister, F. A., Ezekowitz, J., Fonarow, G.C.
Our objective was to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and survival according to the type of treatment in individuals with established coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods and results: Patients with CAD were identified in the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment...
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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...
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2003
Schopflocher, D., Voaklander, D. C., Rowe, B. H., May, L. A., Saunders, L. D., Svenson, L. W., Dryden, D. M., Yiannakoulias, N.
Objectives: To describe the incidence and pattern of traumatic spinal cord injury and cauda equina injury (SCI) in a geographically defined region of Canada. Methods: The study period was April 1, 1997 to March 31, 2000. Data were gathered from three provincial sources: administrative data from...
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The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set 2.0 Quality Indicators : A Systematic Review
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Johnson, C., Teare, G., Milke, D., Hutchinson, A.M., Maisey, S., Squires, J.E., Estabrooks, C.A.
Background: The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) 2.0 is designed to collect the minimum amount of data to guide care planning and monitoring for residents in long-term care settings. These data have been used to compute indicators of care quality. Use of the quality...
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Simultaneous temporal trends in dementia incidence and prevalence, 2005–2013: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Saskatchewan, Canada
Simultaneous temporal trends in dementia incidence and prevalence, 2005–2013: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Forbes, D., Innes, A., Morgan, D. G., Quail, J. M., O'Connell, M. E., Teare, G. F., Kosteniuk, J. G., Stewart, N. J., Bello-Haas, V. D., Crossley, M., Kirk, A., Mou, H., McBain, L.
Background: Original studies published over the last decade regarding time trends in dementia report mixed results. The aims of the present study were to use linked administrative health data for the province of Saskatchewan for the period 2005/2006 to 2012/2013 to: (1) examine simultaneous...
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2007
Virani, S. N., Schopflocher, D. P., Russell, M. L., Svenson, L.
Varicella vaccine was licensed in Canada in 1998, and a publicly funded vaccination programme introduced in the province of Alberta in 2001. In theory the vaccination programme might increase the burden of disease from shingles, making it important to develop baseline data against which future...
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2007
Warren, K. G., Patten, S. B., Schopflocher, D. P., Metz, L. M., Warren, S., Svenson, L. W.
BACKGROUND: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is reported to be uncommon among North American aboriginals despite frequent intermarriage with people of European ancestry, but few population-based studies have been conducted. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of MS among First...
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2015
Fuentes, Jorge, Cummings, Greta G., Ha, Christine, Egger, Matthias, da Costa, Bruno R., Saltaji, Humam, Armijo-Olivo, Susan
Objective: There is debate on how the methodological quality of clinical trials should be assessed. We compared trials of physical therapy (PT) judged to be of adequate quality based on summary scores from the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale with trials judged to be of adequate...