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Fall 2021
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic progressive cholestatic liver disease with unknown etiology that is characterized by inflammation and fibrosis of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary tracts, leading to diffuse multifocal stricture formation. The pathogenesis of PSC is...
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Fall 2016
Background: Health care budgets are limited and under pressure. Funding new health technologies has an opportunity cost – while some patients benefit, others lose out as resources are reallocated away from existing health care services. This has implications for social value considerations in the...
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Outcomes associated with Hospital Acquired Complications in patients with Chronic Kidney Diseases
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Improving the quality of healthcare has been a focus for researchers and policy makers during the last two decades. Hospital acquired complications (HACs) are unintended harms to patient (e.g. urinary tract infection, wound infection), yet many are potentially preventable. They are common and...
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Fall 2013
This thesis describes 3 thematically linked projects exploring outcomes for hospitalized medical patients. Project 1 examines the accuracy of various models in predicting post-discharge outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). Project 2 explores the relationship between teaching and...
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Spring 2019
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia and is increasing in prevalence worldwide. While it is not acutely life threatening, the complications of stroke and heart failure carry high mortality rates and extensive healthcare costs. Healthcare leaders have identified the extra demands...
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Spring 2020
Objective A substantial proportion of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) are frail; however, its epidemiology at a population-level has not been explored. Following implementation of a validated frailty measure into a provincial ICU clinical information system, we sought to...
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Pathogenesis of Heart and Liver Diseases in Acquired and Genetic Iron-overload Disorders Resveratrol as potential therapy
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Abnormal iron metabolism leads to cardiac and hepatic iron-overload disorders in an epidemic proportion. Irregular iron absorption results in iron deposition in different organs of the body including heart and liver. Iron-overload heart and liver diseases are commonly observed in patients with...
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Pharmacist Management of Hypertension: An Examination of Clinical and Economic Outcomes and Remuneration for Expanded Services
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Background: One-third of Canadian adults with hypertension remain uncontrolled. As drug therapy experts, pharmacists can play a role in addressing this challenge, particularly when utilizing prescribing authorization in Alberta. However, the clinical effectiveness of pharmacist management of...