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A Retrospective Study on Potential Organ Donation and Transplantation Opportunities in Alberta Emergency Rooms and Intensive Care Units
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Background: In patients with end stage organ failure, organ transplant is often the only life saving treatment. Unfortunately, worldwide, the number of organs needed for transplant far outnumber the number of organs available. This scarcity of organs has led to interest in methods of increasing...
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Access to Kidney Care: Global implications for workforce capacity and use of electronic consultations to facilitate kidney care
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly recognized as a global public health issue due to rising prevalence, associated adverse health outcomes and substantial economic impact. To address this problem, countries need health system strengthening, and the health workforce is considered the...
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Beyond the Antibodies: Sera Metabolomic Biomarker Signatures Discriminate Myasthenic And Healthy Cohorts
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Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a chronic, potentially debilitating autoimmune disease characterized by weakness and rapid fatigue of the voluntary muscles that worsens on exertion and improves on rest. Left untreated, MG symptoms may cause significant morbidity, affecting occupational performance,...
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Fall 2018
Background: Cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Cancer patients are at higher risk of VTE recurrence despite anticoagulation and bleeding complications while on anticoagulation. There are some risk factors of bleeding specific...
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Fall 2018
Background: Type 2 myocardial infarction (T2MI), or myocardial necrosis due to supply-demand mismatch, poses significant diagnostic and management challenges for clinicians. We conducted a detailed clinical characterization of management and outcomes of a large population of T2MI patients,...
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Diabetes Knowledge, Self-care Behaviours, Acculturation, and Health Outcomes in Arabic-speaking Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in Edmonton, Canada
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The number of Arabic-speaking immigrants in Canada is growing, as is the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in this population. Understanding of T2D knowledge, self-care management, and diabetes-related outcomes in this population is lacking. Our objective was to examine the level of diabetes...
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Epidemiologic Risk Factors of Antimicrobial Resistance in Patients with Septic Shock Admitted to North American Critical Care Units: A Retrospective Study
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INTRODUCTION: Antibiotic resistance is a serious global threat resulting in a significant clinical and economic burden. The cost of caring for patients with resistant infections is high ($6,000-$30,000 USD 2008). The examination of resistance between different epidemiological groups is required...
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German Cockroach Extract Proteolytic Activity Down-regulates Interleukin-13 Dependent Eotaxin-3 (CCL26) Expression in Airway Epithelial Cells
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Introduction:Allergy to inhaled allergens is an important factor to develop airway inflammation. The airway epithelium is the main barrier between the host and inhaled allergens, and its activation by allergens is a key step towards the activation of innate and adaptive immunity. German cockroach...
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Mast Cell Response to Influenza A Infection and Their Antiviral Activity in Co-culture with Epithelial Cells
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Well known their role in allergic inflammation, mast cells (MC) are also important in innate immunity against pathogens. MC are abundant in the respiratory tract and in close proximity to epithelial cells (EC) where they could be important in host defenses or the pathogenesis of viral infections...
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Spring 2018
Renal cell carcinoma comprises approximately 2-3% of all malignancies, with the majority, approximately 70%, being clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). ccRCC features many cancer hallmarks such as suppressed mitochondrial glucose oxidation, apoptosis-resistance, angiogenesis, immune evasion,...