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Adherence to Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines for management of traumatic brain injury patients
DownloadFall 2018
Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant cause of death and disability around the world. Management based on Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF) guidelines is widely accepted and thought to improve outcomes. The objectives of this thesis are to provide an overview of adherence to BTF...
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An Analysis of the Environmental Risk Factors of Childhood Asthma and Asthma-like Symptoms: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
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It is known that a multitude of environmental factors are implicated in the incidence of asthma and asthma symptoms among children; however, previous research has provided inconsistent and/or insufficient evidence as to whether residing in a farming environment during childhood can lead to a...
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Integrating Approaches to Geographic Variation in Methodologies for Public Health Surveillance
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Epidemiology is increasingly recognizing the complexity of the underlying mechanisms determining health states. Public health surveillance needs to incorporate this knowledge into their regular reporting and analysis cycles. Aggregate data related to a multitude of health related states and risk...
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Prevalence and Sex-Specific Risk Factors for Asthma-COPD Overlap among Middle-Aged and Older Canadians
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Background: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are major public health concerns and are among the most prevalent chronic respiratory diseases worldwide. However, a subset of patients presents with clinical features of both asthma and COPD, and recently, the term asthma-COPD...