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Thai families' caring practices for infants with congenital heart disease prior to cardiac surgery
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Yenbut, J., Chontawan, R., Laohaprasittiporn, D., Wanitkun, S., Ray, L., Srichantaranit, A.
This focused ethnographic study aimed at exploring how the Thai sociocultural context influenced the perceptions and practices of Thai families caring for infants, 3 months to 17 months, with symptomatic, acyanotic or cyanotic, congenital heart disease (CHD), prior to cardiac surgery. Purposive...
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The alberta ambassador program: Delivering health technology assessment results to rural practitioners.
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Taenzer, P., Schopflocher, D., Barton, P., Harstall, C., Rashiq, S.
Background: The purpose of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is to make the best possible summary of the evidence regarding specific health interventions in order to influence health care and policy decisions. The need for decision makers to find relevant HTA data when it is needed is a barrier...
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2014-11-05
Thompson, Richard B., Oudit, Gavin Y., Paterson, D. Ian, Becher, Harald, Kaul, Padma, Knudtson, Merril L., Dyck, Jason R.B., Lopaschuk, Gary D., Belenkie, Israel, Clark, Alexander M., Schulz, Richard, Howlett, Jonathan G., Kim, Daniel H., Anderson, Todd J., Weeks, Sarah G., Haykowsky, Mark J., McAlister, Finlay A., Ezekowitz, Justin A., Friedrich, Matthias G., Quan, Hude, Duff, Henry J., Noga, Michelle L., Kassiri, Zamaneh, Light, Peter E.
Nationally, symptomatic heart failure affects 1.5-2% of Canadians, incurs $3 billion in hospital costs annually and the global burden is expected to double in the next 1–2 decades. The current one-year mortality rate after diagnosis of heart failure remains high at >25%. Consequently, new...
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The association between renal insufficiency, phamacotherapy, and outcomes in 6427 patients with heart failure and coronary artery disease.
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Tonelli, M., Ezekowitz, J., Ghali, W.A., Humphries, K.H., Norris, C.M., McAlister, F. A., Knudtson, M.L.
Objectives This study was designed to examine the use of cardiovascular medications and outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) and renal dysfunction. Background Renal insufficiency is associated with poorer outcomes in patients with HF, but the mechanisms are uncertain. In particular,...
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2010
Bostrom, A.M., Estabrooks, C.A., Kajermo, K.N., Thompson, D.S., Hutchinson, A.M., Wallin, L.
Background: A commonly recommended strategy for increasing research use in clinical practice is to identify barriers to change and then tailor interventions to overcome the identified barriers. In nursing, the BARRIERS scale has been used extensively to identify barriers to research utilization. ...
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2011
Slaughter, S., Bostrom, A.M., Cummings, G.G., Morgan, D.G., Estabrooks, C.A., Norton, P.G., Squires, J.E.
Background: Defining what constitutes a resident care unit in nursing home research is both a conceptual and practical challenge. The aim of this paper is to provide evidence in support of a definition of care unit in nursing homes by demonstrating: (1) its feasibility for use in data collection,...
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2011
Yonge, O., Myrick, F., Ferguson, L.
The purpose of this article is to report preceptor perceptions of the process of evaluating nursing students in a rural setting. A grounded theory methodology was used to carry out this study to ascertain what is actually going on in the rural preceptorship experience. Twenty-six preceptors from...