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- 1Bigam, David (Department of Surgery)
- 1Bigam, David (Surgery)
- 1Garrison, Scott (Department of Family Medicine)
- 1Garrison, Scott (Department of Medicine)
- 1Guzman, Jaime (Pediatrics, UBC)
- 1Achtymichuk, Karly A
- 1Burton, Catherine EC
- 1Chan, Angela W
- 1Dubois, Tyler
- 1Froentjes, Liesbeth
- 1Grant, Chantalle L
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Fall 2017
Cancers in the head and neck often lead to disability in basic functions, including speech and swallowing. Restoration of these functional impairments is the main treatment goals in managing patients affected by head and neck cancer. Historically, expert stakeholders including clinicians and...
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Fall 2021
Body composition, or the breakdown of the body into components such as skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, is increasingly recognized as an important factor impacting morbidity and survival in a variety of diseases. Body composition analysis provides both valuable prognostic information and...
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Fall 2014
Evidence surrounding the role of multimorbidity in an acute care setting, as well as factors associated with improved health outcomes in this patient population, is significantly lacking. Therefore, the objectives of this program of research were to determine the role of multimorbidity on short...
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Short, Intermediate, and Long-Term Effects of Opioids on Pain Intensity in Patients with Osteoarthritis or Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Chronic opioid use is associated with the development of hyperalgesia, which may end up attenuating any analgesic benefits over long-term therapy. We wanted to determine whether the analgesic efficacy of opioids compared to control therapy for osteoarthritis and chronic lower back pain differed...
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Telephone Consultations with Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) Reduced Emergency Visits and Specialty Consultations in Northern Alberta: A Quality Assurance Study
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RAAPID (Referral, Access, Advice, Placement, Information, and Destination) is a 24-hour call center run by Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada. RAAPID facilitates urgent telephone consultations between Alberta’s physicians with specialists in tertiary care centers, allowing many patients to...
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The ethical development and sustainability of trauma registries in low- and middle-income countries
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Trauma registries are an anonymized, systematic, prospective data banks for trauma patients that may include details on demographics, injury details, hospital processes, and outcomes. They are an important component of trauma care systems and a tool for improving outcomes in trauma. Given the...
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Fall 2015
Gastric cancer is an aggressive malignancy. Much of the mortality is attributable to delayed diagnosis from non-specific symptoms, and lack of early and accurate screening modalities. Metabolomics, the most downstream of the “omics” sciences (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics) is the latest...