A5029180351- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Sleep and related disorders
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Global Health and Surgery
Dalhousie University
2018-2025
University of Nebraska Medical Center
2021
Background: Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) involves physical symptoms that cannot entirely be explained by an organic medical cause, accompanied persistent thoughts, feelings and behaviours relating to one’s health. SSD is common yet underdiagnosed in emergency departments (EDs). This study aimed assess physician (EP) readiness, attitudes perceptions toward diagnosing explore demographic trends. Methods: In total, 1339 Canadian EPs were invited respond a survey collecting information...
Objective To evaluate whether the percentage of time spent supine during sleep in third trimester pregnancy could be reduced using a positional therapy device (PrenaBelt) compared with sham device. Design A double-blind, randomised, sham-controlled, cross-over pilot trial. Setting Conducted between March 2016 and January 2017, at single, tertiary-level centre Canada. Participants 23 participants entered study. 20 completed were low-risk, singleton, third-trimester pregnant women aged 18...
To evaluate the effect, on birth weight and centile, of use PrenaBelt, a maternal positional therapy device, during sleep in home setting throughout third trimester pregnancy.A double-blind, sham-controlled, randomised clinical trial.Conducted from September 2015 to May 2016, at single, tertiary-level centre Accra, Ghana.Two-hundred participants entered study. One-hundred-eighty-one completed Participants were women, 18 35 years age, with low-risk, singleton, pregnancies their...
# Procedures driving mortality rate: the experience of a teaching hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti {#article-title-2} A rural central recently developed surgical department and residency, rapidly increasing access to care an underserved region. As capacity