- Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
- Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
- Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Science, Research, and Medicine
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Microscopic Colitis
- Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
University of Waterloo
2017-2025
Women's College Hospital
2023-2025
University of Toronto
2023-2024
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
2022-2023
London Health Sciences Centre
2021
Western University
2009
Importance Practice guidelines often provide recommendations in which the strength of recommendation is dissociated from quality evidence. Objective To create a clinical guideline for diagnosis and management adult bacterial infective endocarditis (IE) that addresses gap between evidence strength. Evidence Review This consensus statement systematic review applied an approach previously established by WikiGuidelines Group to construct collaborative guidelines. In April 2022 call new existing...
Abstract Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is a critical function of the clinical microbiology laboratory and essential for optimizing care patients with infectious diseases, monitoring antimicrobial resistance (AMR) trends, informing public health initiatives. Several methods are available performing AST including broth microdilution, agar dilution, disk diffusion. Technological advances such as development commercial automated platforms advent rapid diagnostic tests have improved...
Background: Clostridioides difficile is a pathogen causing diarrheal illness, which can be treated with vancomycin or fidaxomicin. Objective: To evaluate changes in monthly prescription volumes for oral and fidaxomicin Ontario community pharmacies following implementation of the 2017 2021 updates to guidelines from Infectious Diseases Society America (IDSA) Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA) after 2019 provincial formulary change vancomycin. Methods: An interrupted time-series analysis was...
Objective A prospective open-label randomized controlled trial to assess the role of a picture-based medication calendar on adherence antiemetic regimens for adult patients receiving chemotherapy and effect other taking behaviors as well patient satisfaction with tool. Methods Participants were randomly assigned 1:1 routine care or without calendar. Results Adherence, stratified by education (university postgraduate, p = 0.09; grade school, high school college 0.32), was non-significantly...
The forebrain contains neuronal circuits of critical importance in the regulation food intake. Nesfatin has been identified as a satiety peptide within central neurons. ICV injection nesfatin‐1 decreases intake dose‐dependent manner and result decrease body weight. However, pathways activated by are not known. In this study, distribution neurons expressing fos‐like immunoreactivity following infusions (5 pmol/µl; 2 µl followed two 1 injections every 30 min) was rat forebrain. Fos labeled...