A5083861056- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Radiology practices and education
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
- Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
- Blood disorders and treatments
McMaster University
2017-2025
Hamilton Health Sciences
2017-2020
Hamilton General Hospital
2017-2020
Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute
2017
Jagiellonian University
2017
Cleveland Clinic
2017
Groote Schuur Hospital
2017
University of Cape Town
2017
London Health Sciences Centre
2017
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
2017
<h3>Importance</h3> Health care services that support the hospital-to-home transition can improve outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). <h3>Objective</h3> To test effectiveness of Patient-Centered Care Transitions HF transitional model hospitalized for HF. <h3>Design, Setting, and Participants</h3> Stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial 2494 adults across 10 hospitals Ontario, Canada, from February 2015 to March 2016, follow-up until November 2016. <h3>Interventions</h3> Hospitals...
Background In previous analyses, myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery, major bleeding, and sepsis were independently associated with most deaths in the 30 days but of these occurred during index hospitalization for surgery. The authors set out to describe outcomes discharge from hospital up 1 yr inpatient surgery associations between predischarge complications postdischarge death Methods This study was an analysis patients discharged a large international prospective cohort across 28...
Various definitions of bleeding have been used in perioperative studies without systematic assessment the diagnostic criteria for their independent association with outcomes important to patients. Our proposed definition impacting mortality after noncardiac surgery (BIMS) is that independently associated death during or within 30 days surgery. We describe our analysis plan sequentially 1) establish BIMS, 2) estimate contribution BIMS 30-day and 3) develop internally validate a clinical...
Background: There has been growing interest in using theory-driven research to develop and evaluate continuing medical education (CME) activities. Within health professions education, testing shown promote learning a variety of different contexts, an effect referred as test-enhanced (TEL). However, the extent which TEL generalizes CME remains unclear. The purpose this study was investigate whether physicians who received two intervening tests following event would experience relative...
Background Direct oral anticoagulants are convenient because of their fixed dosing and without laboratory monitoring. There instructions on avoidance moisture, no crushing capsules, administration with food for some direct anticoagulants. Whether patients adhere to this prescribed appropriate doses unknown. Aims To assess anticoagulant medication use. Methods Patients ≥18 years old, receiving a any diagnosis, were prospectively included. Nurses at our perioperative anticoagulation clinic...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis is effective in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) medical patients.A retrospective chart review was performed on inpatients at two academic hospitals Hamilton, Ontario to investigate if patients received VTE as per current guidelines.An analysis 762 patient charts 170 met inclusion criteria for use pharmacological prophylaxis. Of these, 91 (54%) In 63 with a contraindication prophylaxis, 16 (25%)...
Background: Direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC) use is increasing in Canada. This study evaluated nurse, staff physician, and resident physician understanding of DOAC dosing administration.Methods: An electronic survey was distributed to health care providers (HCPs) at a hospital Ontario, The questions discussed indications, dose adjustments, storage administration, counselling.Results: A total 52 responses were received: 3 from nurses, 1 nurse practitioner, 21 physicians (Hematology,...
The addition of harmful adulterants to cocaine has become widespread in recent years and constitutes a novel etiological agent for disease. One particular, the veterinary anthelmintic “levamisole,” been increasingly used, owing its potentiating effects ability pass crude methods detection. Levamisole shown cause vasculitic syndrome retiform purpura skin necrosis, as well leukopenia autoantibody formation.
AbstractOver the past 50 years, CTU has remained a core part of training for residents within internal medicine programs. At same time, needs society have changed significantly over and current to reflect this change. This is not novel idea, but one that we feel requires greater attention adequately address academic teaching hospitals across country.
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Bal&iacute;nt Syndrome is an acquired disorder manifesting in the inability to recognize several objects at once (simultagnosia), inaccurate visually guided limb movements despite intact motor function (optic ataxia) and make accurate voluntary saccades visual targets demonstrating unrestricted range of eye (ocular apraxia). Here we report first case a patient presenting with caused by platelet-derived growth factor receptor A mutation (PDGFRA)-induced Hypereosinophilic (HES).