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Keep in Touch (KIT): feasibility of using internet-based communication and information technology in palliative care
(2017-05-06)Abstract Background Confinement to an in-patient hospital ward impairs patients’ sense of social support and connectedness. Providing the means, through communication technology, ... -
Keep in touch (KIT): perspectives on introducing internet-based communication and information technologies in palliative care
(2016-08-02)Abstract Background Hospitalized palliative patients need to keep in touch with their loved ones. Regular social contact may be especially difficult for individuals on palliative ... -
Key factors for national spread and scale-up of an eConsult innovation
(2020-06-03)Abstract Background Expanding healthcare innovations from the local to national level is a complex pursuit requiring careful assessment of all relevant factors. In this study (a component of a larger eConsult programme ... -
Key Research Issues in Clostridium difficile
(2005-1-1)Clostridium difficile is an emerging pathogen that causes C difficile-associated diarrhea, an important nosocomial infection. Control of this infection remains a challenge, and much needs to be determined about the ... -
Kidney Disease and Youth Onset Type 2 Diabetes: Considerations for the General Practitioner
(2012-1-18)Youth onset type 2 diabetes (T2DM) continues to increase worldwide, concomitant with the rising obesity epidemic. There is evidence to suggest that youth with T2DM are affected by the same comorbidities and complications ... -
Knockdown of aberrantly expressed nuclear localized decorin attenuates tumour angiogenesis related mediators in oral cancer progression model in vitro
(2012-04-16)AbstractBackgroundOral cancer accounts for roughly 3% of cancer cases in the world with about 350,000 newly reported cases annually and a 5-year survival rate of only 50%. Majority of oral cancers are squamous cell carcinomas ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of older adults about pneumococcal immunization, a Public Health Agency of Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Influenza Research Network (PCIRN) investigation
(2014-05-12)Abstract Background Fewer Canadian seniors are vaccinated against pneumococcal disease than receive the influenza vaccine annually. Improved understanding of factors influencing pneumococcal ... -
Kyasanur Forest disease virus non-mouse animal models: a pilot study
(2020-06-15)Abstract Objectives Mouse models have delivered variable recapitulation of Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) pathology and consistently demonstrated neurological involvement which may be a limited feature of human disease. ... -
Lactic acid from vaginal microbiota enhances cervicovaginal epithelial barrier integrity by promoting tight junction protein expression
(2022-08-31)Abstract Background Women with a cervicovaginal microbiota dominated by Lactobacillus spp. are at reduced risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections including HIV, but ... -
Land and nature as sources of health and resilience among Indigenous youth in an urban Canadian context: a photovoice exploration
(2020-04-20)Abstract Background Population and environmental health research illustrate a positive relationship between access to greenspace or natural environments and peoples’ perceived ... -
Laparoscopic Nephrectomy, Ex Vivo Partial Nephrectomy, and Autotransplantation for the Treatment of Complex Renal Masses
(2014-11-24)In the contemporary era of minimally invasive surgery, very few T1/T2 renal lesions are not amenable to nephron-sparing surgery. However, centrally located lesions continue to pose a clinical dilemma. We sought to describe ... -
Large B-cell lymphoma mimicking iliopsoas abscess following open revision of proximal femur infected non-union: a case report
(2014-07-23)Abstract Background Extranodal presentation of lymphoma is a rare occurrence. It has been postulated that chronic antigen stimulation may predispose a patient to the development of lymphoma. ... -
Laser Doppler Blood-Flow Signals from Human Teeth during an Alignment and Leveling Movement Using a Superelastic Archwire
(2013-9-19)Objective. The purpose of this study was to examine alterations in blood-flow signals (BFS) from human teeth during an alignment and leveling phase (superelastic wire 0.014′′) in a clinical orthodontic treatment using laser ... -
Latent classes of early response trajectories to biologics initiation in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: an analysis of four trials
(2022-07-30)Abstract Aims 1) To delineate latent classes of treatment response to biologics in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients in the first 16 weeks after initiation. 2) To ... -
Leaving no one behind? An equity analysis of the HIV care cascade among a cohort of people living with HIV in Manitoba, Canada
(2021-02-04)Abstract Background Manitoba is a central Canadian province with annual rates of new HIV infections consistently higher than the Canadian average. National surveillance ... -
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