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Food Diversity in the First Year of Life and the Development of Allergic Disease in High-Risk Children
(2015-04)
Mounting evidence suggests that delaying the introduction of solid food may promote allergic disease, leading to recent changes in infant feeding guidelines. We investigated the association of food diversity during the ...
Do non-nutritive sweeteners affect the metabolic health of infants and children? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies
(2015-04)
Background: Non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) have recently gained enormous popularity due to their perceived health benefits in weight loss and management; however, their long-term impact on human health is unknown, particularly ...
Access Barriers to Primary Health Care: Indigenous People and the Role of the Physician Assistant in Northern Manitoba
(2015-04)
This capstone project compares Manitoba and Alaska health care reform policy in the context of
northern Indigenous Health. Additionally, this paper compares northern Manitoba and Alaska
Physician Assistant utilization ...
DOES INTRAVENOUS MAGNESIUM REDUCE HOSPITAL ADMISSION RATES IN ADULTS WITH SEVERE ACUTE ASTHMA?
(2015-04)
Introduction: Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by bronchial hyper-responsiveness, airflow
obstruction, and inflammation that presents with symptoms of cough, dyspnea, chest tightness, wheezing, ...
Physician Assistants Making a Difference: A Retrospective Study on Discharge Times in Community Orthopedics
(2015-04)
Intro: Physician Assistants (PAs) have been key components to health care teams around the world for quite some time now. In Canada PAs have been utilized very effectively in the Canadian Forces (CF) and are now transitioning ...
Clinical Efficacy and Timing of Influenza Immunization in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
(2015-04)
Background: Cancer patients who are immunocompromised due to the nature of their malignancy or treatment with chemotherapy, are at increased of developing complications related to influenza infections. While the influenza ...
The Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Fall Reduction in the Elderly: A Critical Appraisal
(2015-04)
BACKGROUND: Falls in the elderly is a significant public health problem due to their high prevalence of 30% in those over 65, many of which result in fractures and soft tissue injuries, longstanding pain, functional ...
Viral Co-Morbidity as a Factor Effecting Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in H1N1 Influenza Cases Requiring Intensive Care Treatment
(2012-03-12)
The 2009 H1N1 pandemic caused severe disease around the world. H1N1 caused disease in younger, healthier people than typically observed for seasonal influenza. Another difference between H1N1 and the seasonal variant is ...
The role of tissue Doppler imaging using transesophageal echocardiography in the non-invasive assessment of left ventricular filling pressures during cardiac surgery
(2012-03-12)
Background: Cardiac surgical patients often require invasive pulmonary artery catheters (PAC) to determine left ventricular filling pressures (LVFP) in order to guide fluid management. Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) as derived ...
Long-term follow-up of ACL reconstruction: Insight into the natural history of altered biomechanics of the knee joint
(2012-03-12)
The goal of ACL reconstruction is to restore stability to the knee joint and prevent the onset of osteoarthritis. Little is known of the long-term natural history of a knee joint that has undergone ACL reconstruction. Our ...