Transmissibility of the 1918 pandemic influenza in Montreal and Winnipeg of Canada by Zhang, Shenghai, Yan, Ping, Winchester, Brian, Wang, Jun

“…Methods  The historical epidemiological data obtained for Montreal and Winnipeg in Canada is analyzed to estimate the basic reproduction number which is the most important summary measure of transmission potential of the pandemic. …”
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Geographical variation analysis of all-cause hospital readmission cases in Winnipeg, Canada by Cui, Yang, Torabi, Mahmoud, Forget, Evelyn L, Metge, Colleen, Ye, Xibiao, Moffatt, Michael, Oppenheimer, Luis

“…The smoothed age- and sex- adjusted relative risk rates of hospital readmission in 25 Winnipeg neighborhood clusters ranged between 0.73 and 1.27. …”
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Outbreaks of influenza‐like illness in long‐term care facilities in Winnipeg, Canada by Mahmud, Salaheddin M., Thompson, Laura H., Nowicki, Deborah L., Plourde, Pierre J.

“…Objectives  We describe patterns of reported ILI outbreaks in LTCFs in Winnipeg, Canada, and examine LTCF and outbreak characteristics that influence the clinical outcomes of these outbreaks. …”
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Perceptions of barriers, facilitators and motivators related to use of prenatal care: A qualitative descriptive study of inner-city women in Winnipeg, Canada by Heaman, Maureen I, Sword, Wendy, Elliott, Lawrence, Moffatt, Michael, Helewa, Michael E, Morris, Heather, Tjaden, Lynda, Gregory, Patricia, Cook, Catherine

“…OBJECTIVE: The objective of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore the perceptions of women living in inner-city Winnipeg, Canada, about barriers, facilitators, and motivators related to their use of prenatal care. …”
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Longitudinal Rates of Colon Cancer Screening Use in Winnipeg, Canada: The Experience of a Universal Health-Care System with an Organized Colon Screening Program by Decker, Kathleen M, Demers, Alain A, Nugent, Zoann, Biswanger, Natalie, Singh, Harminder

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Reducing income-related inequities in colorectal cancer screening: lessons learned from a retrospective analysis of organised programme and non-programme screening delivery in Winnipeg, Manitoba by Decker, Kathleen M, Demers, Alain A, Nugent, Zoann, Biswanger, Natalie, Singh, Harminder

“…OBJECTIVE: We examined organised colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme and non-programme faecal occult blood test (FOBT) use from 2008 to 2012 for individuals living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, by area-level income. SETTING: Winnipeg, Manitoba, a region with universal healthcare and an organised CRC screening programme. …”
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Managing public health crises: the role of models in pandemic preparedness by Moghadas, Seyed M., Pizzi, Nick J., Wu, Jianhong, Yan, Ping

“…Methods  To demonstrate the importance of synergism between modelers, public health experts, and policymakers, the University of Winnipeg organized an interdisciplinary workshop on the role of models in pandemic preparedness in September 2008. …”
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Wraparound care for youth injured by violence: study protocol for a pilot randomised control trial by Snider, Carolyn, Jiang, Depeng, Logsetty, Sarvesh, Strome, Trevor, Klassen, Terry

“…INTRODUCTION: Injury by violence is the fourth cause of death and the leading reason for a youth to visit an emergency department (ED) in Canada. In Winnipeg, 20% of youth who visit an ED with an injury due to violence have a second visit for a subsequent violent injury within 1 year. …”
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Ventilation monitoring for severe pediatric traumatic brain injury during interfacility transport by Hansen, Gregory, Vallance, Jeff K.

“…METHODS: Patients admitted between July 2008 and September 2013 at Winnipeg Health Science Center, Canada, were examined in this retrospective chart review. …”
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Dignity and Distress towards the End of Life across Four Non-Cancer Populations by Chochinov, Harvey Max, Johnston, Wendy, McClement, Susan E., Hack, Thomas F., Dufault, Brenden, Enns, Murray, Thompson, Genevieve, Harlos, Mike, Damant, Ronald W., Ramsey, Clare D., Davison, Sara, Zacharias, James, Milke, Doris, Strang, David, Campbell-Enns, Heather J., Kredentser, Maia S.

“…SETTING: Outpatient clinics, inpatient facilities or personal care homes, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. PARTICIPANTS: Patients with advanced Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD); and the institutionalized alert frail elderly. …”
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The Sociospatial Network: Risk and the Role of Place in the Transmission of Infectious Diseases by Logan, James J., Jolly, Ann M., Blanford, Justine I.

“…A sample of 600 injection drug users, men who have sex with men, street youth and homeless people were recruited in Winnipeg, Canada from January to December, 2009. The residences of participants and those of their social connections were linked to each other and to locations where they engaged in risk activity. …”
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Primary Care Provider Views About Usefulness and Dissemination of a Web-Based Depression Treatment Information Decision Aid by Beaulac, Julie, Westmacott, Robin, Walker, John R, Vardanyan, Gohar

“…METHODS: Participants were recruited from primary care clinics in Winnipeg and Ottawa, Canada, and included 48 family physicians, nurses, and primary care staff. …”
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Barriers and facilitators related to use of prenatal care by inner-city women: perceptions of health care providers by Heaman, Maureen I, Sword, Wendy, Elliott, Lawrence, Moffatt, Michael, Helewa, Michael E, Morris, Heather, Gregory, Patricia, Tjaden, Lynda, Cook, Catherine

“…The purpose of this study was to elicit the experiential knowledge of PNC providers in inner-city Winnipeg, Canada regarding their perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to PNC for the clients they serve and their suggestions on how PNC services might be improved to reduce disparities in utilization. …”
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The ALERT scale: an observational study of early prediction of adverse hospital outcome for medical patients by Roberts, Daniel, Patrick, Ward, Mojica, Julie, Ostryzniuk, Patricia, Patrick, Margaret, MacKnight, Chris, Kraut, Allen, Shafer, Leigh Anne

“…SETTING: The study took place at two tertiary teaching hospitals and two community hospitals in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. PARTICIPANTS: We analysed data from 4883 consecutive admissions at a tertiary teaching hospital to construct the Early Prediction of Adverse Hospital Outcome for Medical Patients (ALERT) model using logistic regression. …”
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Pure Immature Teratoma of the Ovary in Adults: Thirty-Year Experience of a Single Tertiary Care Center by Alwazzan, Ahmad Bakr, Popowich, Shaundra, Dean, Erin, Robinson, Christine, Lotocki, Robert, Altman, Alon D.

“…Patients were treated at 1 institution, Health Sciences Center, Women’s Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, between 1983 and 2013. …”
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A retrospective comparison of false negative skin test rates in penicillin allergy, using pencilloyl-poly-lysine and minor determinants or Penicillin G, followed by open challenge by Rosenfield, Lana, Kalicinsky, Chrystyna, Warrington, Richard

“…METHODS: A retrospective chart review was carried out on patients tested for penicillin allergy in the Clinical Immunology and Allergy Clinic at the Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Canada between 2005 and 2013. A total of 521 patients charts were reviewed, of whom 240 had skin testing, ImmunoCap(®) for IgE to Penicillin G and V and had oral challenges with penicillin, amoxicillin or cloxacillin. …”
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Informal caregivers of clients with neurological conditions: profiles, patterns and risk factors for distress from a home care prevalence study by Mitchell, Lori A., Hirdes, John, Poss, Jeff W., Slegers-Boyd, Caroline, Caldarelli, Hilary, Martin, Lynn

“…METHODS: The study population included Canadian home care clients in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority in Manitoba and in the province of Ontario. …”
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A retrospective review of the two-step tuberculin skin test in dialysis patients by Foster, Rukhsana, Ferguson, Thomas W., Rigatto, Claudio, Lerner, Blake, Tangri, Navdeep, Komenda, Paul

“…SETTING: This study is set at four tertiary dialysis units across Winnipeg, Manitoba. PATIENTS: There are 483 chronic hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients in the study. …”
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