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Estimating the number hospital or emergency department presentations for stroke in Canada
Can J Neurol Sci. 2022 Dec 20:1-18. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2022.338. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:36536997 | DOI:10.1017/cjn.2022.338
Source: The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences - December 20, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Jessalyn K Holodinsky Patrice Lindsay Amy Y X Yu Aravind Ganesh Raed A Joundi Michael D Hill Source Type: research

Association of body mass index with COVID-19-related neurologic sequelae: a retrospective cohort study
This study demonstrates the absence of an association between BMI and neurologic manifestations following acute COVID-19 illness. Prospective studies using standardized data collection tools and direct measures of body fat are warranted to obtain more valid effect estimates.
Source: Clinical and Experimental Medicine - December 16, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: research

Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Virtual Stroke Rehabilitation Interim Consensus Statement 2022
The seventh edition of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Rehabilitation and Recovery following Stroke includes a new section devoted to the provision of virtual stroke rehabilitation. This consensus statement uses Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations methodology and Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation II principles. A literature search was conducted using PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases. An expert writing group reviewed all evidence and developed recommendations, as well as consensus-based clinical considerations where evidence was insufficient for a r...
Source: American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - October 29, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Analysis & Perspective Source Type: research

Use of linked data to assess the impact of including out-of-hospital deaths on 30-day in-hospital mortality indicators: a retrospective cohort study
CMAJ Open. 2022 Oct 11;10(4):E882-E888. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210264. Print 2022 Sep-Oct.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) annually reports on health system performance indicators, including various 30-day in-hospital mortality rates. We aimed to assess the impact of including out-of-hospital deaths on 3 CIHI indicators: 30-day acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in-hospital mortality, 30-day stroke in-hospital mortality and hospital deaths following major surgery.METHODS: We followed national cohorts of patients admitted to hospital in 1 of 9 Canadian provinces for AMI, stroke and major...
Source: cmaj - October 11, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ania Syrowatka Mingyang Li Jing Gu Ling Yin Danielle Rice Yana Gurevich Source Type: research

Severely injured patients waited hours in HSC emergency entrance hallway due to absence of beds inside
Twelve people on stretchers, including a stroke patient with a bleeding brain and a trauma patient transported by helicopter, were lined up in the entrance hallway at Manitoba's largest emergency department on Sunday evening because no beds were available inside, a physician at the hospital said.
Source: CBC | Health - September 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news

B.C. woman who suffered stroke waited over an hour for an ambulance. Now she's partially paralyzed
The family of a woman who was left paralyzed after suffering a stroke is asking for answers as to why she waited more than an hour for an ambulance to take her to the hospital.
Source: CBC | Health - September 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news

IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 11243: High Temperatures and Cardiovascular-Related Morbidity: A Scoping Review
Piotr Wilk The primary objective of this review was to synthesize studies assessing the relationships between high temperatures and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related hospital encounters (i.e., emergency department (ED) visits or hospitalizations) in urban Canada and other comparable populations, and to identify areas for future research. Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Scopus were searched between 6 April and 11 April 2020, and on 21 March 2021, to identify articles examining the relationship between high temperatures and CVD-related hospital encounters. Studies involvin...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - September 7, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Kendra R. Cicci Alana Maltby Kristin K. Clemens Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera Anna C. Gunz Éric Lavigne Piotr Wilk Tags: Review Source Type: research

Clinical characteristics, multiorgan dysfunction and outcomes of patients with COVID-19: a prospective case series
This study provides further evidence that COVID-19 is a multisystem disease involving neurologic, cardiac and thrombotic dysfunction, without evidence of hepatic dysfunction. Patients have persistent organ dysfunction after hospital discharge, underscoring the need for research on long-term outcomes of COVID-19 survivors.PMID:35853662 | DOI:10.9778/cmajo.20210151
Source: cmaj - July 19, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kimia Honarmand Kyle Fiorini Debarati Chakraborty Daniel Gillett Karishma Desai Claudio Martin Karen J Bosma Marat Slessarev Ian M Ball Tina Mele Danielle LeBlanc Sameer Elsayed Alejandro Lazo-Langner Mike J Nicholson Robert Arntfield John Basmaji Source Type: research

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