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Robot-assisted coronary artery bypass surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies.
CONCLUSION: Although the findings from this review of comparative studies of RCAB appear promising and suggest that RCAB may offer some benefits to patients, in the absence of randomized controlled trials, these results should be interpreted cautiously. PMID: 33155975 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Hammal F, Nagase F, Menon D, Ali I, Nagendran J, Stafinski T Tags: Can J Surg Source Type: research

The Relationship of Sleep Duration with Ethnicity and Chronic Disease in a Canadian General Population Cohort.
Conclusion: Important differences exist in sleep duration between ethnic groups and may contribute to observed health disparities. Our results highlight the need for ethnicity-specific targeted education on the importance of prioritizing sleep for good health, and the need to account appropriately for ethnicity in future epidemiological, clinical, and translational research into sleep and related conditions. PMID: 32346318 [PubMed]
Source: Pain Physician - May 1, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Singh M, Hall KA, Reynolds A, Palmer LJ, Mukherjee S Tags: Nat Sci Sleep Source Type: research

Sex Differences in Care Need and Survival in Patients Admitted to Nursing Home Poststroke.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite lower subsequent mortality, women admitted to nursing home after stroke required more care than men. Pain and depression are two treatable symptoms that disproportionately affect women. PMID: 31987059 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences - January 27, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Yu AYX, Maclagan LC, Diong C, Austin PC, Kapral MK, Swartz RH, Bronskill SE Tags: Can J Neurol Sci Source Type: research

Temporal Summation in Chronic Pelvic Pain.
CONCLUSION: Women with chronic pelvic pain and allodynia show significant worsening of pain with successive strokes of a cotton-tip applicator, thus indicates that wind-up and central sensitization are present in women with chronic pelvic pain and allodynia. Identification of summation is further evidence of neuroplasticity, which is helpful in innovative therapies for chronic pelvic pain. PMID: 31882288 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada : JOGC - December 30, 2019 Category: OBGYN Tags: J Obstet Gynaecol Can Source Type: research

Estimating the Threshold Value for Change for the Six Dimensions of the Impairment Inventory of the Chedoke-McMaster Stroke Assessment.
Conclusions: Clinicians can use a change of 1 impairment point for the arm, hand, leg, foot, and postural control dimensions and a change of 2 impairment points for the shoulder pain dimension to identify true change in a patient's motor recovery. PMID: 31040505 [PubMed]
Source: Physiotherapy Canada - May 3, 2019 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Beyer R, Wharin C, Gillespie E, Odumeru K, Stratford PW, Miller PA Tags: Physiother Can Source Type: research

Compensation of Respiratory-Related Postural Perturbation Is Achieved by Maintenance of Head-to-Pelvis Alignment in Healthy Humans
Conclusion Extreme lung volume variations over vital capacity is associated with changes of thoracic curvature bringing it outside the normal range, which would theoretically compromise verticality. This is however fully compensated by adaptations of the cervical curvature and pelvic tilt to preserve adequate head-to-pelvis verticality and horizontal gaze alignment. Lung volume related postural perturbations increase with age, but age did not affect head-to-pelvis alignment. Future studies are needed to investigate potential postural dysfunction in chronic respiratory diseases that induce changes of lung volume or chest g...
Source: Frontiers in Physiology - April 23, 2019 Category: Physiology Source Type: research

End-of-Life Care for Stroke
Stroke is a leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in Canada, according to the Heart and Stroke Association. Despite a high mortality rate, the experience of dying from a stroke has received limited attention from a palliative point of view. When attempting to make inferences from other specialties that have well researched methods of palliation, there was an obvious gap when considering the stroke population. Palliative stroke patients, at the Royal University Hospital, rarely have access to a bed on a specialized palliative care unit.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - November 30, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Shelley Jolly, Ruth Whelan, Kimberly Davy Source Type: research

Tobacco Use in the Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Patient Behavior, Opinions, and Care
ConclusionsMPN patients with current or previous tobacco use demonstrate significantly higher symptom burden than non-smoking counterparts. In terms of patient care, less than half of patients who are current or previous smokers recall having a physician discuss their smoking habits with them. These results highlight the need for enhanced MPN patient counseling by health care providers, both regarding the risks of smoking and available methods to aid cessation.DisclosuresScherber: Orphan Pharmaceuticals: Honoraria; Incyte: Consultancy. Dueck: Phytogine: Employment; Pfizer: Honoraria; Bayer: Employment. Palmer: Novartis: Re...
Source: Blood - November 21, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Scherber, R. M., Geyer, H. L., Mazza, G., Langlais, B. T., Dueck, A. C., Palmer, J., Padrnos, L., Fleischman, A., Mesa, R. A. Tags: 902. Health Services Research-Malignant Diseases Source Type: research

rTMS Effects in Patients with Co-Morbid Somatic Pain and Depressive Mood Disorders
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation treatment that involves the induction of electrical currents in a targeted region of the brain with the ability to impact various functional processes (Chervyakov  et al., 2015). rTMS has shown to provide clinical improvement among a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders and has been FDA-approved for treatment resistant depression (TRD). rTMS continues to undergo trials for other treatment indications including post-traumatic stress disorder (PT SD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), bipolar depression, schizophrenia, stro...
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - August 18, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Angela L. Phillips, Robert L. Burr, David L. Dunner Tags: Research paper Source Type: research

Long-Term Outcomes in the Management of Central Neuropathic Pain Syndromes: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.
CONCLUSION: Patients with central neuropathic pain syndromes managed in tertiary care centers were less likely to achieve a meaningful improvement in pain and function compared with patients with peripheral neuropathic pain at 12-month follow-up. PMID: 29996953 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences - July 12, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Staudt MD, Clark AJ, Gordon AS, Lynch ME, Morley-Forster PK, Nathan H, Smyth C, Stitt LW, Toth C, Ware MA, Moulin DE Tags: Can J Neurol Sci Source Type: research

Bioness launches StimRouter neuromod system in Canada
Rehabilitation device maker Bioness today touted the launch of its StimRouter neuromodulation system in Canada, and said that the system had been implanted in its first procedures in the region. The first implantations of the device were performed at Toronto’s Women’s College Hospital, the Valencia, Calif.-based company said. “Significant advances in the miniaturization and durability of neuromodulation devices have provided interventional pain physicians with the right tools, like the StimRouter PNS System, to treat chronic pain related to nerve injuries, trauma, stroke and other irreversible damages wi...
Source: Mass Device - June 11, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation Bioness Source Type: news

A Discrete Event Simulation Model to Assess the Economic Value of a Hypothetical Pharmacogenomics Test for Statin-Induced Myopathy in Patients Initiating a Statin in Secondary Cardiovascular Prevention
ConclusionWe found that a strategy favoring patients staying on statin therapy is cost effective even if patients maintained on statin are at risk of rhabdomyolysis. Our results are explained by the fact that statins are highly effective in reducing the CV risk in patients at high CV risk, and this benefit largely outweighs the risk of rhabdomyolysis.
Source: Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy - April 12, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

“In this together”: Social identification predicts health outcomes (via self-efficacy) in a chronic disease self-management program
Conclusion The results are consistent with growing evidence of the value of a social identity-based approach in various health and clinical settings. The success of chronic disease self-management programs could be enhanced by attending to and augmenting group identification during and after the program.
Source: Social Science and Medicine - March 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Treatment of Muscle Impairment: Critical Review and Recommendations for Clinical Practice.
Conclusion: This article provides physiotherapists with a resource to enable evidence-informed, effective use of NMES for PT practice. PMID: 29162949 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Physiotherapy Canada - November 24, 2017 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Nussbaum EL, Houghton P, Anthony J, Rennie S, Shay BL, Hoens AM Tags: Physiother Can Source Type: research

Occupational Therapy: Cost-Effective Solutions for Changing Health System Needs
This article aligns the discussion of health system transformation with literature identifying the cost-effectiveness of occupational therapy in Canada.
Source: Healthcare Quarterly - January 30, 2013 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research