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Hypothermia is a significant contributor to mortality in severely injured patients. Rewarming is an enormous challenge, especially in those who require operative or angiographic intervention. In this patient population, external warming... more
Background: There is much interest in reducing hospital stays by providing some health care services in patients' homes. The authors review the evidence regard- ing the effects of this acute care at home (acute home care) on the... more
Discharge from hospital to a nursing home represents a major event in the life of an older person and should only follow a comprehensive functional and medical assessment. A previous study identified 3 dependency scales able to... more
Most patients with minor stroke are discharged directly home from acute care, under the assumption that little will be required in the way of adaptation and adjustment because informal caregivers will manage the stroke recovery process.... more
To describe the development and implementation phases of a participative intervention aimed at reducing four theory grounded and empirically supported adverse psychosocial work factors (high psychological demands, low decision latitude,... more
For older adults, hospitalization frequently results in deterioration of mobility and function. Nevertheless, there are little data about how older adults exercise in the hospital and definitive studies are not yet available to determine... more
To describe varicella complications in healthy and previously ill children hospitalized for varicella and to explore trends in group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus complications of varicella. A retrospective record review of children... more
To investigate incidence and etiology of rehospitalizations at 1, 2, and 3 years after traumatic brain injury. Descriptive statistics were computed in a prospective study of etiology and incidence of rehospitalization at years 1, 2, and 3... more
To investigate the influence of acute injury characteristics on subsequent return to work in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. Descriptive statistics were performed in a comparative study of 49 TBI patients who were competitively... more
Although nurses have the major responsibility for pain management, little is known about nurses' responses to patients in the process of managing acute pain. To examine the relationship between nurses' empathic responses... more
Smoking is one of the most important risk factors for burden of disease. Our objective was to estimate the number of hospital diagnoses and days of treatment attributable to smoking for Canada, 2002. Distribution of exposure was taken... more