Nadia A Khan

Summary

Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Home care utilization and outcomes among Asian and other Canadian patients with heart failure
    Guanmin Chen
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 10:12. 2010
  2. ncbi Ethnicity and sex affect diabetes incidence and outcomes
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Diabetes Care 34:96-101. 2011
  3. ncbi Does the clinical examination predict lower extremity peripheral arterial disease?
    Nadia A Khan
    Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    JAMA 295:536-46. 2006
  4. ncbi Association of postoperative complications with hospital costs and length of stay in a tertiary care center
    Nadia A Khan
    Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
    J Gen Intern Med 21:177-80. 2006
  5. ncbi Differences in hospital mortality among critically ill patients of Asian, Native Indian, and European descent
    Nadia A Khan
    Department of Medicine, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
    Chest 134:1217-22. 2008
  6. ncbi The 2007 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 2 - therapy
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
    Can J Cardiol 23:539-50. 2007
  7. ncbi Do beta-blockers have a role in treating hypertension? Yes
    Nadia Khan
    Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
    Can Fam Physician 53:614-21. 2007
  8. ncbi The 2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 2 - therapy
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 24:465-75. 2008
  9. ncbi The 2009 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 2--therapy
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 25:287-98. 2009
  10. ncbi Antihypertensive drug use and adherence after stroke: are there sex differences?
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Stroke 41:1445-9. 2010

Detail Information

Publications46

  1. ncbi Home care utilization and outcomes among Asian and other Canadian patients with heart failure
    Guanmin Chen
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 10:12. 2010
    ..The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in hospital readmission rate and mortality between Asian and other Canadian HF patients...
  2. ncbi Ethnicity and sex affect diabetes incidence and outcomes
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Diabetes Care 34:96-101. 2011
    ..We determined incidence of diabetes and risk of death or macrovascular complications by sex among major Asian subgroups, South Asian and Chinese, and white patients with newly diagnosed diabetes...
  3. ncbi Does the clinical examination predict lower extremity peripheral arterial disease?
    Nadia A Khan
    Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    JAMA 295:536-46. 2006
    ..Physicians typically depend on the clinical examination to identify patients who need further diagnostic testing...
  4. ncbi Association of postoperative complications with hospital costs and length of stay in a tertiary care center
    Nadia A Khan
    Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
    J Gen Intern Med 21:177-80. 2006
    ..Postoperative complications are a significant source of morbidity and mortality. There are limited studies, however, assessing the impact of common postoperative complications on health care resource utilization...
  5. ncbi Differences in hospital mortality among critically ill patients of Asian, Native Indian, and European descent
    Nadia A Khan
    Department of Medicine, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
    Chest 134:1217-22. 2008
    ..We compared hospital mortality among patients of Asian (originating from Asia or Southeast Asia), Native Indian, and European descent admitted to the ICU...
  6. ncbi The 2007 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 2 - therapy
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
    Can J Cardiol 23:539-50. 2007
    ..To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the prevention and management of hypertension in adults...
  7. ncbi Do beta-blockers have a role in treating hypertension? Yes
    Nadia Khan
    Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
    Can Fam Physician 53:614-21. 2007
  8. ncbi The 2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 2 - therapy
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 24:465-75. 2008
    ..To update the evidence-based recommendations for the prevention and management of hypertension in adults...
  9. ncbi The 2009 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 2--therapy
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 25:287-98. 2009
    ..To update the evidence-based recommendations for the prevention and management of hypertension in adults for 2009...
  10. ncbi Antihypertensive drug use and adherence after stroke: are there sex differences?
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Stroke 41:1445-9. 2010
    ..The majority of stroke fatalities occur in elderly women. We compared prescribing and adherence to antihypertensive therapies shown to reduce fatal and nonfatal stroke recurrence among elderly women and men with acute stroke...
  11. ncbi Outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in South Asian, Chinese, and white patients
    Nadia A Khan
    Department of Medicine, Center for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Circulation 122:1570-7. 2010
    ..To clarify this association, we compared mortality, use of revascularization procedures, and risk of recurrent AMI and hospitalization for heart failure between these ethnic groups in a universal-access healthcare system...
  12. ncbi Kidney function and mortality among patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Department of Medicine, 620 B, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6Z 1Y6
    J Am Soc Nephrol 17:244-53. 2006
    ..Rate of decline in kidney function is a strong predictor of increased mortality in this population, independent of worsening heart failure and baseline kidney function...
  13. ncbi Prognostic value of troponin T and I among asymptomatic patients with end-stage renal disease: a meta-analysis
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
    Circulation 112:3088-96. 2005
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  14. ncbi Risk of intraoperative hypotension with loop diuretics: a randomized controlled trial
    Nadia A Khan
    Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Am J Med 123:1059.e1-8. 2010
    ..Our objective was to compare the effects of continuing or withholding furosemide on the day of noncardiac elective surgery on intraoperative hypotension among chronic users of furosemide...
  15. ncbi Development of a perioperative medicine research agenda: a cross sectional survey
    Nadia A Khan
    Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
    BMC Surg 4:11. 2004
    ..We sought to determine the research priorities for perioperative medicine using a cross sectional survey of Canadian and American general internists...
  16. ncbi Differences in need for antihypertensive drugs among those aware and unaware of their hypertensive status: a cross sectional survey
    Nadia A Khan
    Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 620 1081 Burrard Street, St, Paul s Hospital, V6Z 1Y6, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 5:4. 2005
    ..The primary aim of this study was to determine the proportion of those untreated individuals who would be recommended to start drug therapy for control of blood pressure among those aware or unaware of their diagnosis of hypertension...
  17. ncbi The 2009 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 1--blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
    Raj S Padwal
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 25:279-86. 2009
    ..To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of adults with hypertension...
  18. ncbi 2009 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations: the scientific summary--an annual update
    Norman R C Campbell
    Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 25:271-7. 2009
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  19. ncbi The 2012 Canadian hypertension education program recommendations for the management of hypertension: blood pressure measurement, diagnosis, assessment of risk, and therapy
    Stella S Daskalopoulou
    Division of General Internal Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 28:270-87. 2012
    ..We also reviewed the recent evidence on blood pressure targets for patients with hypertension and diabetes and continue to recommend a blood pressure target of less than 130/80 mm Hg...
  20. ncbi The 2004 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part II--Therapy
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 20:41-54. 2004
    ..Only recommendations achieving at least 70% consensus are reported here. These guidelines will continue to be updated annually...
  21. ncbi The 2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 1 - blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
    Raj J Padwal
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 24:455-63. 2008
    ..To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of adults with hypertension...
  22. ncbi The 2005 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part II - therapy
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 21:657-72. 2005
    ..All recommendations reported here achieved at least 95% consensus. These guidelines will continue to be updated annually...
  23. ncbi Outcomes in a diabetic population of South Asians and whites following hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction: a retrospective cohort study
    Aman P K Nijjar
    Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
    Cardiovasc Diabetol 9:4. 2010
    ..We measured the risk of developing a composite cardiovascular outcome of recurrent AMI, congestive heart failure (CHF) requiring hospitalization, or death, in these two groups...
  24. ncbi Ethnic and sex differences in the incidence of hospitalized acute myocardial infarction: British Columbia, Canada 1995-2002
    Aman P K Nijjar
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 10:38. 2010
    ..The aim of this study was to describe the differences in the incidence of hospitalized acute myocardial infarction (AMI) among the three largest ethnic groups in British Columbia (BC), Canada...
  25. ncbi Accuracy of the preoperative assessment in predicting pulmonary risk after nonthoracic surgery
    Finlay A McAlister
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:741-4. 2003
    ..0; p = 0.007). Thus, preoperative factors can identify those patients referred to pulmonologists or internists who are at increased risk for pulmonary complications after nonthoracic surgery...
  26. ncbi The 2011 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: blood pressure measurement, diagnosis, assessment of risk, and therapy
    Doreen M Rabi
    Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 27:415-433.e1-2. 2011
    ..We also discussed the recent analyses that examined the association between angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) and cancer...
  27. ncbi Cardiac medication prescribing and adherence after acute myocardial infarction in Chinese and South Asian Canadian patients
    Emily J Lai
    Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 10th floor 2775rel S Laut, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 11:56. 2011
    ..We compared prescribing and adherence to ACE-inhibitors (ACEI), beta-blockers (BB), and statins following AMI among elderly Chinese, South Asian, and Non-Asian patients...
  28. ncbi Assessment and reporting of perioperative cardiac risk by Canadian general internists: art or science?
    Taha Taher
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    J Gen Intern Med 17:933-6. 2002
    ..We were interested in evaluating how general internists assess, define, communicate, and attempt to modify perioperative cardiac risk...
  29. ncbi Applying the 2005 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations: 4. Managing uncomplicated hypertension
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
    CMAJ 173:865-7. 2005
  30. ncbi Canadian provincial trends in antihypertensive drug prescriptions between 1996 and 2006
    Robin L Walker
    Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 27:461-7. 2011
    ..Little is known regarding potential differences in antihypertensive prescribing practices at a Canadian provincial level. Our objective was to determine provincial differences in the use of antihypertensive drug therapy in Canada...
  31. ncbi Ethnic variation in acute myocardial infarction presentation and access to care
    Kathryn M King
    Faculty of Nursing, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Am J Cardiol 103:1368-73. 2009
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  32. ncbi Outcomes in young South Asian Canadians after acute myocardial infarction
    Jasem Albarak
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 28:178-83. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to compare outcomes after AMI in a Canadian population of South Asian and white patients, aged 20 to 55 years...
  33. ncbi Differences in use of peritoneal dialysis and survival among East Asian, Indo Asian, and white ESRD patients in Canada
    Brenda R Hemmelgarn
    Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Canada
    Am J Kidney Dis 48:964-71. 2006
    ..Racial differences in health outcomes in general are well documented; however, few studies examined the impact of East Asian and Indo Asian race on choice of dialytic modality and survival among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD)...
  34. ncbi Rebuttal: Do beta-blockers have a role in treating hypertension? Yes
    Nadia Khan
    Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
    Can Fam Physician 53:800-3. 2007
  35. ncbi Tobacco cessation drug therapy among Canada's Aboriginal people
    Dennis Wardman
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Nicotine Tob Res 9:607-11. 2007
    ..Physicians need to provide advice on drug therapy, and policy makers should eliminate the need for a physician prescription. Future studies can explore cultural attitudes toward cessation drug therapy and physician services...
  36. ncbi Smoking-attributable mortality among British Columbia's first nations populations
    A E Wardman
    Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
    Int J Circumpolar Health 63:81-92. 2004
    ..First Nations (FN) people have high smoking rates and there is a need to examine their mortality related to smoking...
  37. ncbi Thiazide diuretics in the management of hypertension
    Nadia A Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Can J Clin Pharmacol 11:e41-4. 2004
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  38. ncbi Registered indians and tobacco taxation: a culturally-appropriate strategy?
    A E Dennis Wardman
    First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada, Vancouver, BC
    Can J Public Health 96:451-3. 2005
    ..In order to better support RI communities, governments and other organizations need to examine this policy instrument in the context of RI populations...
  39. ncbi The 2004 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part I--Blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
    Brenda R Hemmelgarn
    Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 20:31-40. 2004
    ..Only the recommendations that achieved high levels of consensus are reported. These guidelines will be updated annually...
  40. ncbi Re-examining the efficacy of beta-blockers for the treatment of hypertension: a meta-analysis
    Nadia Khan
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia
    CMAJ 174:1737-42. 2006
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  41. ncbi Systematic review identified suboptimal reporting and use of race/ethnicity in general medical journals
    Irene W Y Ma
    Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
    J Clin Epidemiol 60:572-8. 2007
    ..Methods of reporting of race/ethnicity in biomedical journals are largely unknown. We aimed to systematically examine the reporting practice of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) information in biomedical journals...
  42. ncbi Trends in antihypertensive drug prescriptions and physician visits in Canada between 1996 and 2006
    Brenda R Hemmelgarn
    Department of Community of Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
    Can J Cardiol 24:507-12. 2008
    ..In 1999, the Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) was launched to develop and implement evidence-based hypertension guidelines...
  43. ncbi Antidepressant medication use among First Nations peoples residing within British Columbia
    Dennis Wardman
    First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Pacific Region, Health Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia
    Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res 11:43-8. 2004
    ..3 years and the female:male ratio was approximately 3:1. The most common medications were Paxil, Apo-Amitriptyline, Effexor, and Celexa. Use of this medication class is common and more research is needed in this area of study...
  44. ncbi Validation of a case definition to define hypertension using administrative data
    Hude Quan
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
    Hypertension 54:1423-8. 2009
    ..These results provide evidence that administrative data can be used as a relatively valid source of data to define cases of hypertension for surveillance and research purposes...
  45. ncbi The 2007 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 1- blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
    Raj S Padwal
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
    Can J Cardiol 23:529-38. 2007
    ..To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of adults with hypertension...
  46. ncbi Barriers and remaining questions on assessment of absolute cardiovascular risk as a starting point for interventions to reduce cardiovascular risk
    Norm R C Campbell
    J Hypertens 24:1683-5. 2006