Wayne L GoldSummaryAffiliation: University of Toronto Country: Canada Publications
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Should medical school faculty see assessments of students made by previous teachers?Wayne L Gold
Division of General Internal Medicine and the Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada
Acad Med 77:1096-100. 2002..The authors explain why policies that require the provision of such information are helpful to medical school faculty, and offer recommendations based on the survey findings...
Impact on health care workers employed in high-risk areas during the Toronto SARS outbreakRima Styra
Department of Psychiatry, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Psychosom Res 64:177-83. 2008..The goal of this study was to quantify the psychological effects of working in a high-risk unit during the SARS outbreak...
SARS control and psychological effects of quarantine, Toronto, CanadaLaura Hawryluck
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Emerg Infect Dis 10:1206-12. 2004..Longer durations of quarantine were associated with an increased prevalence of PTSD symptoms. Acquaintance with or direct exposure to someone with a diagnosis of SARS was also associated with PTSD and depressive symptoms...
Clinical features and short-term outcomes of 144 patients with SARS in the greater Toronto areaChristopher M Booth
University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
JAMA 289:2801-9. 2003..Although SARS is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, especially in patients with diabetes or other comorbid conditions, the vast majority (93.5%) of patients in our cohort survived...
One-year outcomes and health care utilization in survivors of severe acute respiratory syndromeCatherine M Tansey
Department of Medicine, University Health Network, and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arch Intern Med 167:1312-20. 2007..Research conducted during the SARS outbreak may help inform research planning for future public health emergencies. The objective of this study was to evaluate the 1-year outcomes in survivors of SARS and their family caregivers...
Clinical trials and novel pathogens: lessons learned from SARSMatthew P Muller
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Emerg Infect Dis 10:389-94. 2004..Strategies to facilitate future clinical trials during outbreaks of unknown or novel pathogens are also presented...
The impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome on medical house staff: a qualitative studyGloria Rambaldini
Division of General Internal Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Gen Intern Med 20:381-5. 2005..It is hoped that training programs for health care professionals will be able to implement these tenets of crisis management as they develop strategies for dealing with future health threats...
The effect of English language proficiency on length of stay and in-hospital mortalityAva John-Baptiste
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Gen Intern Med 19:221-8. 2004..The effect of communication barriers on outcomes of care in the inpatient setting requires further exploration, particularly for selected conditions in which length of stay is significantly prolonged...
Possible SARS coronavirus transmission during cardiopulmonary resuscitationMichael D Christian
Immunodeficiency Clinic, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Emerg Infect Dis 10:287-93. 2004....
Interferon-mediated immunopathological events are associated with atypical innate and adaptive immune responses in patients with severe acute respiratory syndromeMark J Cameron
Division of Experimental Therapeutics, University Health Network, MaRS Centre, 3 916 TMDT, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Virol 81:8692-706. 2007....
Can routine laboratory tests discriminate between severe acute respiratory syndrome and other causes of community-acquired pneumonia?Matthew P Muller
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Clin Infect Dis 40:1079-86. 2005..Hematological and biochemical abnormalities, particularly lymphopenia, are common in patients with SARS...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome and its impact on professionalism: qualitative study of physicians' behaviour during an emerging healthcare crisisSharon E Straus
Division of General Internal Medicine, University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C4
BMJ 329:83. 2004..To explore issues of medical professionalism in the context of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a new emerging health threat...
Outbreak of acupuncture-associated cutaneous Mycobacterium abscessus infectionsPatrick Tang
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Cutan Med Surg 10:166-9. 2006..All patients developed residual scarring or hyperpigmentation. CONCLUSION: Nontuberculous mycobacteria should be recognized as an emerging, but preventable, cause of acupuncture-associated infections...
Prognostic significance of the radiographic pattern of disease in patients with severe acute respiratory syndromeNarinder S Paul
Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
AJR Am J Roentgenol 182:493-8. 2004..Patients with SARS present with recognizable patterns of disease that have prognostic significance...
Interpretation of diagnostic laboratory tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome: the Toronto experiencePatrick Tang
University of Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 170:47-54. 2004..In patients with SARS, specimens taken from the lower respiratory tract and stool samples test positive by means of RT-PCR more often than do samples taken from other areas...
