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Mortality and Morbidity Among Military Personnel and Civilians During the 1930s and World War II From Transmission of Hepatitis During Yellow Fever Vaccination: Systematic ReviewRoger E Thomas
Roger E Thomas is with the Department of Family Medicine and Diane L Lorenzetti is with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Wendy Spragins is an independent research consultant in Calgary, Alberta
Am J Public Health 103:e16-29. 2013..It would take 4 additional decades of experiments and epidemiological research before viruses of hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E were identified, their modes of transmission understood, and their genomes sequenced...
The safety of yellow fever vaccine 17D or 17DD in children, pregnant women, HIV+ individuals, and older persons: systematic reviewRoger E Thomas
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Am J Trop Med Hyg 86:359-72. 2012..No other serious adverse events were identified in the other studies of vulnerable groups...
Reporting rates of yellow fever vaccine 17D or 17DD-associated serious adverse events in pharmacovigilance data bases: systematic reviewRoger E Thomas
Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, G012, Health Sciences Centre, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
Curr Drug Saf 6:145-54. 2011..To assess the reporting rates of serious adverse events attributable to yellow fever vaccination with 17D and 17DD strains as reported in pharmacovigilance databases, and assess reasons for differences in reporting rates...- Active and passive surveillance of yellow fever vaccine 17D or 17DD-associated serious adverse events: systematic reviewRoger E Thomas
Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, G012, Health Sciences Centre, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
Vaccine 29:4544-55. 2011..To identify the rate of serious adverse events attributable to yellow fever vaccination with 17D and 17DD strains reported in active and passive surveillance data... - Influenza vaccination for healthcare workers who work with the elderly: systematic reviewRoger E Thomas
Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary Medical Clinics North Hill, University of Calgary, 1707 1632 14 Avenue NW, Calgary, Canada T2M1M1
Vaccine 29:344-56. 2010..To identify studies of influenza vaccination of HCWs and influenza in elderly residents in long-term care facilities... - Can they keep going on their own? A four-year randomized trial of functional assessments of community residentsRoger Thomas
University of Calgary
Can J Aging 26:379-90. 2007 - A systematic review of the methodological quality and outcomes of RCTs to teach medical undergraduates surgical and emergency proceduresRoger E Thomas
Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta, Canada
Can J Surg 50:278-90. 2007..There is no systematic review of the methodological quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of teaching surgical and emergency skills to undergraduates... - A literature review of randomized controlled trials of the organization of care at the end of lifeRoger E Thomas
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1M7, Canada
Can J Aging 25:271-93. 2006..We identify difficulties in conducting research on palliative care and solutions and discuss future possible research themes... - Influenza vaccination for healthcare workers who work with the elderlyR E Thomas
University of Calgary, Department of Medicine, UCMC, 1707 1632 14th Avenue, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2M 1N7
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3:CD005187. 2006.... - School-based programmes for preventing smokingR Thomas
University of Calgary, Department of Medicine, UCMC, 1707 1632 14th Avenue, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2M 1N7
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3:CD001293. 2006..Schools provide a route for communicating with a large proportion of young people, and school-based programmes for smoking prevention have been widely developed and evaluated... - Randomized controlled trials of non-medical and non-surgical therapies for palliative care: a literature reviewRoger Thomas
Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1M7
Altern Med Rev 10:204-15. 2005..Improved planning of the protocols and execution, with the addition of experienced trialists and statisticians, is required to improve the quality of the evidence collected in future studies... - Influenza vaccination for health-care workers who work with elderly people in institutions: a systematic reviewR E Thomas
Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Lancet Infect Dis 6:273-9. 2006..These findings must be interpreted in the light of possible selection, performance, attrition, and detection biases... - The "good" rural death: a report of an ethnographic study in Alberta, CanadaDonna M Wilson
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J Palliat Care 25:21-9. 2009..Four themes in the Alberta data highlight critical elements of the good rural death. These findings are expected to contribute to rural/remote palliative and end-of-life care developments... - Introducing personal digital assistants to family physician teachersDavid Topps
Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, UCMC Sunridge, Alberta, Canada
Fam Med 35:55-9. 2003..The objective of the project reported here was to maximize adoption of PDAs by our faculty, using a combination of strategies... - The socio-economic impact of telehealth: a systematic reviewP A Jennett
Health Telematics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Telemed Telecare 9:311-20. 2003..Although the review found a number of areas of socio-economic benefit, there is the continuing problem of limited generalizability... - Planning and providing end-of-life care in rural areasDonna M Wilson
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J Rural Health 22:174-81. 2006..Approximately 20% of North Americans and 25% of Europeans reside in rural areas. Planning and providing end-of-life (EOL) care in rural areas presents some unique challenges... - Age-Based Differences in Care Setting Transitions over the Last Year of LifeDonna M Wilson
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada
Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res 2011:101276. 2011..7 days versus 36.2 for younger persons). Conclusion. Younger and older persons differ somewhat in the number and type of end-of-life care setting transitions, a matter for continuing research and healthcare policy... - Effect of a PDA-assisted evidence-based medicine course on knowledge of common clinical problemsRoland M Grad
Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fam Med 37:734-40. 2005..This study's objective was to determine if PDA-assisted EBM training would improve clinical knowledge... - Policy implications associated with the socioeconomic and health system impact of telehealth: a case study from CanadaP A Jennett
Health Telematics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Telemed J E Health 10:77-83. 2004..To become fully integrated into the health care system, telehealth must be viewed as more than an add-on service. This paper offers 19 general and 20 subject-specific telehealth recommendations, as well as seven policy strategies... - Cost-effectiveness analysis of a kidney and cardiovascular disease treatment program in an Australian Aboriginal populationPhilip R Baker
Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia
Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 12:22-31. 2005..0 million dollars at 3 years and 3.4 million dollars at 4.6 years. The treatment program provided significant health benefit and impressive cost savings in dialysis avoided...