Background Regionalization of trauma care services in our region was initiated in 1993 with
the designation of four tertiary trauma centers. The process continued in 1995 with the …

The movement towards trauma care regionalization in Quebec was initiated in 1990, with
formal designation of three level I trauma centers in 1993. The purpose of this study is to …

Background: A lack of resources has created waiting lists for many elective surgical
procedures within Canada's universal health care system. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) …

… PhD; Tamim, Hala MPH; Denis, Ronald MD; Boukas, Stella BA; Ruest, Sebastien-Abel BA;
Nikolis, Andreas MD; Lavoie, Andre PhD; Fleiszer, David MD; Brown, Rea MD; Mulder …

The study is based on 44 preventable deaths occurring in a cohort of 360 patients with
major trauma. These cases were reviewed by a committee of nine experts. The mean Injury …

The purpose of the study was to compare the injury-related threat to survival estimated by the
Injury Severity Score (ISS) and a committee of experts. The charts of 116 (73 fatalities and …

Results: A total of 5,489 patients included in the studies reviewed were on statin monotherapy
prior to study entry for a minimum of 6 weeks. In these studies, the 3,376 patients that …

Study design This was a 6-week, prospective, randomized, open-label trial on patients
recruited from the practices of 241 Canadian general practitioners. Eligible patients signed …

Background For patients who have above-target low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)
levels while on statin monotherapy, coadministration of a cholesterol absorption inhibitor …

Background. There is a paucity of data regarding the effectiveness and safety of lipid-lowering
treatments among South-Asian patients. Methods. Sixty-four South-Asian Canadians with …