Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with a significant burden of illness and cost to society,
which has been difficult to quantify. Our objective was to use linked administrative …

Background There is a lack of information from Canadian hospitals on the role of hospital
characteristics such as procedure volume and teaching status on the survival of patients who …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the cause of the human pulmonary disease tuberculosis (TB),
contributes to approximately 1.5 million deaths every year. Prior work has established …

To study comorbidity in patients with Parkinsonism (PKM), relative hospitalization rates from
1994 to 1999 for 15,304 cases were compared with 30,608 controls. After correction for …

Rationale The maintenance of peripheral muscle mass may be compromised in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to premature cellular senescence and exhaustion of …

Background There has been minimal research on the influence of delays for cancer treatments
on patient outcomes. We measured the influence of delays to nonemergent colon cancer …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC)
on patterns of practice (number of cholecystectomy procedures, case-mix and length of …

Background Skeletal muscle dysfunction is common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), a disease mainly caused by chronic cigarette use. An important proportion of …

Muscle atrophy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with reduced
exercise tolerance, muscle strength, and survival. The molecular mechanisms leading to …

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Relation between hospital surgical volume and outcome for pancreatic resection for neoplasm …