Canadian stroke best practice recommendations: telestroke best practice guidelines update 2017

…, A Ghanem, A Hoechsmann… - … Journal of Stroke, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Every year, approximately 62,000 people with stroke and transient ischemic attack are
treated in Canadian hospitals. The 2016 update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice …

Reduction of trachoma in the absence of antibiotic treatment: evidence from a population-based survey in Malawi

A Hoechsmann, N Metcalfe, S Kanjaloti… - Ophthalmic …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
PURPOSE. A survey was conducted in Chikwawa District, Malawi in order to compare the
current prevalence of trachoma with a similar survey in 1983. METHODS. Using random …

Cataract surgical coverage and outcome of cataract surgery in a rural district in Malawi

P Courtright, N Metcalfe, A Hoechsmann… - Canadian journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
Background: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in Malawi. We sought to determine
the cataract surgical coverage and the outcome of cataract surgery in a rural district in Malawi …

Identifying emergency-sensitive conditions for the calculation of an emergency care inhospital standardized mortality ratio

…, J Fiset, W Flemons, M Hameed, A Hoechsmann… - Annals of Emergency …, 2014 - Elsevier
Study objective Hospital standardized mortality ratios are used for hospital performance
assessment. As a first step to develop a ratio variant sensitive to the outcome of patients …

Centralized electronic health records benefit emergency medicine

A Hoechsmann - CMAJ, 2012 - Can Med Assoc
Citing British government reports that recommend abandoning their centralized electronic
health records (EHRs) project, Paul Christopher Webster continues his assertion that Canada …

Fluoroquinolone superiority questioned

AF Hoechsmann - 2024 - Can Med Assoc
The fact that Fluoroquinolones were not more effective than beta-lactam and macrolide
antibiotics in blinded randomized controlled trials suggests that any differences found in the open …

Canadian stroke best practice recommendations for acute stroke management: prehospital, emergency department, and acute inpatient stroke care, update 2018

JM Boulanger, MP Lindsay, G Gubitz… - … Journal of Stroke, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The 2018 update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Acute Stroke
Management, 6th edition, is a comprehensive summary of current evidence-based …

Moving stroke rehabilitation research evidence into clinical practice: Consensus-based core recommendations from the Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation …

JJ Eng, ML Bird, E Godecke… - … Journal of Stroke, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Moving research evidence to practice can take years, if not decades, which denies stroke
patients and families from receiving the best care. We present the results of an international …

Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Hyperacute Stroke Care Guidelines, Update 2015

LK Casaubon, JM Boulanger… - … journal of stroke, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The 2015 update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations Hyperacute Stroke
Care guideline highlights key elements involved in the initial assessment, stabilization, …

Why hospital design matters: A narrative review of built environments research relevant to stroke care

J Bernhardt, R Lipson-Smith, A Davis… - … Journal of Stroke, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Healthcare facilities are among the most expensive buildings to construct, maintain, and
operate. How building design can best support healthcare services, staff, and patients is …