Publications by authors named "Arti Dhoot"

Viral etiologies, such as herpes simplex virus (HSV), for peritonitis can be misclassified as culture negative peritonitis because of poor accessibility of viral testing in the effluent fluid. Inaccurate diagnosis and subsequent ineffective treatment can lead to unnecessary catheter removal for presumed refractory peritonitis. Here, we report a 73-year-old woman with a history of genital HSV-2 on continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis who presented with HSV-2 related peritonitis.

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Background: Iron deficiency is highly prevalent worldwide and is an issue of health inequity. Despite its high prevalence, uncertainty on the clinical applicability and evidence-base of iron-related lab test cut-offs remains. In particular, current ferritin decision limits for the diagnosis of iron deficiency may not be clinically appropriate nor scientifically grounded.

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Background: Diverse health care leadership teams may improve health care experiences and outcomes for patients. We sought to explore the race and gender of hospital and health ministry executives in Canada and compare their diversity with that of the populations they serve.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included leaders of Canada's largest hospitals and all provincial and territorial health ministries.

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Unless prompted by symptoms or change in clinical status, the appropriate use criteria consider cardiac stress testing (CST) within 2 years of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and 5 years of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to be rarely appropriate. Little is known regarding use and yield of CST after PCI or CABG. We studied 39,648 patients treated with coronary revascularization (29,497 PCI; 10,151 CABG) between April 2004 and March 2012 in Alberta, Canada.

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Background: The appropriate use criteria considers cardiac stress testing within 2 years after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to be rarely appropriate, unless prompted by symptoms or change in clinical status. Little is known about the patterns of cardiac stress testing after PCI in the single-payer Canadian healthcare system, where mechanisms for reimbursement are different from the United States.

Methods And Results: Frequency and timing of cardiac stress testing within 2 years of PCI performed between April 2004 and March 2013 in Ontario, Canada, was determined from linked provincial databases.

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