Publications by authors named "C Robin Clifford"
Assimilative serial dependence in perception occurs where responses about a stimulus (e.g., orientation) are biased towards previously seen perceptual information (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Canada is the only country with universal health care lacking universal pharmaceutical care (pharmacare). Currently, a minority portion of the population has drug coverage. Furthermore, there may be discordance between provincial plans of medications that are covered.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study aimed to evaluate the safety of peripheral administration of vasopressor agents among patients with circulatory shock.
Study Design: We reviewed the published literature evaluating the use of peripheral norepinephrine in patients with shock and proposed a protocol for use in labor and delivery units.
Results: Peripheral administration of norepinephrine is a safe and potentially lifesaving intervention for patients in labor and delivery with extremely low complication rates.
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- * The research involved 95 cardiac outpatients who were evaluated using the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 over three months, revealing that about 30% of patients had PSS, often linked to factors like female gender, employment status, and levels of depression and anxiety.
- * Patients with PSS had higher healthcare utilization, visiting doctors more frequently than those without PSS, highlighting the importance of understanding how somatic symptoms affect overall health management in cardiac patients.
Objective: This study aimed to (1) evaluate whether endothelial dysfunction, as measured by peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) indices and biomarker (soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 [sFLT], brain natriuretic peptide [BNP]) levels at 34 weeks gestation, can predict progression from nonsevere to severe hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs); and (2) develop a clinical risk model for prediction of progression from nonsevere to severe HDP.
Study Design: We prospectively enrolled patients with a singleton gestation carrying a nonsevere HDP diagnosis. Forty-five participants were enrolled for PAT evaluation and serum collection between 34 and 36 weeks.