Publications by authors named "Gurleen Gill"
Objective: To identify the types of osteoporosis-related questions being asked by primary care providers (PCPs) and describe the impact of the advice provided by osteoporosis specialists using eConsult.
Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of osteoporosis-related eConsults submitted to endocrinologists between January 2018 and December 2020 on the Champlain eConsult BASE™ Service in Ontario, Canada. Each eConsult was coded according to clinical question and answer type through consensus between 2 authors, based on predetermined taxonomies.
Introduction: Travel for transplantation is the movement of organs, donors, recipients, or transplant professionals across jurisdictional borders for transplantation purposes and is considered transplant tourism if transplant commercialism is involved. Little is known about the willingness of patients at risk for transplant tourism to engage in this practice.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey of patients with end-stage renal disease was conducted in Canada to determine interest in travel for transplantation and transplant tourism, characterize patients according to their willingness to consider transplant tourism, and identify factors to deter willingness to consider transplant tourism.
Introduction: Levofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone active against both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria with a well-defined margin of safety and efficacy. It has various labeled adverse effects like other fluoroquinolones but its adverse effect like desquamation is rarely reported.
Methods: We present a case report of levofloxacin-induced desquamation in an Indian patient.
Objective: Google+ is one of the most actively used Social Networking Sites in the world. The aim of our study is to characterize the Google+ communities related to diabetes and identify the factors associated with the activity level of these communities.
Methods: We conducted a systematic search for diabetes-related Google+ communities.