Publications by authors named "J L Watt"
Objective: To assess the comparative efficacy of interventions on depressive symptoms and disorders in older adults living in long-term care (LTC).
Design: Systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Setting And Participants: Older adults living in LTC or equivalent settings.
Objectives: To examine transitions to a nursing home among residents of assisted living relative to community-dwelling home care recipients.
Design: Population-based retrospective cohort study emulating a target trial.
Setting And Participants: Linked, individual-level health system data were obtained from older adults (≥65 years of age) who made an incident application for a bed in a nursing home in Ontario, Canada, between April 1, 2014, and March 31, 2019, and were followed until December 31, 2019.
The underlying mechanisms used by the intestinal microbiota to shape disease outcomes of the host are poorly understood. Here, we show that the gut commensal protozoan, Tritrichomonas musculis (T.mu), remotely shapes the lung immune landscape to facilitate perivascular shielding of the airways by eosinophils.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhaeohyphomycosis is an uncommon disease caused by dematiaceous fungi that is almost exclusively found in immunocompromised dogs. Here we describe the case of a dog treated with prednisone (1.1 mg/kg/day) and cyclosporine (11.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Americans experiencing homelessness are uniquely vulnerable to traumatic injuries and morbidity. Despite a high and increasing number of persons experiencing homelessness (PEH), American researchers have not comprehensively described the impact of this social problem on trauma patients in recent years.
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study using the American College of Surgeons TQIP 2021-2022 data.