Comparison of weight loss among named diet programs in overweight and obese adults: a meta-analysis.

Importance: Many claims have been made regarding the superiority of one diet or another for inducing weight loss. Which diet is best remains unclear.

Objective: To determine weight loss outcomes for popular diets based on diet class (macronutrient composition) and named diet.

Recent advances in patient and proxy-reported quality of life research.

Background: A number of articles addressing various aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were published in the Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (HQLO) journal in 2012 and 2013. This review provides a summary of studies describing recent methodological advances and innovations in HRQoL felt to be of relevance to clinicians and researchers.

Methods: Scoping review of original research articles, reviews and short reports published in the HQLO journal in 2012 and 2013.

Antioxidant health messages in Canadian women's magazines.

Purpose: Recently, antioxidants have taken centre stage in media and advertising messages. While 80% of Canadians think they are well-informed about nutrition, many are confused about the health effects of specific nutrients. Forty-six percent of Canadians seek information from newspapers and books, and 67% of women rely on magazines.

Agreement in electrocardiogram interpretation in patients with septic shock.

Objective: The reliability of electrocardiogram interpretation to diagnose myocardial ischemia in critically ill patients is unclear. In adults with septic shock, we assessed intra- and inter-rater agreement of electrocardiogram interpretation, and the effect of knowledge of troponin values on these interpretations.

Design: Prospective substudy of a randomized trial of vasopressin vs.

Information technology systems for critical care triage and medical response during an influenza pandemic: a review of current systems.

Objectives: To assess local, state, federal, and global pandemic influenza preparedness by identifying pandemic plans at the local, state, federal, and global levels, and to identify any information technology (IT) systems in these plans to support critical care triage during an influenza pandemic in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Methods: The authors used advanced MEDLINE and Google search strategies and conducted a comprehensive review of key pandemic influenza Web sites. Descriptive data extraction and analysis for IT systems were conducted on all of the included pandemic plans.

Systematic literature review of randomized control trials assessing the effectiveness of nutrition interventions in community-dwelling older adults.

Objective: Nutrition interventions may play an important role in maintaining the health and quality of life in community-dwelling older adults. To the authors' knowledge, no systematic literature review has been conducted on the effectiveness of nutrition interventions in the community-dwelling older adult population.

Design: Systematic literature review followed by descriptive data extraction and critical appraisals for studies meeting inclusion criteria.