Publications by authors named "Linda Mardiros"

Background: Dermatology for diverse skin types is a globally growing area of medicine, but the inclusion of skin of color dermatology has not yet been formally included across all Canadian undergraduate medical education curricula. There is also a paucity of representation of diverse skin types in most medical textbooks, research, and clinical trials.

Objectives: The main objective was to develop a concise, Skin of Colour Dermatoses Self-Learning Module (SOCSLM) that could be implemented at an undergraduate medical education level.

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Importance: Frailty is associated with severe morbidity and mortality among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Interventions such as pulmonary rehabilitation can treat and reverse frailty, yet frailty is not routinely measured in pulmonary clinical practice. It is unclear how population-based administrative data tools to screen for frailty compare with standard bedside assessments in this population.

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Objectives: To identify what is known empirically about the screening, treatment and harm of exposure to neonatal hypoglycaemia.

Design: Scoping review that applied a preregistered protocol based on established frameworks.

Data Sources: Medline and Embase, up to 12 May 2020.

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