Acceptance of outpatient enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS©) protocols for implant-based breast reconstruction nudged on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

We retrospectively identified 295 women undergoing outpatient implant breast reconstruction (IBR) who received standardized ERAS care pre-pandemic (PP; April 2018-March 2020) and during the pandemic (DP; April 2020-March 2022). The majority of IBR was completed as outpatient surgeries DP versus PP (73% versus 38%, p < 0.001).

Baseline assessment of and linkage to care for newly diagnosed patients with chronic hepatitis B.

Background: Patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) are at risk of complications and require lifelong monitoring. We evaluated the care of newly diagnosed CHB patients.

Methods: Adult CHB cases newly diagnosed in Alberta between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2012, were identified, with follow-up through June 1, 2014.

Examination of a Canadian provincial prenatal HIV screening program: 2010 to 2014.

Objectives: Universal prenatal screening in the Canadian province of Alberta employs an 'opt-out' HIV screening strategy. We examined all women giving birth in the province and determined the frequency and characteristics of women having and not having HIV screening.

Methods: All livebirths in Alberta from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2014 were compiled from the Vital Statistics database and linked to HIV screening data to determine maternal demographic and prenatal care characteristics.

Achievement of hepatitis C cascade of care milestones: a population-level analysis in Alberta, Canada.

Objectives: Despite highly effective directly acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV), many patients do not receive treatment. We characterized the achievement of cascade of care milestones within 2 years of diagnosis among the Alberta population and evaluated variables associated with engagement at each stage.

Methods: All Albertans with a first-time positive HCV antibody between 2009 and 2014 were included in this retrospective study.

Examination of a prenatal syphilis screening program, Alberta, Canada: 2010-2011.

Objectives: In 2009, due to increasing congenital syphilis rates, prenatal syphilis tests (PST) at both mid-gestation and delivery were added to first trimester prenatal screening in the province of Alberta. We sought to determine the proportion of mothers who had all three recommended PSTs during this period and to identify factors associated with incomplete PST.

Methods: A cohort of all pregnancies resulting in a live or stillborn infant in Alberta for 2010 and 2011 was developed from Vital Statistics and linked with prenatal screening data to determine the number and timing of PSTs for pregnant women.