Publications by authors named "S D Wilkins"

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an early, targeted, individualized, intensive rehabilitation program called Rehab2Home, designed to transition surgical patients directly from acute care to home.

Design: The Rehab2Home program was implemented using a quality improvement (QI) approach between March 2023 and June 2023. The outcomes of the program were compared with a historical cohort of similar patients.

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Background: Having a primary care provider is associated with better care experiences and lower care costs. In 2021, INSPIRE-PHC released Primary Care Data Reports - publicly available summaries of administrative billing data about how populations in each of Ontario's 60 health teams use primary care services. Given the characterization of Canadian primary care systems as 'in crisis', publicly available data about primary care at the regional level presented a significant opportunity for knowledge mobilization.

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Importance: Recurrent human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is a relatively rare but serious disease with little empirical data. Previous works have studied patterns of recurrence in HPV-positive OPSCC, but only one has studied truly recurrent disease as opposed to persistent disease, and no work systematically analyzed posttreatment surveillance imaging strategies and how recurrences were detected.

Objective: To refine the understanding of HPV-positive OPSCC recurrence and inform optimal imaging surveillance strategies.

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Tudor Interacting Repair Regulator (TIRR) is an RNA-binding protein (RBP) that interacts directly with 53BP1, restricting its access to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and its association with p53. We utilized iCLIP to identify RNAs that directly bind to TIRR within cells, identifying the long non-coding RNA NEAT1 as the primary RNA partner. The high affinity of TIRR for NEAT1 is due to prevalent G-rich motifs in the short isoform (NEAT1_1) region of NEAT1.

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Article Synopsis
  • - The study investigates the experiences of adolescents with chronic pain who may show signs of medical child abuse (MCA), highlighting how the level of disability can exceed medical findings.
  • - Researchers analyzed medical records of 37 adolescents aged 13-18 from an academic children's hospital, categorizing themes into three levels of concern for MCA: 'Green zone' (common issues), 'Yellow zone' (more concerning factors), and 'Red zone' (directly linked to MCA).
  • - The findings identified commonalities in medical narratives and emphasized the need for careful assessment by healthcare providers to determine the potential risk of MCA in adolescents with chronic pain.
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